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1D
Some prefer these even more celestial Christmas tree-toppers to stars (I’m one of those people!)
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Orizzontali
  1. 2A
    Fleecy winter boot
  2. 4A
    ___ capita
  3. 5A
    551, in Roman numerals
  4. 6A
    “Did you eat Santa’s cookies?” “No, it _____ me!”
  5. 8A
    NYT time zone
  6. 9A
    Secular version of 14D (since the birth of Jesus Christ) (abbr.)
  7. 10A
    Black ___ event for NYE
  8. 11A
    What St. Nick wears on his head
  9. 13A
    North Pole workers (2 wds.)
  10. 21A
    Another name for Santa Claus
  11. 29A
    Lacy ornamental mat
  12. 30A
    Plural alternative spelling of 44D
  13. 31A
    Religious faction
  14. 32A
    "_ ____ in peace" (2 wds.)
  15. 33A
    Little fish, often sold at bait shops
  16. 35A
    Cookie brand that might borrow 13A during a strike
  17. 37A
    Lake boat with oars
  18. 38A
    Symbol of justice
  19. 39A
    Hugh of Playboy, familiarly
  20. 40A
    “Go, matador!” (bullring cheer)
  21. 41A
    Singer ____ Bareilles
  22. 45A
    Breadbasket item
  23. 48A
    Slurpee alternative
  24. 49A
    “_ ___ it” (brief confession) (2 wds.)
  25. 50A
    Remember the _____ (Texas landmark)
  26. 51A
    "I will ___ __ undersold!" (Dwight Schrute quote) (2 wds.)
  27. 53A
    Christmas colors (3 wds.)
  28. 54A
    Stalin's predecessor
  29. 55A
    Prolonged attack
  30. 57A
    Apex ocean predator
  31. 58A
    When Santa’s beard gets too long he gives it a ____
  32. 59A
    ____ Leith of the Great British Bake Off
  33. 60A
    Frosty’s essence
  34. 62A
    Dashed off on foot
  35. 63A
    “Are we there yet?” stat (abbr.)
  36. 64A
    Vulpes who might dive nose first into the 60A
  37. 65A
    Christmas ___ & Adam (think Jeopardy ‘Before & After’ game X a wedding invitation for the first biblical couple)
  38. 67A
    With 68A, an anagram meaning “repair”
  39. 68A
    With 67A, an anagram meaning “repair”
  40. 69A
    “__-70A” (what this puzzle’s constructor thought at the end of making it)
  41. 70A
    “69A-__” (what this puzzle’s constructor thought at the end of making it)
Verticali
  1. 1D
    Some prefer these even more celestial Christmas tree-toppers to stars (I’m one of those people!)
  2. 2D
    Software revision
  3. 3D
    "4:00, wallow in self-pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one…” declarant
  4. 6D
    Houdini's birth name or ____bier (Bavarian drink)
  5. 7D
    Burmese hardwoods, or the lower level to mahogany trees in the OSRS Tai Bwo Wanni village
  6. 10D
    Uptight
  7. 12D
    Long hikes
  8. 14D
    Religious alternative to 9A (since the birth of Jesus Christ) (abbr.)
  9. 15D
    Child’s most likely answer to the question, “do you want to stop opening presents?”
  10. 16D
    Tiny ___ (from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol)
  11. 17D
    Comedian Wong (from Always Be My Maybe) (and also her stand-up is just so funny)
  12. 18D
    In ___ (harmonious)
  13. 19D
    Sierra ___ (African nation)
  14. 20D
    Promise to be quiet (3 wds.)
  15. 22D
    “Getchur ___ ____ _____ here!” shouted the ballpark drink vendor (3 wds.)
  16. 23D
    Don’t lie, cheat, or _____ if you want to avoid Santa’s naughty list
  17. 24D
    Stir up or vex
  18. 25D
    Rink floor
  19. 26D
    Oslo’s country (abbr.)
  20. 27D
    Head honcho at a dealership (abbr.)
  21. 28D
    __ Creuset
  22. 34D
    "Pass"
  23. 36D
    Wheat, in France
  24. 42D
    Maine national park
  25. 43D
    Staff anew
  26. 44D
    Singular alternative spelling of 30A
  27. 45D
    A ‘5th Day’ gift
  28. 46D
    Aromas, and not usually the Christmas cookie kind
  29. 47D
    What a huge Miller beer fan might say to do to a pile of arranged firewood, with paper tucked inside (2 wds.)
  30. 50D
    What a TV station airs again (2 wds.)
  31. 52D
    Santa’s sleigh is powered by Christmas spirit, not by an ______!
  32. 54D
    Seuss environmentalist
  33. 56D
    🎭
  34. 59D
    High-school dance often thrown like a gala
  35. 61D
    What the persistent kid keeps trying to start at the ball game
  36. 64D
    Department of Health and Human Services Agency tasked with oversight of edible products & medicine (abbr.)
  37. 66D
    NYE is when the year comes to an ___
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