Complete Clue List
Across
1. Joyous community singing and dancing celebrations
6. Christmas plant with red berries
10. A household task carried out for pocket money
11. A 1925 Jerome Kern musical
12. Capital of Ladakh, a Himalayan kingdom
13. Hawaiian neck garland
14. A term for laughter
15. The number of partridges in the pear tree each day
16. Carol, "God Rest ___ Merry Gentlemen"
17. A self-governing monastic state in Greece
19. A periodic event in stores for bargain shoppers
21. A personal depravity or sin
22. Bulls hate to hear this word
23. An Arabic word for Jesus
25. A nice comfortable seat for children is Grandma's ___
27. A river in central France
28. The little drummer boy played ___ best for him
30. Laura Ingalls Wilder's name for her father
31. The antithesis of goodness and kindness
32. A strongly scented herb used in various Christmas recipes
33. Christmas dinner usually features a nice ___ turkey
34. Her and him, ___ and he
35. Spanish river which rises near Santiago de Compostela
36. "God bless ___ one and all," cried Tiny Tim
37. The protagonist in the novel "Great Expectations"
40. An expression used on discovering something
42. How we commonly express Ante Meridiem
43. An area of swamps and saturated soil
45. Stylish and smart
47. "Please ___ , is there any more?" asked Oliver Twist
48. Expression of surprise
49. The chemical symbol for sodium
50. In "The Twelve Days of Christmas" which birds were a-laying?
51. Song by Roy Orbison, "Penny ___ "
53. A "Simpsons" character, ___ Flanders
54. A common term for young humans
55. Past tense of the verb light
56. Sylvester and Tweety Bird were Granny's ___
57. Tinkerbell and Peter ___
Down
1. Christmas is the ___ Season
2. Mr Christmas himself (5,5)
3. Carol, "The Holly and the ___ "
4. A collection of maps in the one book
5. These close down for Christmas holidays
6. ___ in Holland's dykes need instant repair!
7. A type of rock containing minerals and metals
8. A town in Sardinia, Italy
9. ___ was originally a winter pagan festival
14. Australian Christmas weather is usually very ___
16. Antonym of No
18. A soothing, relaxing hot drink
20. Compilation of various items jotted down in rows
22. Liquid organic substances usually kept in bottles
24. A 1989 album by Kenny Rogers, "Christmas In ___ "
26. The ___ moth is a night-flying insect
27. Roman numeral for the number Six
28. A greeting in the English language
29. A village of Ardabil Province, Iran
30. A standard Christmas dessert is ___ pudding
32. A honey drink
38. Information Technology (initials)
39. ___ and thank you
41. Painful sensations
42. An ornament placed on top of the Christmas tree
43. The three ___ men visited the baby Jesus at Bethlehem
44. Singer, Stevie ___
46. Santa is known as "Christmas Baba" in this country
47. Posted letters are said to be what?
48. Antonym for Evens
52. Amnest International (initials)