| NOWELL | The First ___, Christmas carol (6) |
| NOEL | The First ___ (Christmas carol) |
| DAYOF | "On the first ___ Christmas..." |
| MANGER | Away in a ___, Christmas carol (6) |
| LADIES | "Nine _ dancing._" (Christmas carol lyric) |
| TALKIE | 1927's The Jazz Singer was the first ___. (6) |
| GARDEN | Eden was the first _ _ ___ |
| SITCOM | Mary Kay and Johnny (1947) was the first ____ on US TV |
| IVY | "The Holly and the ___" (Christmas carol) |
| MIDWINTER | In the Bleak ___, Christmas carol * (9) |
| HALLS | Deck the _, Christmas carol (5) |
| THEWINTERSSNOW | See, amid ____ , Christmas carol written by Edward Caswall, first published in 1858 (3,7,4) |
| DEO | "Gloria in Excelsis ___" (Christmas carol chorus) |
| NACHT | "Stille ___": Christmas carol |
| TIM | Tiny -, Dickens character (A_Christmas Carol) |
| YORE | Happy golden days of ___ (Christmas carol lyrics) |
| NIGHT | Silent ___, Christmas carol |
| GENTLEMEN | God Rest Ye Merry ___, Christmas carol (9) |
| DOVES | Turtle ___ (Christmas carol birds) |
| TOWNOFBETHLEHEM | O Little ____, Christmas carol with words by U.S. clergyman Phillips Brooks (4,2,9) |
