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A CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK
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In Sweden, a Christmas straw one is traditional; here's the 42-foot, 4-ton example in Gävle 
Goat
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You're looking for the dress this woman wore as she wed Prince William? Talk about one of a kind--that cost $434,000!
Kate Middleton
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He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve
Rudolph
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In 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch voiced this Seussian title guy who wasn't as into Christmas as the Whos were
The Grinch
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To another place, like "In A Manger", title-wise
Away
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"Strike the harp & join the chorus, fa la la la la la la la la"
Deck the Halls
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In Iceland, kids put their boots by a window & either get candy if they're good or rotten these tubers if not
Potatoes
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A $200,000 horse of this breed from the American Stud Book--how kind, especially with the $50,000 annual upkeep thrown in
Thoroughbred
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This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away"
Frosty the Snowman
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Alastair Sim is among those who have played this Dickensian man but unlike Michael Caine, did so without Muppets
Scrooge
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In the English lyrics of "Adeste Fideles", "O come let us" this word meaning to love
Adore
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"He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake"
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
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Streets are closed to traffic as people roller skate to Christmas Eve mass in this capital of Venezuela
Caracas
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I can't believe you bought me this NHL team that had players like Guy Carbonneau, Guy Lapointe & Guy Lafleur... merci!
The Canadiens
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"Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer
John Denver
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Basically, this heartwarming Frank Capra classic is about a disgraced financier having an incredibly rough Christmas Eve
It's a Wonderful Life
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Clothing or garments, donned with the "fa la la"-ing & so forth
Apparel
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"Good tidings we bring to you and your kin"
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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Japan keeps the holidays "extra crispy" with what has become a traditional Christmas meal from this chain
KFC
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This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone
Peloton
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You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of chompers
My 2 front teeth
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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"
Elf
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It's Latin for "hail", Maria
Ave
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"Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation"
O Come, All Ye Faithful
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North of Quezon City, San Fernando is the "Christmas Capital of" this nation, holding a Giant Lantern Festival in December
The Philippines
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An ancient sculpture of an athlete about to throw this should arrive by Christmas --Myron's original is lost, so it's just a copy
Discus
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A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back"
Grandma
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2 memorable bits from this 1983 classic: the leg lamp & "You'll shoot your eye out!"
A Christmas Story
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Merry gentlemen, it means away from the correct path, as in "to save us all from Satan's power when we were gone" this
Astray
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"Above thy deep & dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by"
O Little Town of Bethlehem
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