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| Word/Phrase | Notes |
|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | Dickens novella |
| Advent | |
| Advent calendar | |
| Aled Jones | Walking in the Air (hit version) |
| alight | |
| angel | |
| angels | from the realms of glory, perhaps |
| antlers | |
| awake | Santa knows if you're it |
| Away in a Manger | carol |
| baby | |
| bacon | blankets for pigs |
| Bah humbug | sweet for my sheep |
| Band Aid | Do They Know It's Christmas? |
| bark | the holly has it |
| basin | for puddings |
| basting | the turkey |
| bauble | |
| baubles | |
| beard | Santa's |
| bells | |
| berry | the holly has it |
| Bethlehem | O Little Town of... |
| Bing Crosby | White Christmas |
| birth | |
| Blitzen | one of eight |
| blossom | the holly has it |
| blue | like Elvis's Christmas |
| bobble | on Santa's hat |
| bonus | the Christymas sort |
| boughs | of holly |
| bowl | for your pudding |
| box | Christmas gratuity |
| Boxing Day | |
| brandy | |
| brandy butter | |
| bread | |
| bread sauce | |
| Briggs | Snowman author |
| brussels sprouts | |
| Buddy Holly | |
| bulb | in fairy lights |
| bulbs | in fairy lights |
| butter | with added brandy |
| cake | |
| calendar | Advent or gift |
| candles | |
| card | |
| cards | |
| carol | |
| Carole | A King |
| carrot | snowman's nose |
| celebrate | |
| charades | |
| Charles Dickens | author of A Christmas Carol |
| chestnut | |
| chestnuts | roasting on an open fire |
| child | |
| chimney | Santa's point of entry |
| choir | sweet singing here |
| Christingle | |
| Christmas cake | |
| Christmas card | |
| Christmas carol | |
| Christmas Day | |
| Christmas eve | |
| Christmas lights | |
| Christmas tree | |
| coal | snowman's eyes |
| Comet | one of eight |
| comfort | and joy |
| compliments | of the season |
| cracker | |
| crackers | |
| cranberry | |
| cranberry sauce | |
| crib | |
| Crimbo | |
| Crosby | White Christmas |
| crowds | heading for the January sales |
| Cupid | one of eight |
| cutlery | required for eating Christmas dinner |
| Dancer | one of eight |
| dancing | what the gifted ladies do |
| Dasher | one of eight |
| date | sticky eatable |
| dates | sticky eatables |
| December | |
| deck | the halls |
| Deck The Halls | |
| decorations | |
| Dickens | author of A Christmas Carol |
| dinner | |
| donkey | resident of stable |
| Donner | one of eight |
| dreaming | of a White Christmas |
| drinking | Christmas activity |
| drummers | drumming gift |
| Dylan Thomas | author of A Child's Christmas in Wales |
| East | where the Magi came from |
| eating | Christmas activity |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | miser |
| eggnog | Christmas drink |
| elves | Santa's little helpers |
| Epiphany | |
| excited | before Christmas |
| exhausted | after Christmas |
| fairies | on Christmas tree |
| fairy | on Christmas tree |
| fairy lights | |
| family | |
| Father Christmas | |
| festival | |
| festive | |
| fir | |
| fire | where the chestnuts roast |
| flock | watched by shepherd |
| flocks | watched by shepherds |
| frankincense | |
| French hens | |
| Frosty | the Snowman |
| fruitcake | |
| Gabriel | |
| game | played at Christmas |
| games | played at Christmas |
| geese | |
| gift | |
| glitter | stuck on Christmas cards |
| glowing | like Rudolph's nose |
| gold | |
| Good King Wenceslas | |
| goodwill | to all men |
| goose | |
| gravy | |
| greetings | |
| Grinch | stole Christmas |
| grotto | where Santa hangs out |
| halls | decked with boughs of holly |
| ham | |
| happy | |
| hark | the herald angels |
| hens | French ones |
| herald | the singing angels |
| ho ho ho | from the Santa phrasebook |
| holiday | |
| holly | |
| Holly and the Ivy | |
| holy | |
| Holy Night | |
| humbug | Scrooge's sweet of choice |
| I Saw Three Ships | |
| icicle | |
| In Dulci Jubilo | |
| inn | no room there |
| ivy | |
| Jack Frost | nipping at your nose |
| Jingle Bells | |
| jolly | like Santa |
| Joseph | |
| joy | |
| Joy to the World | |
| jumper | |
| jumpers | Christmas ones are often very tasteful |
| kings | |
| knitwear | Popular christmas gift |
| ladies | gifted ones dancing |
| Lapland | |
| letter | to Santa, or saying 'thank you' |
| letters | to Santa, or saying 'thank you' |
| lights | |
| list | he's checking it twice |
| lords | leaping |
| Magi | |
| maids | milking |
| manger | |
| market | the Christmas sort |
| Mary | |
| mass | the midnight sort |
| melt | what a snowman does |
| merry | |
| message | the Queen delivers one |
| Midnight Mass | |
| mince pie | |
| mince pies | |
| mincemeat | |
| mistletoe | |
| motto | in crackers |
| mouse | not stirring |
| mulled wine | |
| myrrh | |
| nativity | |
| naughty | or nice |
| needle | from the tree |
| needles | |
| New Year | |
| nice | or naughty |
| Nine Lessons and Carols | from King's College |
| Noel | |
| Noel Edmonds | |
| North Pole | Santa's home |
| nose | Rudolph's USP |
| nuts | |
| O Come All Ye Faithful | |
| O Tannenbaum | |
| office party | |
| one-horse | open sleigh |
| onion | companion for sage |
| orange | at the end of a stocking |
| organ | playing merrily |
| Orient | where the Magi came from |
| panettone | Italian Christmas speciality |
| panto | |
| pantomime | |
| paper | for wrapping |
| paper hat | |
| parcel | |
| partridge | in pear tree |
| party | |
| peace | on earth |
| pie | with mincemeat |
| pigs in blankets | |
| pinata | |
| pine | tree |
| pipers | piping |
| plate | for your Christmas dinner |
| plum pudding | |
| poinsettia | traditional Christmas plant |
| port | accompaniment for cheese |
| postman | |
| Prancer | one of eight |
| present | |
| presents | |
| prickle | the holly has it |
| pudding | |
| punch | fruit or rum |
| Quality Street | |
| Queen | message bringer |
| red | colour of Santa's suit |
| reindeer | |
| ribbon | |
| rings | gold(en) |
| roast | |
| roasting | |
| robin | |
| roof | sleighpad |
| round Robin | Christmas letter |
| Rudolph | |
| sack | mass gift container |
| sage | companion for onion |
| Saint Nicholas | |
| sales | straight after Christmas |
| Santa | |
| Santa Claus | |
| sauce | cranberry |
| sausage | pig without blanket |
| scarf | |
| scarves | |
| Scrooge | |
| season | to be jolly |
| Secret Santa | source of my Homer Simpson underpants |
| shepherd | flock watcher |
| shepherds | flock watchers |
| sherry | drink left out for Santa |
| shiny | Rudolph's nose |
| ships | three sailing by |
| shopping | |
| silent | like the Night |
| Silent Night | |
| sing | what the Herald Angels do |
| singing | in the choir, sweet |
| Slade | Merry Xmas Everybody |
| sled | |
| sleeping | Santa knows if you are doing it |
| sleigh | |
| sleigh bells | |
| Sleigh Ride | |
| slush | less appealing form of snow |
| snow | |
| snowball | |
| snowman | |
| socks | traditional Christmas gift |
| solstice | |
| spirit | the Christmas sort |
| sprig | of holly on the pudding |
| sprouts | to be feared |
| stable | location of manger |
| stamp | required for Christmas cards |
| stamps | required for Christmas cards |
| star | |
| Stephen | |
| stocking | |
| stocking filler | |
| stockings | |
| string | used for wrapping |
| stuffing | |
| surprise | |
| swans | swimming |
| sweet | singing in the choir |
| thank you | letters |
| thank you letter | |
| The First Noël | |
| Thomas | Dylan |
| tidings | glad ones |
| tinsel | |
| Tiny Tim | youngest Cratchit |
| toys | gifts |
| tradition | |
| traditional | |
| train set | gift from dad to, er, dad |
| tree | |
| trimmings | to go with the turkey |
| turkey | |
| turtle doves | |
| Twelfth Night | |
| unwrapping | |
| Valentino | Rudolph |
| Vixen | one of eight |
| wassail | |
| Wassail Song | |
| wassailing | |
| Wenceslas | |
| white | variety of Christmas |
| White Christmas | |
| wine | frequently drunk at Christmas |
| winter | |
| Winter Wonderland | |
| wise men | |
| wonderland | Winter one |
| workshop | where the elves make things |
| wrapping | |
| wrapping paper | |
| wreath | often seen attached to knockers |
| Xmas | |
| yule | |
| Yule log | |
| yuletide |