COLOSSAL CANADA CROSSWORDBy
ACROSS
1“Christmas Is Hittin’ Me Different”: Current festive tune of 2021 by Canadian singer Steven __ Olsen 4Poinsettia container 7Party platter staple, __
dip
11‘At Christmas’: 2014 album for country singer Ms. Evans 15“Gimme __ ‘_’!” (Start of a R-U-D-O-L-P-H cheer)
16Ms. O’Connor’s of “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945) 18Christmas carol: “__ Up, Shepherd and Follow” 19Feather
21Worn ‘wreath’ 22Streamlet
23‘__ Wishes You a Swinging Christmas’: 1960 album by The Queen of Jazz 24__ __ Snow! (Christmas
tune when tripled!) 25Santa’s Workshop globe
location: 2 wds. 28__ de Noel (Yule Logs, in
Montreal) 29Had the Figgy Pudding 30Morse Code bits 31Celtic sea god
32__ Christmas! 35Corncob __ (Frosty’s
accessory) 36Slanted, as a line [abbr.] 37Comedy’s Ms. Arthur, to
pals 40Abbreviated ‘about’: 2
wds. 41“Three French __, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.” 42Costumed tradition at Christmastime in Newfoundland 44Christmas carol: “__ __
Wenceslas” 46Cod-like fishies 47__ of Green Gables 48Mitten insertee [abbr.] 49Christmas bow colour 50Cuts back the
Poinsettias 51Candy Canes ingredient 52Hellos
53Cum grano __ (With a
grain of salt, in Latin) 54Actor Mr. Wheaton 55Boxing Day events 58Hot chocolate 59Peanut butter brand 60One __ _ time 63Nature subj. 64Pieces
65“O Come, All Ye __” 67Gold, frankincense and
myrrh: 2 wds. 69“Bells on bobtail __ / Making spirits bright...” 70Raison d’__
71Li’l ruler lengths 72Lumberjack tools 73“Christ the Saviour is
__...”
74Ski __ (Winter sport
accessories) 75‘_’ __ for Reindeer 76Once, poetically 77T-__ (Ski lift) 78Yukon Cornelius’
sidekick 82Michael J. Fox is the voice of the title character of this movie which was a hit during the Christmas season of 1999: 2 wds. 87Christmas Eve is one by Russian composer Nikolai RimskyKorsakov 88C.S. Lewis... Tumnus is
one in Narnia 89Young hawk 90“Pretty Paper” by __
Orbison 91Washtub 92‘Synth’ suffix (Faux) 93‘Within’-meaning prefix 94Bob Geldof and Midge __ (“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” songwriters) 95Winter shovels storer 96Sprint
97Poetic night
98Mr. Asner’s of “The Christmas Star” (1986)
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1“’Tis the season to be
jolly fa __ __...” 2Vitality [abbr.] 3Mr. Clapton with the 2018 album ‘Happy XMas’ 4Christmastime drinks flavourer of Newfoundland, __ Syrup
5Where hockey is played at the Winter rink: 2 wds. 6Powder
7Nativity scene at
Christmastime 8Snowy skiing sites 9Tropical vacation location 10French-Canadian __
Soup
11Go big on a Christmas
purchase
12Sir Guinness of
“Scrooge” (1970) 13Baby __ (Chocolate bar
brand) 14‘Friend’ for Francoise 17Motion for sleds 20Ands: French 26Stickily secured the Christmas wrapping 27Knocks at the door 28Bit of “Silent Night: “Radiant __ from Thy holy face...” 31Hues of green 32“Ding Dong Merrily
on __” 33Auth. unknown 34Nudge
35Await an action 36Noble fellows 37“White Christmas” by
__ Crosby 38Charming town of Sicily 39New-__ 41Rushes! from riders 42“The Sound of Music”
(1965) lead role 43Mr. Julia of movies 45Mr. Kringle 46Angelic auras 50Accords
51Use a sieve 52Extreme sport, __-skiing 53Varieties 54Kristen of “A Boy Called
Christmas” (2021) 55__-sweet chocolate 56Open _ __ of cranberry sauce (Christmas dinner prep step) 57Firewoods 58Montrealer’s ‘coffees’ 59‘A __ Arden Christmas’: Canadian album in 2015 60Christmas morns
followers 61Hot __. sandwich (Carnivore’s lunch Dec. 26th) 62Ginger __ (Canada Dry
drinks) 64Sprite 65Christmas evergreen: 2
wds. 66“Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Let your __ be light...” 68Holiday season
decoration 69Pink, in Spain 73Mealtime of late
morning 74__ de pain d’epice (Gingerbread House, in Quebec City) 76Dainty cases 77Skate’s sharp
part 78Charles Dickens, 1843: Mr. Cratchit of A Christmas Carol 79Dress __ __ (Wear a
Santa costume) 80Intertwine 81Party platter cheese 82__ _ bit (Briefly rested) 83Ms. Daly of “Undercover
Christmas” (2003) 84Loyal 85Little __ Jesus (Baby of “Away in a Manger”) 86Frosty’s are made
of coal 88Feasted