Across
- 3. Only Olympic sport with a broom
- 4. Old business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge
- 7. Romantic reindeer name
- 8. Length of winter break
- 9. Unusual nativity play character from the movie Love Actually
- 12. Author of The Little Match Girl
- 16. Food for ringing in the New Year in Spain
- 17. Reggie's favorite winter drink
- 18. Hindu festival of lights
- 19. Risky tree decorations
- 20. Composer of the Nutcracker ballet
- 21. Circular adornment for a house
Down
- 1. Calendar some might base the New Year on
- 2. A steamed seasonal fruit cake
- 5. Alaskan race held in March
- 6. Number of nights of winter candle lighting
- 10. Herb that received it's name from the Greek nymph Minthe
- 11. Technically difficult waltz from the Nutcracker
- 13. Saturday December 21 this year
- 14. Almond candy confection
- 15. Winter festival observed from the 21st of December to the 1st of January
- 16. Common spice of chi and some cookies
- 19. Astronomical reindeer name