| Tree-picking time | 17 |
| Traditional season for eggnog | 29 |
| Time to visit a lot of trees | 28 |
| Time to go caroling | 19 |
| Time just after the winter solstice | 35 |
| Time for carols | 15 |
| Tide starter? | 13 |
| Tide or log preceder | 20 |
| This puzzle's season | 24 |
| Think Dec. 25, and you'll get it | 36 |
| The season to be jolly | 22 |
| The Grinch's season | 23 |
| The end of December | 19 |
| Sort of log | 11 |
| Season of the longest night | 27 |
| Season for carols and a log | 27 |
| Santa's season | 18 |
| Santa's busy season | 23 |
| Right now, seasonally speaking | 30 |
| Present date? | 13 |
| Post-solstice celebration | 25 |
| Pagan festival | 14 |
| Nog time | 8 |
| Much-ballyhooed season | 22 |
| Mickey Rooney's real name | 29 |
| Mickey Rooney, né ___ | 24 |
| Log-burning time | 16 |
| Log time | 8 |
| Late-year time | 14 |
| Kind of tide or log | 19 |
| Ho-ho-ho time | 13 |
| Festive season | 14 |
| End of the year celebration | 27 |
| Eggnog season | 13 |
| December's log? | 19 |
| December date | 13 |
| Christmas log | 13 |
| Certain log | 11 |
| Big season at Toys "R" Us | 35 |
| "O Tannenbaum" time | 29 |
| ___ Ball, quinquennial dance in Harry Potter | 44 |
| ___ Ball (Christmas dance at Hogwarts) | 38 |
| Christmas quilters' haze? | 29 |
| Holiday warning? | 16 |
| Annual winter celebration | 25 |
| Christmas season / Greet a villain / Speak aloud / Query / Monthly payment | 74 |
| Christmas tradition | 19 |
| Christmas crackler | 18 |
| Holiday hearth item | 19 |
| Holiday burner | 14 |
| Christmas warmer | 16 |
| Symbol of December | 18 |
| Seasonal fuel | 13 |
| Picture on some Christmas cards | 31 |
| Hot Christmas staple | 20 |
| Holiday warmer | 14 |
| Holiday tradition | 17 |
| Christmas adjunct | 17 |
| "If today is the 18th, then Christmas is next week"? | 62 |
| Traditional Christmas burners | 29 |
| Traditional Christmas items | 27 |
| Iconic flamers | 14 |
| December warmers | 16 |
| Christmas traditions | 20 |
| Seasons for carolers | 20 |
| Xmas seasons | 12 |
| Year-end seasons | 16 |
| Christmastides | 14 |
| Year-end holidays | 17 |
| Year-end celebrations | 21 |
| Winter festivals | 16 |
| Wassailers' times | 21 |
| Twelfth-month events | 20 |
| Seasons to be merry | 19 |
| Seasonal celebrations | 21 |
| Present times? | 14 |
| Historically pagan solstice festivals | 37 |
| End-of-year celebrations | 24 |
| December holidays | 17 |
| December events | 15 |
| Christmas-tides | 15 |
| Christmas times | 15 |
| Certain holidays | 16 |
| Certain feast days | 18 |
| Noel season | 11 |
| December days | 13 |
| Year-end periods | 16 |
| Certain holiday seasons | 23 |
| Namesakes of actor Brynner | 26 |
| Brynner et al. | 14 |
| Brynner divides a site into districts? | 38 |
| "Scrumptious!" | 24 |
| "Tastes great!" | 25 |
| 'This is tasty!' | 24 |
| Delicious! | 10 |
| Comment at the table | 20 |
| "Tasty" | 17 |
| "How tasty!" | 22 |
| 'Delish!' | 17 |
| Music to the cook's ears | 28 |