| HOL | Christmas or Thanksgiving: Abbr. |
| GRACE | From "pleasing", a word for favour; a prayer of blessing or thanksgiving; courteous goodwill; or, elegance in form, manner or movement (5) |
| PAEAN | A song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving (5) |
| PARADE | Easter or Thanksgiving event |
| NOVICES | Chilled treats or Thanksgiving, e.g.? |
| OCT | When Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving: Abbr. |
| NOV | Month for Thanksgiving: Abbr. |
| FRI | Black day after Thanksgiving: Abbr. |
| THU | Thanksgiving abbr. |
| PECAN | A walnut-like kernel of a hickory tree, often baked into brownies, coffee cake or Thanksgiving pie (5) |
| RUNUP | A period preceding a notable event such as Christmas or New Year; or, a substantial hike in the value or level of something (3-2) |
| WREATH | A bank of snow; a curl of cloud or smoke; a circlet of seasonal flora and evergreen foliage hung on one's door at Christmas or set with candles to represent four weeks of Advent; or, a band of twisted |
| TRUNK | A bole or log of a tree customarily burnt in the hearth at Christmas or represented in chocolate as a buche de Noel, for example; a blanket box; or, a travel chest (5) |
| NOEL | Christmas, or a Christmas carol |
| ISL | Christmas or Easter (abbr.) |
| GARLANDS | Long festoons of fir cones, flowers, foliage and fruit used to decorate beams, chimney pieces and staircases at Christmas; or, literary anthologies or florilegia (8) |
| CANNABIN | Quilled or ground spicy lauraceous bark with a warm aroma redolent of Christmas or festive baking (8) |
| TREE | Christmas or family follower |
| EVE | Christmas or New Year's |
| SEAL | Christmas or Easter fundraiser |
