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Across 3. three from the East (2 words) 5. present 9. facial hair 11. a decoration of thin strips of shiny metal foil 12. prickly dark green leaves and red berries 14. a small round fruit 16. a little covered minced friut tart (2 words) 17. a parasitic plant with white berries 19. abbreviation or informal term for Christmas 21. burns to produce light 22. 1 January (3 words) 24. usually made from evergreens, resembles a ring 25. long decoration 26. all the children's presents are carried in it 29. people sing (2 words) 31. ornament 33. a decorated paper tube that makes a sharp noise 34. water vapour from the sky that falls as white flakes 35. green vegetable (2 words) 38. 25 December (2 words) 40. 24 December (2 words) 42. a greetings card (2 words) 44. put round a present (2 words) 45. they ring 46. a present from Norway (2 words) 47. an object that adds beauty to something

Down 1. Santa's helpers 2. usually shown as a human being with wings 4. a person who looks after sheep 6. where people light a fire (2 words) 7. a vertical pipe in a house that allows smoke and gases to escape 8. 26 Dec (2words) 10. Elizabeth II gives one every year 25 Dec 13. eat or burn it 15. a deer with large antlers 18. plants green in winter 20. an imaginary being 23. to put presents inside 26. light cart on runners pulled by reindeer 27. a type of nut 28. a fruit eaten with white meat 30. evergreen creeper 32. a rich fruit cake covered with white icing (2 words) 36. a distant sun 37. 31 December 39. traditionally eaten at Christmas 41. a trough for food for horses or cattle 43. a thing given to somebody as a gift