Across

1.    Particular ride
4.    Evergreen door decoration
7.    Ribbon partner
10.    Pumpkin or apple
11.    ____ - sweet chocolate
12.    Non-profit dot
14.    It’s like a fingerprint – no two alike
15.    Ready the fruit for the root cellar
16.    Iridium symbol
17.    Tree decorations
20.    End for some words
21.    Naughty alternative
22.    Any one of the 9 down
23.    Gift tag word
25.    Symbol for nickel
26.    Alright
27.    Northern Territory, shortened
29.    Certain holiday songs
31.    Santa has eight
33.    Already there
34.    Belonging to me
35.    Leave
36.    Direction
37.    Not foes
40.    Green emotion
42.    What soothe and booking have in common
43.    Bromine symbol
44.    Gift
46.    ____ upon a time...
48.    Half a laugh
49.    Garland cousin
50.    Enclose in decorative paper
52.    Now I ___ me down...
53.    Paid notice
55.    Experience with the eyes
56.    Something to kiss under
60.    (with 43 down) Popular holiday song
61.    Christmas time

Down

1.    Christmas sock
2.    Thick holiday beverage
3.    A Christmas color
4.    Certain season
5.    ___ Speedwagon
6.    Yarn; story
7.    Keg contents
8.    Meditation word
9.    They were guided by a star (2 wds)
10.    Letter afterthought (abbr)
11.    Hitting the slopes
13.    Regular Army, for short
18.    Tree topper, perhaps
19.    Popular main course
22.    Title of respect
23.    Preceding in time
24.    Away in a ______
25.    Certain scene
27.    ___  ____  Eve
28.    Comes before la la
29.    Vehicle
30.    Female rel.
32.    Finished
37.    Connected through blood or marriage
38.    High time
39    Puts on
41.    Short for Veterinary Surgeon
43.    (see 60 across)
44.    Public address, shortened
45.    Invisible, preferably
47.    Cerium symbol
48.    Prickly leaves and red berries
51.    Precedes IOU
53.    E. coast ocean
54.    Dough homonym
56.    Unit of meas.
57.    That is (abbr)
58.    Symbol for europium
59.    “Phone home” alien

— A Custom Crossword by Gail Beckman
702-869-6416, customcrosswords.com

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