| ''Tis the ___ to be jolly...' |
SEASON |
| 'Be right with you...' |
ONESEC |
| 'Beauty and the Beast' beauty |
BELLE |
| 'Christmas Oratorio' composer Camille |
SAINTSAENS |
| 'Definite maybe' or 'open secret,' e.g |
OXYMORON |
| 'It's beginning to look a ___ like Christmas...' |
LOT |
| 'Oh, you wish!' |
ASIF |
| 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' author |
HUGO |
| 'The Name of the Rose' writer |
UMBERTOECO |
| 'The Old Curiosity Shop' girl |
NELL |
| 'White Christmas' weather |
SNOW |
| 2002 Winter Olympics host nat |
USA |
| 90 degrees north, for the North Pole |
LATITUDE |
| Alpine heroine |
HEIDI |
| Amer. currency |
DOL |
| Arles articles |
UNES |
| Ask to be excused |
BEGOFF |
| Assent in France |
OUI |
| Attacker of accepted ideas |
ICONOCLAST |
| Barcelona bull |
TORO |
| Basic belief |
TENET |
| Before long |
SOON |
| Belly bulge |
OUTIE |
| Captain aboard the Nautilus |
NEMO |
| Charged bit |
ION |
| Christmas tree decoration |
TINSEL |
| Classic Christmas presents |
DOLLS |
| Comet part |
TAIL |
| Continental coin |
EURO |
| Corkscrew shape |
HELIX |
| Dancer's fiery performance |
TANGO |
| Danish shoe company with stores in many malls |
ECCO |
| Denial in Deutschland |
NEIN |
| Descartes observation |
COGITOERGOSUM |
| Destination for many winter vacations |
ISLE |
| Enact, as a law |
PUTINTOEFFECT |
| Ens.'s superiors in the 29-Down |
LTS |
| Fencing sword |
EPEE |
