Numbered Grid
Across
1 Period for enjoying festivities
8 Diamond for example
10 Ludwig's middle name, Morrison's first
11 Sleigh light? (2 words)
12 Santa Claus feature
13 Stan who created Spider-Man
14 Present carrier
17 Turkey or chicken, for example
19 Columbia locale
21 Pick up
23 21st century communication technology, for short
24 Adding beauty to
26 Ring material
29 "Love Story" star, first name
30 Brit. record label
32 Tree decorations
33 Bach piece
34 Deck
36 Christmas time
38 Shirt accessory
40 Velvet Underground singer
43 Company
44 Holiday drink
46 Radiant
48 Skywards
50 Not available, for short
51 Miscalculated
53 Old record
54 Historic leader?
55 Harry and David container
56 Present from Santa
57 Picnic buster
Down
1 Christmas songs
2 There were nine of them in the partridge song (2 words)
3 Presents for the studious?
4 Goes with Maria
5 Teacher's Assistant, for short
6 Wild about
7 Christmas tree, often
8 "Love Actually" star
9 Steak order
15 Where Santa somes into the house
16 Barbie's partner
17 Bojangle beginning
18 Way back when
20 Bubbly drink
22 Forever and a day
23 Vital card
25 Icy coating
26 Present
27 Christmas illumination
28 Santa's real helpers?
31 Enchant
35 Goes for the gold?
37 Kind of fire
38 Present for Dad, maybe
39 Driving move
41 Stopper
42 Shrek for one
43 Backup
45 Gossip
46 NFL time out play
47 Singer, Sayer
49 Honeybunch
52 1982 blockbuster
54 Loudspeaker system
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