• ___ Ana (hot wind of Southern California)
• ___ Ana winds
• ___ Ana, CA
• ___ Anita
• ___ Anita Park (California racetrack)
• ___ Anna (Alamo victor)
• ___ Barbara
• ___ Barbara (big boating town of California)
• ___ Clara, CA
• ___ Claus
• ___ Cruz
• ___ Cruz, CA
• ___ Fe, NM
• ___ Lucia
• ___ Maria
• ___ Maria (Columbus's flagship)
• ___ Monica, CA
• ___ Monica, Calif.
• ___ Monica, California
• ___ Rosa, CA
• ___ Rosa, Calif.
• ___ Baby
• Ho ho ho crier
• Ho ho ho fellow
• Jolly old elf of rhyme
• Miracle on 34th Street character
• Miracle on 34th Street role
• Nick name that goes with the first names in the grid's six longest entries
• Ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood according to a New York Sun editorial of September 21, 1897
• The ___ Clause (Tim Allen film)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas hostage
• 12/24 traditional visitor
• 12/25 visitor
• A fly-by-night?
• A jolly good fellow
• A man for one season
• Ana or Barbara
• Ana or Barbara start
• Anita or Clara
• Anna or Rosa lead-in
• Annual flier
• Annual list-checker
• Annual sleigh driver
• Annual traveler
• Annual visitor
• Annual winter visitor
• Bag carrier
• Bag man
• Barbara follows it
• Barbara in California
• Barbara or Clara
• Barbara or Monica
• Barbara or Rosa preceder
• Before Monica
• Beloved man with a bag
• Big bag carrier
• Billy Bob played him badly
• Blitzen's boss
• Briefly, North Pole sleigh pilot
• Chimney guy
• Chimney worker?
• Christmas card character
• Christmas decoration
• Christmas drop-in
• Christmas Eve visitor
• Christmas guy
• Christmas letter recipient
• Christmas list keeper
• Christmas party worker, perhaps
• Christmas regular
• Christmas symbol
• Christmas visitor
• Clara or Catalina
• Clara or Claus
• Clara or Monica
• Clara or Rosa
• Clement Moore character
• Clement Moore's right jolly old elf
• Client of this puzzle's spin doctor?
• Comet leader?
• Comet's guider
• Cupid's boss
• Cupid's driver
• Cupid's leader?
• Cupid's master
• Dancer director
• Dancer's boss?
• Dancer's driver
• Dancer's manager?
• Dancer's prompter
• Dasher lasher?
• December 24th visitor
• December 25 visitor
• December addressee
• December delivery man
• December disguise
• December drop-in
• December list keeper
• December temp
• December temp job
• December traveler
• December VIP
• December visitor
• Denizen of the North
• Department store's seasonal temp.
• Elf employer
• Elf-aware figure
• Elves' boss
• Employer of 43A
• Employer of a dozen helpers hidden in this puzzle
• End of the definition
• End-of-the-year fat man
• End-of-year temp
• Everclear's ___ Monica (Watch the World Die)
• Famous package delivery man
• Father Christmas
• Fe antecedent
• Fe front
• Fe or Ana preceder
• Fe or Catalina
• First name in gift-giving
• First word of a song Springsteen famously covered
• Flying-reindeer owner
• Frequent December addressee
• Gift bearer
• Gift deliverer
• Gift giver
• Grinch disguise
• He jiggled like a bowl full of jelly
• He comes once a year
• He delivers gifts in stockings
• He gets the sack in December
• He gives gifts in stockings
• He has a small staff
• He has a small work force
• He knows if you've been naughty or nice
• He may bring you golf clubs late in the year
• He visits once a year
• He's busy this month
• He's very elf-conscious
• Ho-ho-ho guy
• Holiday housebreaker?
• Holiday traveler
• Holiday visitor
• Holiday visitor hidden in eight answers in this puzzle
• Holiday wish list recipient
• Honorific for Maria or Ynez
• It can precede the first names in six puzzle answers
• It may be with Monica or Clara
• Jolly elf
• Jolly holiday visitor
• Jolly old elf
• Jolly old man
• Jovial philanthropist
• Kiddie hero
• Kris Kringle
• Large guy who can fit in narrow spaces
• Legendary polar inhabitant
• List recipient
• Macy's Day Parade V.I.P.
• Macy's temp
• Man in a red suit
• Man in a red-and-white suit
• Man in a suit
• Man in red
• Man with a famous lap
• Man with a list
• Man with a nice laugh
• Man with a small workforce
• Maria or Rosa preceder
• MEMBER OF THE SET
• Nick active at night
• Nick name
• Nick who comes at night
• Nightmare Before Christmas hostage
• North Pole denizen?
• North Pole dweller
• North Pole resident
• North Pole resident, briefly
• North Pole VIP
• Northern star?
• Noted sleigh driver
• Noted toy maker
• Noted workshop chief
• Notion of which children must eventually be disabused
• Once-a-year visitor
• One making overnight deliveries
• One who flies south in the winter
• One who laughs a lot
• One who provides coal in December
• One who's busy the night before opening day?
• One with a pole position?
• One with a small work force
• Oscar role of '47
• Owner of eight other answers in this puzzle
• Part of many California town names
• Part of UCSB
• Pole Dancer's boss?
• Pole star
• Popular Christmas display
• Popular legend of Dutch origin
• Present company?
• Present day hero?
• Present presenter
• Present-day VIP
• Producer of a famous laugh
• Receiver of lists
• Recipient of many wish lists
• Red suit wearer
• Reindeer driver
• Reindeer pilot
• Rooftop visitor
• Rosa or Paula preceder
• Rosa's lead?
• Rudolph's boss
• Rudolph's master
• Sack toter
• Seasonal fellow
• Seasonal figure
• Seasonal gadabout
• Seasonal globetrotter
• Seasonal list maker
• Seasonal sleigh driver
• Seasonal sleigh-rider
• Seasonal symbol
• Seasonal temp
• Seasonal temp job
• Seasonal temp position
• Seasonal traveler
• Seasonal visitor
• Seasonal worker
• Secret ___ (seasonal office game)
• Sidewalk ___
• Sledder in the sky
• Sleigh driver
• Sleigh driver of note
• Springsteen sang about him coming to town
• St. Nick
• Start for Barbara
• Start of a Springsteen Christmas song
• Stocking stuffer
• Subject of a famed 1897 editorial
• Team manager
• Thanksgiving Day parade VIP
• Thanksgiving parade participant
• Thanksgiving parade star
• Thanksgiving parade VIP
• Tim Allen comedy The ___ Clause
• Tot's hero
• Toys R him
• Traveler who carries his own bag
• Visitor from the North
• Vixen's master
• Winter visitor
• Winter wonder man
• Wish list receiver
• With 61A, Tim Allen film with The
• Word before Maria or Monica
• Word that can precede the first name of each California Girl to form a city
• Word with Clara, Monica, or Barbara
• Word with each first name in this puzzle's theme
• Worker always seen in a suit
• Workshop owner of note
• Year-end list examiner
• Year-end list maker
• Year-end mall temp
• Year-end stocking stuffer
• Year-end temp
• Year-end visitor
• Yuletide visitor
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