| Dancer's prompter | 21 |
| Dancer's guide | 18 |
| Dancer's driver | 19 |
| Dancer's director | 21 |
| Dancer's boss? | 18 |
| Cupid's master? | 19 |
| Cupid's driver | 18 |
| Comet's leader | 18 |
| Clement Moore character | 23 |
| Claus or Cruz | 13 |
| Clara or Monica | 15 |
| Clara or Claus | 14 |
| Clara or Catalina | 17 |
| Clara or Ana | 12 |
| Christmas regular | 17 |
| Christmas list keeper | 21 |
| Christmas Eve aviator | 21 |
| Christmas card character | 24 |
| Chimney guy | 11 |
| Catalina or Catarina | 20 |
| Billy Bob played him badly | 26 |
| Beloved man with a bag | 22 |
| Barbara or Maria | 16 |
| Barbara follows it | 18 |
| Barbara in California | 22 |
| Annual wish-list recipient | 26 |
| Annual V.I.P. | 13 |
| Annual traveler | 15 |
| Annual toy toter | 16 |
| Annual stocking suffer | 22 |
| Annual roof lander | 18 |
| Annual fly-by-nighter | 21 |
| Annual flier | 12 |
| Annual department store employee | 32 |
| Anna or Rosa lead-in | 20 |
| Anna or Maria | 13 |
| Anita, Monica or Clara | 22 |
| Anita or Clara | 14 |
| Anita or Ana | 12 |
| Ana or Barbara start | 20 |
| A Nicholas | 10 |
| A fly-by-night? | 15 |
| 12/24 visitor | 13 |
| 12/24 traditional visitor | 25 |
| "Ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood" according to a New York Sun editorial of September 21, 1897 | 163 |
| "Nobody shoots at ___ . . . " (Smith) | 47 |
| "Nick" name that goes with the first names in the grid's six longest entries | 90 |
| "Miracle on 34th Street" role | 39 |
| "Jolly old elf" of rhyme | 34 |
| "Ho, ho, ho" man | 26 |
| "Ho ho ho" fellow | 27 |
| "___ Lucia" (Italian song) | 36 |
| --- Fe, NM | 10 |
| ____ Ana winds | 14 |
| ___ Vittoria | 12 |
| ___ Monica, Calif. | 18 |
| ___ Fe | 6 |
| ___ Ana | 7 |
| __ Monica, CA | 13 |
| __ Cruz, CA | 11 |
| Orange County seat | 18 |
| Hot wind | 8 |
| Seat of Orange County, Calif. | 29 |
| City on I-5 | 11 |
| California wind | 15 |
| Windy West Coast city? | 22 |
| Wind moniker | 12 |
| Seat of California's Orange County | 38 |
| Orange neighbor | 15 |
| Neighbor of Orange | 18 |
| Largest river of southern California | 36 |
| John Wayne Airport's address | 32 |
| John Wayne Airport city | 23 |
| Hot, dusty California wind | 26 |
| Hot, dry wind of southern Calif. | 32 |
| Hot desert wind | 15 |
| City near Long Beach | 20 |
| City east of Long Beach | 23 |
| Western track | 13 |
| Where Seabiscuit last competed | 30 |
| West Coast racing venue | 23 |
| West Coast racetrack | 20 |
| Site of a Seabiscuit victory | 28 |
| Seabiscuit's last race place | 32 |
| Noted California race track | 27 |
| California site of Seabiscuit's last race | 45 |
| California racetrack | 20 |
| Calif. track | 12 |
| Calif. race track | 17 |
| Breeders' Cup track | 23 |
| Arcadia racing venue | 20 |
| April derby site | 16 |
| For he's a jolly good fellow | 32 |
| Head of a major toy outfit | 26 |
| Yuletide hero | 13 |
| Symbol of benevolence | 21 |
| Season's visitor | 20 |
| Roly-poly gift-giver | 20 |
| P.O. address in Indiana | 23 |
| Noted list keeper | 17 |