Chrstms Sngs
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Little Town of Bethlehem
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies
Kissing under the mistletoe
The "weed" or leaves of this herb are very useful for pickling
Dill
The North Pole is above this 2-word delineator of Earth's northern frigid zone
The Arctic Circle
In "The Jungle Book", this mongoose fights cobras who are trying to kill the family he lives with
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
FLZNVDD
Feliz Navidad
In Greece or Cyprus, you might want to try this 4-letter liqueur flavored with anise
Ouzo
In the espalier method, a plant is trained to grow against a flat surface like this crisscross of wood or metal
A lattice (trellis)
The North Pole lies at a point with this many degrees of latitude
90 degrees
This story, called "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" in French, was first published in English in 1729
Little Red Riding Hood
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Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Partly from Greek for "horse", it was an oval track for horse & chariot races in ancient Greece
A hippodrome
It's the mysterious dying utterance of the title character of "Citizen Kane"
Rosebud
The Soviet North Pole station set up in 1937 drifted away & was rescued 9 months later off this island
Greenland
For this story James M. Barrie took the name Never Land from a district in Australia
Peter Pan
O, Come All Ye Faithful
January 6 is this feast day with a name from Greek that also means a sudden intuitive insight
Epiphany
In this method of plant propagation, stems of one plant are inserted into another so that they unite & grow together
Grafting
In an 1818 novel of the same name, he pursued his creation to the North Pole where they both died
Frankenstein
This book's first edition said it was "translated from the original equine, by Anna Sewell"
Black Beauty
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Once in Royal David's City
The X in Xmas represents the Greek letter chi, 1st letter of this holy name in Greek
Christos
Charles Darwin called this "divine" carnivorous plant of the Americas one of the most wonderful plants in the world
A Venus Flytrap
This man, often credited as the first to reach the North Pole, also proved that Greenland is an island
Robert Peary
He wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", a children's story, as well as the James Bond novels
Ian Fleming