| EASTERTIDE | I rested, having tea break in this holiday season (10) |
| XMAS | Kiss while under mistletoe, primarily in this holiday season (4) |
| SHATTER | Second mad person having tea break (7) |
| PLANTS | Schemes to have a tea-break in factories (6) |
| INNATE | Hotel having tea break is natural (6) |
| EMANATE | Mean to cut out the tea-break in spring (7) |
| BOYISH | Heard why I rested in bunk like some children |
| ETHERISED | He and I rested, sadly knocked out? |
| EATBETTER | "I powered through the junk food this holiday season. In 2019, I resolve to ___" (2 wds.) |
| LASTRESORT | No choice for this holiday destination? (4,6) |
| SHORELEAVE | Waves farewell when this holiday is taken? |
| GELT | Candy you can win this holiday season ... our six entries have gobbled some up (look in either direction, as a dreidel can spin) |
| HOSTAPARTY | Way to partake in holiday season fun: 3 wds. |
| PINE | Tree whose scent you may have sensed this holiday season; our theme entries are infused with it, too |
| DUDERANCH | A hundred centigrade is unusual in this holiday resort |
| PAIGNTON | Put coat on, we're told, in this holiday resort |
| ACHRISTMASSTORY | Thirty-nine years after starring in this holiday classic, Peter Billingsley reprised his role for a similarly named 2022 sequel |
| RESISTED | Is back in, rested, having put up a fight (8) |
| WISHBONE | Partner after a bigger part getting a break in this - that's lucky! |
| MENU | Curtis Stone and Ben O'Donoghue got their TV break in this (Surfing the ----) |
