ACROSS
1. Precedes Bells
4. Seasonal flower
10. More than eight hrs.
11. Piece of gossip
13. One of eight
16. Egg follower
17. Quiet __ a mouse
18. Santa's transport
20. Christmastime
21. Short for not applicable
22. High time
23. Toboggans
25. Purchase
27. Wishing you the very ____
30. Apiece (abbr)
31. Associate of Science, shortened
32. Certain Mrs.
33. Put into, as a stocking
34. Master of Ceremonies, for short
35. Short for Associated Press
37. That thing
38. Trail jaunt
41. Road damage
42. Set of decorations
46. About (abbr)
47. Follows tool or first aid
48. From head to ___
49. Another of eight
51. It can be black in winter
53. Glowing sign innards
54. Fowl of choice
56. Einsteinium symbol
58. Account of, shortened
59. “You're it!”
61. Festive get-together
64. Eat, drink, and be ____
65. Time increment (abbr)
66. Comes before IOU
67. Electrical engineer, for short
68. Display area
71. Make money
72. Holiday garland
73. Already there

DOWN
1. Like St. Nick
2. __ Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3. Of the self
4. Certain exchanges
5. Help ___ someone in need
6. Comes before mature or mediate
7. The First ____
8. Jr's dad
9. Celestial beings
12. Certain leaves and berries
13. Chop down
14. Zany magazine
15. Silver strands
16. Concord state (abbr)
18. Piece of precipitation
19. Festive celebration
24. ____ the Halls
25. Bachelor of Arts, shortened
26. Born in the ____
27. Another of the eight
28. Enjoy sugar cookies and divinity, perhaps
29. Certain day of the wk.
34. Stand under this for a kiss
36. Yet another of eight
38. License info
39. New Year's ___
40. The Red-Nosed one
42. This ___ that
43. North Pole team
44. Between re and fa
45. UFO pilot
50. Seasonal color
52. Evergreens, for example
54. Plaything
55. See __ next year!
57. The North ____
58. Vicinity
60. Offering
62. ___ we there yet?
63. Urge; desire
64. Kitten's utterance
69. That guy
70. Follows Fa, several times

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