COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song __ _ Winter’s Night”

5. “Now!”

9. Mr. Frost of Winter

13. Nasty like Scrooge

17. Have __ __ (Know ‘somebody’)

18. “O’er the fields __ __...” (Bit of #9-Down)

19. “Should we stay __ __ go out?”

20. “This __ __ delicious!” (Great stuffing!)

21. “God __ Ye Merry Gentlemen” (The Barenaked Ladies covered it)

22. So far, __ __ yet

23. Italian saint Philip

24. Arm arts

25. Dryer’s fuzz

27. Cheer on!

29. “And heaven and __ sing!” (#56-Down bit)

31. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has eleven

34. “__ the ancient Yuletide carol...” (“Deck the Halls”)

35. Athens’ li’l country

36. Burning as yule logs

37. Orange __ (Tea type)

38. Wintertime fabric

42. Auberges

43. Appetizers holder

44. Elvis Presley’s “__ Christmas”

46. Pub drink

47. Caviar

48. To __ it may concern...

49. Teddy __ (Christmas gift classic)

50. Hot spiced __ cider

52. Laughed like lambs

54. Pouts like the Grinch

55. Make treats at Christmas

56. “__ Old Saint Nicholas”

57. Holy book

58. Mr. Firth of Christmassy flick “Love Actually” (2003)

59. River of England

60. Cascades

61. Northern France cathedral city where Joan of Arc was executed in 1431

62. OMG! = Oh __ __!

63. Nautical direction

64. “It’s coming on Christmas...” Alberta birthplace of “River” singer Joni Mitchell, __ Macleod

65. NHL official

68. Snowboarder, e.g.

69. J-O link

70. __-Raspberry (Ocean Spray flavour)

71. Feed on festive food

72. “Gloria, __ in excelsis!” (Latin bit of “Ding Dong Merrily on High”)

75. Sleepy

77. “On the __ day of Christmas / My true love gave to me...”

78. “Where __ _ begin?”

79. Reindeer’s nozzle

80. Christmas cookies content

81. Lead-in-time to Christmas

84. Yangs opposites

85. “All I __ for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”

86. Courts

87. “Just hear those sleigh bells jingling / Ring __ tingling, too...”

89. Prune the Poinsettia

91. Particular

95. Mine entrance

96. Engrave

97. Comfort

98. “Make You Mine This Season”: New festive tune of 2020 by Canadian duo Tegan & __

99. Yesteryear

100. Shakespearean verb 101. Tints

102. Stash in the sack in Santa’s sleigh

DOWN

1. Outlying

2. “Then __ foggy Christmas eve...”

3. ‘_’ __ for Rudolph

4. Reindeer’s pride

5. “Seven __ a-swimming...”

6. “The First Noel” (Famously covered by Winnipeg band Crash __ Dummies)

7. In Christmas times past...

8. Vegan’s traditional Christmas platter serving

9. Christmas tune covered by #49-Down: 2 wds.

10. “...you’re as charming as __ __, Mr. Grinch.”

11. English horn, __ Anglais

12. Kris __, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) character

13. One of a Winter-wear duo

14. Isaac’s elder twin son

15. Starry sci.

16. Rudolph’s is red

26. Bono’s li’l land (One of the singers of #43-Down)

28. Pal of Tigger

30. The Altar constellation

31. Match

32. “__ __ one else minds I’ll have that last Christmas cookie.”

33. Christmas decorations: 2 wds.

34. Winnipeg Jets

37. Nudge

38. Arctic Wolves coats

39. Christmas table-setting piece: 2 wds.

40. Vera-__, “White Christmas” (1954) actress

41. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda __

43. 1984: “Do __ Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid

45. Frozen skating spot

48. Ridged like corduroy

49. Burnaby-british-columbiaborn singer Michael whose 2011 album ‘Christmas’ topped the charts

50. “There’s something __ Christmas time...” - Bryan Adams

51. Faded

53. And

54. Christmas tune covered by #49-Down: 2 wds.

56. “__ __ the World”

57. Lips treatment

58. It’s for popping in “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”

60. “’Tis the season to be jolly __ __...”

61. Something snowplowed

62. __-Jongg

64. Guitar bar

66. Duck, in Dusseldorf

67. Canadian actor Brendan of 2011 made-for-tv movie “A Christmas Kiss”

69. Hand-crafted Christmas gift, __ sweater

70. Like the Christmas mincepies

71. The elf Hermey (voiced by Canadian actor Paul Soles) dreams of being one in TV classic “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer”

73. “__ Fideles”

74. No, to Le Pere Noel

76. Particle

77. Cookie __

79. Lip __ (Sings the carols without singing)

80. Video __ (Popular gifts at Christmas)

81. “__ in a Manger”

82. Extinct bird of Mauritius

83. See, in Quebec

85. Magi = __ Men

88. Olympic figure skating great Midori

90. Sun beam

92. Universal ideal

93. ‘Green’ add-on (Mistletoe, for instance)

94. Dec. 25th... Merry X-__!