CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD

We hope that the only cross words coming your way this month are in this fiendishly festive puzzle.

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1. He knows if you’ve been bad or good (5,5)

3. “On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, five ... rings”

5. Two people who meet under this hanging plant decoration are obliged to kiss

7. Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker features The Dance of the Sugar ... Fairy

9. Hark! The ... Angels Sing 11. Traditional carol about the wise men travelling to landlocked Bethlehem, I Saw Three ...

12. “Once in ... David’s city, stood a lowly cattle shed”

13. Where the Three Kings came from

14. Merry Christmas in Spanish, Feliz ...

16. Family film about a train headed for the

North Pole, The Polar ... 21. Mariah Carey hit, All I Want For Christmas Is ...

22. One of the most popular yuletide songs, ... Christmas

24. ... Crosby first recorded 22 down and it became the bestselling single of all time

ACROSS

2. ... In A Manger

4. A Christmas Carol boy, Tiny ...

6. What the shepherds watched by night, all seated on the ground

8. Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy, Jingle ... Way (3,3)

10. Harry Belafonte and

Boney M both charted with... Boy Child (4’1)

11. Dickens’ “Bah, humbug” character

15. Movie about Christmas lights starring Danny DeVito, ... The Halls

17. John and Yoko sang ... Xmas (War is Over)

18. Traditional carol, ... Night 19. In ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, “The children were nestled all snug in their ...”

20. Kermit and Miss Piggy feature in It’s A Very ... Muppet Christmas Movie

23. It Came Upon A ... Clear 24. On his 2009 album, Christmas In The Heart, Bob Dylan sang a version of Silver ...

25. Father Christmas had six white boomers, “On his Australian ...”

26. O Little ... Of Bethlehem is traditionally sung by the Kings College, Cambridge choir