| A priest's upset about snowstorm initially, but carries on |
PERSISTS |
| Catch part of a carol at Christmas |
LATCH |
| Check on the deer for Santa? |
REIN |
| Church worker provides a carol, perhaps |
CHANT |
| Cigars he ordered -- an archbishop's entitlement |
HISGRACE |
| Councillor raised thanks to child -- Tiny Tim |
CRATCHIT |
| Courage needed on icy roads |
GRIT |
| Do nothing like Jack in pantomime |
IDLE |
| Drink -- the Christmas sort? |
SPIRIT |
| Ecstatic when surrounded with Christmas paper, say |
ENRAPT |
| Hasty cards I'm sending out in time for this |
CHRISTMASDAY |
| He is, or could be, the provider of Christmas stockings |
HOSIER |
| He returns for Christmas |
LEON |
| It often gets held up in winter weather |
UMBRELLA |
| Mince-pie first taken up by the few? |
SPITFIRE |
| Mince-pie man? |
SHEPHERD |
