amour-propre
self love
impending
overhanging
syndrone
complex of symtems
On December 13 Scandinavians celebrate this female saint; young girls wear white & wear lighted wreaths on their heads
Who is St. Lucia
An article called the Chicago Bears of 1938 this kind of team since they set "a season's record of 56 fumbles"
What is a butterfinger team
phoyphonic
multi-meloodic
euphemism
subborate
lower
In this film Santa tells Buddy there are 30 Ray’s Pizzas in NYC: “They all claim to be the original, but the real one’s on 11th”
What is Elf
Take the Z off the case in a type of mystery novel with little violence & it becomes this word for shy
What is coy (from cozy)
vivacious
Livey
intervene
come between
dissonnt
inharmonious
Based on the 1954 film, a musical called this composer’s “White Christmas” livened up the holidays in 2008 & 2009
Who is Irving Berlin
In 2023, USS Chancellorsville was renamed after this Black Civil War hero & Reconstruction-era congressman
Who is Robert Smalls
pellucid
clear
exculpate
free from blame
belligerent
warring
J.K. Simmons voices a toymaker who becomes a Christmas legend in this 2019 Netflix cartoon with a 5-letter title
What is Klaus
To gloss over errors to free one from blame, or to keep the other team scoreless
What is to whitewash
benefactor
helper
introsepective
megalomania
delustion of greatness
In some Decembers, 2,000,000 have found themselves, like in the song, walking in this destination in London’s Hyde Park
What is A Winter Wonderland
It's the world against us & us against the world", says Errol Flynn as this sanguine title pirate
What is Captain Blood