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- 3. classified into two groups: clear and thick, can be consumed hot or cold, depending on the climate of the region where it's being served, and flavors can be sweet or savory.
- 5. forms when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky.
- 8. Finding a better way for Santa to deliver presents than slipping through a window. It was in Irving's satirical short story from 1812, called "Knickerbocker's History of New York," where Saint Nick is first described as "rattling down [blank].”
- 9. In 1890, Massachusetts businessman James Edgar became the first department store [blank], according to The Smoking Jacket. Edgar is credited with coming up with the idea of dressing up in a Santa Claus costume as a marketing tool.
- 10. a small four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side, used in a children's game traditionally played at the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
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- 1. In the Norse culture, this plant was a sign of love and peace. The story goes that the goddess, Figg lost her son, the god Baldur, to an arrow made of [blank]. After his death, she vowed that [Blank] would kiss anyone who passed beneath so long as it was never again used as a weapon.
- 2. a space in the wall of a room for a fire to burn in, or the decorated part that surrounds this space: She swept the ashes from the [Blank].
- 4. the most frequently performed of all ballets and has served as an introduction to classical music for many young people. Because the first act is set at a Christmas party, the ballet is often presented at Christmastime.
- 6. the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts."
- 7. The name evidently came from two words – grog, another word for rum, and noggins, a word for the small wooden mugs that the drink was served in. At first, in England, the drink was nonalcoholic, and, as noted, hot.