Possible Clues:

• 'Angela's Ashes' follow-up
• ''Deck the Halls'' contraction
• Bard's contraction
• ''___ the season to be jolly''
• Scale notes
• Present-tense 'twas
• "Whether ___ nobler . . ."
• 'My country' follower
• Apt "it's" anagram
• Apt 'it's' anagram