The angel on top of the tree, from Greek angelos, messenger · Greek
A shiny ornament hung on the Christmas tree · small dogs
Red and white striped peppermint sweet hung on the tree
A Christmas song sung door to door
One of Santa's reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
The bright red berry of the Christmas holly
As in Joy to the World, the Christmas carol
Fragrant resin, one of the three gifts of the wise men
From Latin natale domini, Christmas Day · Latin
Spanish for Christmas · Spanish
Irish for Christmas · Irish
Red leaved Christmas plant, named after the American envoy Joel Poinsett
A single flake of Christmas snow · small dogs
The sweets that danced in children's dreams in The Night Before Christmas · small dogs
One of the three wise men who brought gifts to the infant Jesus
Santa's reindeer in A Visit from St. Nicholas, from the German for flashes of lightning · German
One of the three wise men who brought gifts to the infant Jesus
The paper Christmas cracker that pops when two people pull it
Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's kind clerk in Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Santa's reindeer in A Visit from St. Nicholas, named after the Roman god of love
One of Santa's reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
Ebenezer Scrooge of A Christmas Carol, from Hebrew for stone of help · Hebrew
Cheerful and merry, like Santa himself
From Kris Kringle, an American name for Santa, from German Christkindl, the Christ child · German
One of the three wise men who brought gifts to the infant Jesus
Saint Nicholas, the gift giver behind Santa Claus, Greek for victory of the people · Greek
The toy soldier of Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet The Nutcracker
One of Santa's reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
Short for Santa Claus, from the Dutch Sinterklaas · Dutch
German for fir tree, as in the carol O Tannenbaum · German · big dogs
Good King Wenceslas of the carol, a real 10th century duke of Bohemia
The four weeks of waiting before Christmas, from Latin adventus, arrival · Latin
Santa's little helper in the toy workshop · small dogs
Spiced ginger biscuit baked into houses and little men at Christmas
From Jingle Bells, the sleigh ride song first published in 1857 · small dogs
The berry sprig people kiss under at Christmas
Tall domed Christmas fruit bread from Milan · Italian
Santa's sleigh, pulled through the sky by reindeer
German Christmas fruit loaf dusted with icing sugar · German
Shiny strands hung on the Christmas tree to catch the light
An old toast meaning be in good health, and the hot spiced drink shared at Yuletide
Old name for the midwinter feast, from Old English geol · Old English