West Of Free Press — December 2022 - Flipbook - Page 13
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1. TRADITIONS
Written by Carol Aebersold and daughter Chanda Bell and illustrated by Coë Steinwart,
what 2004 children’s picture book led to a popular Christmas tradition in many homes?
2. DIRECTORS
Who directed the classic Christmas movie Elf and even has a cameo in the movie as the
doctor Buddy the Elf visits?
ACROSS
1. Movie
5. Aquatic plant
9. Rime
13. Away from the wind
14. Oceans
16. Part of an ear
17. Small casks
18. Beauty parlor
19. Encounter
20. Be
22. Connective tissues
24. Tight
26. Put off
27. Set off
30. A castrated man
33. Academic term
35. Doorkeeper
37. Anagram of “Ail”
38. Hard wood
41. Genus of macaws
42. Demolishes
45. Dolts
48. Lemon or canary
51. Pessimistic
52. Smidgens
54. Glove
55. Onetime
59. Talons
62. 8 in Roman numerals
63. French for “Storehouse”
65. River of Spain
66. L L L L
67. Celebrate
68. Skidded
69. Notch
70. Need a bath badly
71. Bristle
DOWN
1. Not genuine
2. Holly
3. Make legal
4. A communication
5. Commercials
6. Loyal (archaic)
7. Very cold
8. Orbital high point
9. Arm bone
10. Portent
11. Assist in crime
12. Decays
15. Foul-up
21. Yanks
23. List of options
25. French for “Head”
27. Russian emperor
28. Pass-the-baton race
29. Confederate soldier
31. Benevolent
32. Groups of animals
34. 16 1/2 feet
36. Impetuous
39. Gist
40. Anagram of “Lyme”
43. Snob
44. Not fast
46. Nonclerical
47. Not devious
49. Different
50. Server
53. A person who is owned
by someone
55. Nights before
56. Small brook
57. Storage cylinder
58. Type of sword
60. Court order
61. Fizzy drink
64. Antlered animal
3. MATHEMATICS
If you added up all the items that your true loves gives to you in the 12 Days of Christmas,
how many items would you have?
4. VIDEO GAMES
In the new HBO original Christmas movie 8-Bit Christmas, Neil Patrick Harris is retelling
a story about his childhood when he was trying to get what video game console for
Christmas?
5. ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Now a film director, what’s the name of the child actor who portrayed Ralphie in A
Christmas Story?
6. FOOD
In Adam Sandler’s classic “The Chanukah Song” he makes reference to what famed New
York eatery that closed in 2016?
7. CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
On “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” instead of getting “a lot of stupid toys,” what is it that Lucy
wants for Christmas?
8. DUETS
What late-great rocker, who died in 2016, famously recorded a duet medley in 1977 of
“Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” with Bing Crosby?
9. TOYS
What was the top Christmas present of 1983, breaking sales records and creating an
unexplained phenomenon around this famous toy?
10. MUSIC
What was the name of the one hit wonders who had a hit in the 80s with the now Christmas
classic “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer?”
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