It’s Christmas Eve, fellow puzzlers, and it’s tradition around here to celebrate the holidays with a free puzzle to solve!
This year is no exception, as I’ve cooked up something festive and fun for you.
Our friends at Penny/Dell Puzzles have a puzzle called First and Last, and when I thought of it, I immediately had the idea to do a holiday-themed version of it.
As you might’ve already guessed, I called it…
First and Last Christmas!
You can click here to download a PDF copy of the puzzle to solve, and I’ve included the full details in this puzzle below so you know what you’re getting into!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, friends. May the holidays be kind to you.
The answer to each clue can be found in the diagram. You can move up, down, backward, and forward, but not diagonally. Do not skip over any squares. The last letter of each answer is the first letter of the next answer; otherwise, each letter is used only once. The answer to the first clue begins in the outlined box, and the first and last letters of each answer are circled. Plus every word in the grid is festively themed. Good luck!
- This holiday song was the first song played in space (during the flight of Gemini 6A in December 1965)
- Stocking __
- Santa has eight or nine of these, depending on the song
- On the fifth day of Christmas, you get five of these
- There are 35 different shapes possible for this
- George Washington had a boozy recipe for this that included the instruction “Taste frequently”
- “The Elves and the Shoemaker” were just one story attributed to brothers by this name
- Holiday plant sometimes called “witches’ brooms”
- Good choice for a Christmas tree
- Scene featuring shepherds and magi (oh, and a baby, I guess)
- The Christmas season, of yore
- After leaving Bethlehem, Joseph, Mary, and Jesus traveled here
- This was originally made of hammered silver
- Holiday lights also known as farolitos
- __ calendar
- “Santa Claus is Coming to __“
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