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1 Gift __ (Wrapping paper alternative) 4 Baking creation 8 Creative pursuits 12 Holiday greeting sent via the web 17 Maritimes milieu, mini-ly 18 “__ _ Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” 19 Shortly 20 Winter streets muck 21 Yukon Cornelius’ classic TV special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed __” 23 Christmas hymn of Canada that starts “’Twas in the moon of wintertime...”: 2 wds. 25 __-__ list 26 Prefix for ‘phone’ 28 Gradually withdraw 29 J.R.R. Tolkien’s li’l masterpiece 31 Boxing Day sale purchase, Flat-__ TV 33 Puppy’s little bark! 34 Miner’s find 37 Hour-after-midnight: wd. + acr. 39 Depend on 40 “The Christmas Song” by Nat King __ 41 “’__ the season to be jolly fa la la la la...” 42 Quebec City’s former NHL team 44 Turkeys, for example 45 Canadian banks, e.g. 46 ‘Green’ suffix (Mistletoe is a bit of it) 47 Rolaids rivals 48 Streamlet 49 Titans mother of ancient myth 50 Filing flap 51 Warm ocean current, El __ 52 The St. Lawrence __ 54 Canada Post deliveries at ‘NORTH POLE H0H 0H0 CANADA’: 4 wds. 60 “We Three Kings of __ Are” 61 Merry dance 62 “Pardon me?” 63 ‘Great’ dog breed 64 Olive’s of Popeye comics 65 Angel’s ‘hat’ 66 Mister, in India 69 Theatrical monogram 70 Roles 72 Brrrr! Nickname for Manitoba’s capital city 74 ‘Client’ completer (Patronage) 75 “__ __ idea.” (Nobody informed me) 76 Chat 77 __ __ la Montagne (Mountain Street, in Montreal) 78 Poivre’s table partner 79 High musical note of yore 80 During, to a poet 82 Glaswegian 83 Pare the Poinsettia 84 Loopholes 85 Christmas party thrower 87 Churchill is the ‘Capital of the World’ for these Arctic animals, in Manitoba: 2 wds. 91 Twillingate is the ‘Capital of the World’ for these frozen floating formations, in Newfoundland 95 Burning, as yule logs 96 A dolly is left in her Christmas stocking in “Up on the House Top” 97 These two music notes flank Re 98 1984: Midge who co-wrote Band Aid’s hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 99 Gift tag details 100 Neat 101 Fleecy farm females 102 Gathered
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1 Chocolate __ (Sweet treat) 2 Consumed the candy cane 3 Sparkly, like Christmas lights 4 Cheryl of 2004 TV movie “Eve’s Christmas” 5 Margarines 6 Gingery gulp 7 Stars top them at Christmas: 2 wds. 8 Cape Breton musician Mr. MacIsaac 9 Northern France cathedral city where Joan of Arc was executed in 1431 10 Maple Leafs hockey city, for short 11 Quebec’s provincial bird: 2 wds. 12 Tropical trips, fabulous for fleeing frigidness 13 Tartan-wearing family 14 ‘Gold’-meaning prefix 15 Bee Gees’ ‘70s record label 16 FedEx’s lettered rival 22 U.S.-Canada airspace protection org. that tracks St. Nick’s deliveries-by-sleigh each Christmas Eve 24 Playwright, Eugene O’Who? 27 Morays and Congers 29 Lee Greenwood’s “__ Star Christmas” 30 Circa, __ __ about 32 Kris Kringle’s cookies plate leftovers 34 #35-Down’s location 35 Canal which is a Skateway in winter 36 Writer’s creations sometimes 38 One of a knitted pair 40 Eyes creator in an e-mail happy face :-) 43 Eggnog carton size 44 Last 48 Ascends 49 Lass 51 Christmases, in Chicoutimi 52 __ Ste. Marie, Ontario 53 Resounding repeater! 54 Ski __ (Winter resorts) 55 Montrealer’s ‘maple’ 56 Seasonal silver strands 57 Peg 58 Give it a go: 2 wds. 59 Gift receiver’s appreciative word 64 Christmas decoration 65 Skiing spot 66 Rainbow-style range 67 Modernize 68 “If _ __ Home on Christmas Day” by Elvis Presley 70 Our first Prime Minister Trudeau, and namesakes 71 Improvise 72 Long lineup lag 73 Russian language, to a Quebecer 76 Like so... 80 Christmas song: “Joy to the __” 81 Topic 83 Weight allowance 86 Kimono sashes 87 “Pat-a-__”: Christmas song from France 88 “I’m dreaming __ _ white Christmas...” Irving Berlin 89 Speed __. 90 First three vowels... 92 Moo-ing mammal 93 Athens’ li’l country 94 __ the table (Prepare for the Christmas dinner)