We've Die Hard and Death, Muppets and Beatles. What the Dickens? It can only be the annual

Across

• 1. Christmas novella by Charles Dickens about Scrooge. (1,9,5)
• 15. Initials seen on a red dressing gown in The Santa Clause. (1,1)
• 17. The little donkey carried a heavy one along the dusty road. (4)
• 19. According to Kermit the Frog, there's only one more 'til Christmas. (5)
• 20. The most financially successful Christmas film is Home ? (4).
• 21. In 1978 Boney M were Christmas No 1 with 'Mary's Boy Child / ? My Lord' (2).
• 22. O what can I give him poor as I? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb. (2)
• 23. In 1972 Little Jimmy Osmond had a Christmas no 1 hit with 'Long Haired what From Liverpool'? (5)
• 24. In the meadow we can build a snowman and pretend that he is brown. (6)
• 26. An important part of Christmas Day is watching the Who Christmas special, a programme that has had the most consecutive Christmas specials shown on British television on Christmas Day. (2)
  
• 27. Autobiographical John Lennon song on 1964 Christmas number one album Beatles For Sale is called 'I'm a ?' (5)
  
• 29. Jesus was born in part of this empire. (5)
  
• 30. There are often discounts at shops on Boxing Day to ? people to go shopping. (5)
  
• 31. O Come all ? Faithful (2)
  
• 32. Number of calling birds (4).
  
• 33. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe author Lewis' initials. (2)
  
• 34. After Albert's death, Queen Victoria always spent Christmas Day at Osborne House, which is located where? (4,2,5)
  
• 39. In A Song of Ice and Fire also called A Game of Thrones, which house has the motto 'Winter is Coming'? (5)
  
• 41. A pudding eaten at Christmas is called Christmas ? (3)
  
• 42. He’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty nice. (2)
  
• 43. The Three Kings ? for the baby Jesus by following a star and popping into Herod’s palace. (8)
  
• 46. Dorothy's aunt in The Wizard of Oz (2).
  
• 47. Christmas crackers contain a paper hat and a ? (4)
  
• 49. Who played Charles Dickens in The Muppet Christmas Carol. (5)
  
• 50. In Hogfather, Quoth is what type of bird? (5)
  
• 51. Noises that ghosts and spirits make. (5)
  
• 52. Sang 'Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth' with Bing Crosby (5,5)
  
• 54. An informal greeting given to friends and family at Christmas. (2)
  
• 55. Reindeer particularly fond of ballrooms (6)
  
• 57. 1987's Christmas no 1 was 'Always ? My Mind' by the Pet Shop Boys. Also 13 across. (2)
  
• 59. A Christmas party might be celebrated by playing ? music. (4)
  
• 61. Number of turtle doves. (3)
  
• 62. 1980 joint Christmas number one with St Winifred's School Choir was '(Just Like)' by John Lennon. (8,4)
  
• 64. Ox and ? before him bow. (3)
  
• 65. Where Father Christmas lives. (5,4)
  
• 66. 1961's Christmas number one was 'Moon River' by Williams. (5)

Down

• 1. British actor who starred in Christmas films including Love, Actually and Die Hard. (4,7)
  
• 2. Father Christmas's astronomical reindeer. (5)
  
• 3. 2008's Christmas No. 1, No. 2 and No. 36 with versions by Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and A Burke in the chart. (10)
  
• 4. 1976's Christmas no 1 was Johnny Mathis' 'When A Child Born' (2)
  
• 5. Icy, cold rain (5)
  
• 6. Irish presenter popular with Togs who sang 'Little Drummer Boy' with Aled Jones in 2008 which got to No. 3, and 'Silver Bells' in 2009, getting to 27, the first time the song had entered the UK's top 40. (5,5)
  
• 7. We Wish You a Christmas (5)
  
• 8. Jesus Christ is said to be this type of tree that was often wassailed. (5)
  
• 9. The gift from Father Christmas that James took out of his pocket at the end of The Snowman that proved it wasn’t a dream. (5)
  
• 10. What a snowman's nose is often made out of. (6)
  
• 11. Father Christmas is ? known as Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus. (4)
  
• 12. There was no what at the inn? (4)
  
• 13. ? The First Day of Christmas my true love gave to me. (2)
  
• 14. ? Cohen wrote 'Hallelujah'. (10)
  
• 15. Long time Ago in Bethlehem ? the Holy Bible say. (2) Also 43 and 62 Down
  
• 16. The 25th December.
  
• 18. We're ?! The Dad's Army Story was broadcast on Christmas and Boxing Day 2015, named after Fraser's favourite phrase. (6)
  
• 25. In Peter Pan, what is the name of the dog? (4)
  
• 26. Charles wrote A Christmas Carol. (7)
  
• 28. What the cowardly lion says 'I do I do believe in ?'. (6)
  
• 35. Vegetable often eaten as part of Christmas dinner that children do not necessarily appreciate. Not in the same class as the roast potatoes. (7)
  
• 36. Scrooge's nephew and, in the 2007 Christmas film starring Vince Vaughn, the name of Santa's bitter older brother. (4)
  
• 37. A magical being found in the pantomime Aladdin who knows Bernard. (5)
  
• 38. After being visited by the Spirits, Scrooge exclaims 'It’s all right, it’s all true, it all happened. Ha ha ?' (2)
  
• 39. Famous miser whose first name is Ebenezer. (7)
  
• 40. When snow and ice melts. (4)
  
• 43. ? Here it is Merry Christmas everybody's having fun (2)
  
• 44. A bird often found on Christmas cards, and round ones are letters (5)
  
• 45. The White Witch is a character who personifies ? in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. (4)
  
• 48. Stuffing with sage. (5)
  
• 53. What Frank Cross didn’t get his brother for Christmas in Scrooged. (3)
  
• 56. Released in Christmas 1933, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire first danced together when they flew down to where? (3)
  
• 58. And laying a finger alongside his nose and giving a ? up the chimney he rose. (3)
  
• 60. A tall, round vase that is a bit too small to put a Christmas Tree in, but it can be used for storing tea and it sounds a bit like the first name of the play-writing member of Morecombe & Wise. (3)
  
• 62. And ? this is Christmas and what have we done, another year over and a new one just begun. (2)
  
• 63. Christmas time it's hard but when you're having fun. (2)

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

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