Complete Clue List
Across
1. May all your ___ and dreams come true this Christmas
4. Let's sing songs of good ___ this Christmas
7. One of the girls in the famous book "Little Women"
8. Please don't ___ if Santa is running a bit late
9. A loving aunt has a gift for every ___ and nephew
10. An ornamental Japanese fish
11. Children sometimes feel it takes ___ for Christmas to come
14. This biological word rhymes with thyme
17. "Have yourself a ___ little Christmas"
20. Carol called "The ___ and the Ivy"
23. Schubert's beautiful song "___ Maria"
24. Landlocked country in western Africa
25. Cupid may receive a new one of these for Christmas
26. Some Christmas stockings may even be made of this material
27. Let's hope your Christmas stockings don't have these in them
28. "Heavenly ___ sing alleluia"
Down
1. Traditional Christmas wish, "Have a ___ Christmas"
2. A contoured feather
3. Santa has ___ of toys in his sleigh
4. We don't need one of these on Christmas day
5. Let's hope each and ___ one has a wonderful Noel this year
6. An old term for a sheriff in England
12. The night before Christmas
13. Danish word for a rudder
15. Does a snowy owl ask "___ will give me a mouse for Christmas?"
16. One thousandth of an inch (abbrev)
17. Christmas falls in the ___ of December
18. One hopes the British Royal Family also has a ___ Christmas
19. The old folk used to love to sit around the table after Christmas dinner and swop ___
20. Shrub found in infertile, acidic soils
21. "Ten ___ a leaping" in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
22. At the end of this lovely day, every child ___ happily when going to bed that evening