Snow
In observing snowflakes, learn the basic types of these symmetrical structures, including plates, columns & needles
Crystals
Joseph Mohr, a priest of Oberndorf, Austria, wrote the German words of this "quiet" carol
Silent Night
It's a short commute for Santa to get to this frigid Russian region of nearly 5 million sq. mi. that includes the Ob & Yenisey Rivers
Siberia
"Foxy" name for an ill-tempered woman
Vixen
A small citrus fruit & 1,000 Roman paces
Lime / Mile
In Scandinavia, the Yule goat carries an elf bringing gifts; originally it carried this thunder god
Thor
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H5N1, better known as this potential pandemic transmitted by fowl
Avian Flu
This cereal invented in the 1890s was bleached & used as nice, crunchy underfoot snow in early sound films
Corn Flakes
In "Sleigh Ride", the kind of party going on "at the home of Farmer Gray"
Birthday
Santa Claus can cruise into Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minh City along the river with this name, the former name of Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Profession of Michael Flatley & Martha Graham
Dancer
To hear as someone speaks & being totally quiet (so you can hear someone speak)
Listen / Silent
Weather condition on Christmas Eve when Santa asked Rudolph, "Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Foggy
It's believed Santa's reindeer & sleigh were 1st mentioned in this author's "Knickerbocker History"
Washington Irving
A spoonful of sugar won't help this, from the Greek for "all people", meaning an epidemic over a wide range
Pandemic
Mount Snow, Vermont calls itself these mountains' most accessible ski resort from the big cities south of it
Green Mountains
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Peshawar, Lahore & Karachi are but 3 city stops as St. Nick soars around this country
Pakistan
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Yup
Slang for a look, as in "take a ____ at this", & the exposure to risk
Gander / Danger
In a Christmas song, this line about dressing up rhymes with "troll the ancient yuletide carol"
Don we now our gay apparel
It's the line following "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens..."
Bright Copper Kettles and Warm woolen mittens
In 1348 this "colorful" pandemic killed half the population of Florence, Italy & spread through North Africa
Black Death
Snow blinded the Lancastrians & wind stopped their arrows at Towton in this war, said to be the bloodiest battle ever in England
War of the Roses
"God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you" this
Dismay
Mr. C. is very busy island hopping in this nation in the Pacific; Leyte is just one of its more than 1,000 inhabited islands
Phillipines
We certainly hope this reindeer knows his way better than the same-named "party" of 1846-47
Donner
The act of betraying your nation & one who serves it as a state's representative
Treason / Senator
In "Away in a Manger", it's what "The little Lord Jesus" was "asleep on"
The hay
If you're on a "Nantucket sleigh ride", 1 of these is pulling your boat
Whale
The death in "Death in Venice" is from this water-borne disease that has caused several pandemics
Cholera
One must have a mind of winter", begins this Wallace Stevens poem that sets a chilly mood
The Snow Man
What Child Is This?" is sung to the tune of this other song
Greensleeves
Santa's sleigh touches down on Honshu in this city of 1.5 million, Japan's capital from 794 to 1868
Kyoto
In the '70s Volkswagen rebranded the Passat in North America & named it this
Dasher
Unaccompanied confinement & a supporter of a king like George III
Solitary / Royalist
1972's Operation Linebacker II is better known as these "yuletide" bombings of Hanoi & Haiphong
Christmas Bombings
2 words that begin with "sh" in "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Shiny and shouted
During the Peloponnesian War, a plague killed 1/5 of this city; Thucydides survived it to write the war's history
Athens