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• 1.) Road that Father Christmas here comes right down. (5,5,4)
• 13.) The Reindeer most often mistaken for a kebab. (6)
• 15.) Bird pictured on Christmas cards; a round one is a type of letter. (5)
• 16.) ? and ass before him bow – this word means a working cow. (2)
• 17.) ? Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away. (4)
• 18.) ? Tell it on the Mountain. (2)
• 20.) Peter's brother in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. (6)
• 23.) Scott Calvin's son believes these initials on a red dressing gown proves that his father is Santa in The Santa Clause. (2)
• 24.) Wizzard wish ? could be Christmas everyday. (2)
• 25.) Mr Scrooge's first name. (8)
• 27.) When Herod was not revisited by the Wise Men, he became so ? that he killed all boys under the age of 2 in Bethlehem. (5)
• 28.) The first ? the angels did say (6)
• 33.) Good King Wenceslas set out when he snow lay round about ? and crisp and even. (4)
• 34.) Lyrics in 1958 Christmas No 2 hit 'Hoots Mon' by Lord Rockingham's XI include 'There's a moose loose aboot this hoose' and 'Och ?' (3)
• 35.) Snow melting when it warms up. (4)
• 36.) And ? this is Christmas and what have we done? (2)
• 37.) Who does Father Christmas gave a sword² and shield to in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? (5)
• 38.) I'm dreaming of a ? Christmas. (5)
• 39.) A mixed bag of ? is often enjoyed at Christmas, and eaten with the help of wooden soldiers. (4)
• 40.) I in my kerchief and ? in her cap had just settled down for a long winter's nap. (2)
• 41.) Wizzard wish it could be what every day? (9)
• 44.) Johnny Mathis sang 'When A Child ? Born' (2)
• 46.) A type of play families enjoy at Christmas. Oh no it isn't! (5)
• 47.) Elvis Presley's 1960 Christmas no 2 (losing to Cliff Richard) was 'It's Now Or ?' (5).
• 49.) John Lewis' famous 2013 Christmas advert was 'The Bear and the ?' (4)
• 50.) Greg Lake Believes Father Christmas (2)
• 51.) A Christmas flying mammal that eat carrots left near chimneys. (8)
• 52.) A child on the Naughty List has been acting horrible and ? (6)
• 54.) ? impersonates the Hogfather by dressing in red, having a flying sleigh, giving out presents and saying 'Ho Ho Ho'. (5)
• 57.) Another name for 'father'. (3)
• 59.) The story of the birth of Jesus can be found in the New ? (9)
• 62.) In A Christmas Carol, Tim is this size. (4)
• 63.) In a manger no crib for a bed. (4)
• 64.) ? the Great was Client King of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth (5)
• 65.) The name of both Jesus' mother and the woman in the lingerie department in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (4)
• 66.) O come all ? faithful joyful and triumphant. (2)

• 1) ?, Holy Night. (6,5)
• 2.) The time since Jesus' birth is known as this (2)
• 3.) Rudolph the reindeer had a red, shiny, glowing one. (4)
• 4.) Explosive trinitrotoluene, used during the Great War, is more often known as this. On Christmas Day 1914 there was a Christmas Truce on the Western Front. (3)
• 5.) Sing choir of ? (6)
• 6.) Time since Jesus' birth is known as this by people who use BCE not BC (2)
• 7.) Father Ted and other priests became trapped in Ireland's biggest ? department? (8)
• 8.) The ? Sisters often sang Christmas songs with Bing Crosby, including 'Mele Kalikimaka' as used in the swimming pool scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (7)
• 9.) Someone who looks to see what other people got for Christmas might be called ? (4)
• 10.) Scrooge likes to ? the expression 'Bah Humbug!' (7)
• 11.) The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl sang about New York's one. (5,4)
• 12.) A sofa or couch, often sat on (or hid behind during Doctor Who) on Christmas Day. (6)
• 14.) Jackie Wilson's fine fine fine 1986 Christmas Number One. (4,6)
• 19.) Friends of Dorothy travel to this city where a wonderful wizard lives. (2)
• 21.) ? Who is traditional Christmas television viewing. (2)
• 22.) Presents are kept ? a Christmas tree and people kiss ? mistletoe. (10)
• 26.) The angel said 'Don't be afraid, I bring good ?' (4)
• 27.) ? Christmas was a 2011 Aardman film about Father Christmas' son trying to deliver an undelivered present. (6)
• 29.) The Teletubbies' 1997 Christmas no 2 hit was 'Say Eh-?' (2)
• 30.) You better ? out (5)
• 31.) Scrooge was wealthy as he ? people money. (6)
• 32.) On the ? day of Christmas my true love sent to me two turtle doves. (6)
• 40.) 1994's Christmas no 2 was 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' by ? Carey (6)
• 42.) Cuddly bear often found as a gift to young children at Christmas. (5)
• 43.) You have to ? snow off a car’s windows after a snowfall. (6)
• 45.) In Cinderella, the titular character leaves a glass one behind. (4)
• 46.) People often celebrate Christmas and New Year at a ?. (5)
• 48.) 'Soon afterward Mary got ? and hurried off to a town in the hill country of Judea.' (5)
• 53.) Religious Studies at school was often abbreviated to ? (2)
• 55.) A film about an Extra Terrestrial often shown around Christmas. (2)
• 56.) Tiny character in A Christmas Carol. (3)
• 58.) Cliff Richard's 1990 Christmas number 1 was 'Saviour's ?' (3)
• 60.) Who don't the Human League want, baby? (2)
• 61.) 1980's Christmas number one was St Winifred's School Choir with 'There's ? One Quite Like Grandma'. There was this amount of room at the inn. (2)

Please note: all songs and Christmas chart positions are based on Britain's national chart.

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