- SANTA
- December delivery man
- Employer of 43A
- He comes once a year
- Seasonal figure
- Stocking stuffer?
- Year-end temp
- __ Anna (Alamo victor)
- North Pole resident
- Subject of an 1897 query from Virginia
- Bag man
- Rosa's lead?
- Christmas drop-in
- Iconic list double-checker
- Word before {/Clara/} or {/Claus/}
- Stranger often sat on by children
- December temp
- Christmas visitor
- Dancer's head
- One who provides coal in December
- Present day man?
- Secret ___ (seasonal office game)
- Noted holiday cookie eater
- He's got a certain gift
- Word before Maria or Monica
- Dancer's boss?
- Gift bearer
- Cupid's driver
- Seasonal globetrotter
- Nick active at night
- Flue negotiator
- December VIP
- Seasonal sleigh-rider
- Elf employer
- Seasonal mall worker
- Cupid's master
- Character depicted as Saddam Hussein's gay lover in "South Park"
- He tempted Jesus in Matthew 4
- Certain part-time mall employee
- One suited for the holidays
- The "he" in the John Milton line "so call him now, his former name / Is heard no more in heaven"
- It's a darn good thing he's not lactose intolerant (or maybe he just takes a whole lot of Lactaid?)
- Kramer becomes a communist while working as one in a mall, in a "Seinfeld" episode
- Major cookie consumer?
- Chimney worker?
- St. Nick
- Christmas party worker, perhaps
- Comet's guider
- He "jiggled like a bowl full of jelly"
- Holiday housebreaker?
- Rooftop visitor
- Gift deliverer
- Blitzen's boss
- He knows if you've been naughty or nice
- North Pole dweller
- The ___ Clause (Tim Allen film)
- MEMBER OF THE SET
- Wish list receiver
- ___ Monica, California
- He delivers gifts in stockings
- He gives gifts in stockings
- North Pole resident, briefly
- ___ Maria
- Rosa or Paula preceder
- Rudolph's master
- 49-Across list recipient
- Nick name that goes with the first names in the grid's six longest entries
- Christmas card character
- Christmas letter recipient
- Dancer's driver
- He gets the sack in December
- Honorific for Maria or Ynez
- December 24th visitor
- Elf's employer
- Employer of many elves
- December traveler
- Driver who originally had an eight-member team
- Nick name?
- ___ Cruz, California
- He stocks red socks with black rocks
- The deer-sleigh-er?
- Alec's "Rise of the Guardians" role
- Whoopi Goldberg role in a 2001 holiday TV movie
- Christmas vistor
- Clara or Rosa
- December visitor
- ___ Anita
- Ho-ho-ho guy
- Seasonal symbol
- Sledder in the sky
- Winter wonder man
- Seasonal list maker
- Client of this puzzle's spin doctor?
- Comet leader?
- Word with each first name in this puzzle's theme
- Mr. Claus
- Holiday wish list recipient
- Jovial philanthropist
- Noted sleigh driver
- One with a pole position?
- Year-end list examiner
- End of the definition
- It can precede the first names in six puzzle answers
- Maria or Rosa preceder
- Man in a red suit
- Red suit wearer
- Seasonal temp
- Flier over 61-Across
- Jolly holiday visitor
- Seasonal sleigh driver
- Year-end mall temp
- Big bag carrier
- Rudolph's boss
- He's coming to town soon
- Cupid's boss
- December drop-in
- Legendary guy traditionally wearing black boots
- Christmas celebrity
- Legendary sleigh rider
- Nick working at night?
- Red-suited reindeer driver
- With 71-Across, seasonal visitor who'd appreciate being warned about the ends of 20-, 37- and 56-Across
- Father Christmas
- With 65-Across, seat of California's Orange County
- Figure of veneration
- Ho ho ho holiday guy
- Seasonal sack toter
- North Pole letter recipient
- Receiver of many letters
- Gift list addressee
- One-night-a-year flier
- Red-and-white hat wearer
- Reindeer reins holder
- Seasonal visitor
- December mall figure
- Red-and-white suit wearer
- Rotund man in a bright suit
- Seasonal mall temp
- Fall mall hiree
- Sleigh driver
- Ed Asner's "Elf" role
- Figure on the last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Recipient of many lists
- With 121-Down, seat of California's Orange County
- With 45-Down, West Coast racing venue
- NORAD tracking target
- Present day celebrity?
- __ Monica Pier
- 12/25 visitor
- Annual visitor
- Thanksgiving parade participant
- __ Clara, CA
- Christmas regular
- __ Fe, NM
- __ Ana, CA
- __ Monica, CA
- End-of-year temp
- Year-end list maker
- Yuletide visitor
- Oscar role of '47
- Jolly old elf
- With 10 Down, California city
- __ Rosa, CA
- North Pole VIP
- Thanksgiving parade VIP
- Thanksgiving parade star
- Chimney guy
- Present-day VIP
- Annual flier
- Denizen of the North
- Elves' boss
- Dancer's director
- December temp job
- Flying-reindeer owner
- Seasonal traveler
- With 35 Down, December temp
- 12/24 traditional visitor
- Christmas Eve visitor
- Reindeer pilot
- Frequent December addressee
- __ Cruz, CA
- Jolly old elf of rhyme
- Dancer's prompter
- Part of UCSB
- 12/24 visitor
- Annual wish-list recipient
- Little old driver of a familiar verse
- Annual fly-by-nighter
- Annual stocking suffer
- Christmas Eve aviator
- With 66 Down, not-so-frequent flier
- Kris Kringle
- Rudolph's driver
- __ Monica Mountains
- Christmas VIP
- Flier in red and white
- Traveler tracked by NORAD
- Annual aviator
- Canada's H0H 0H0 postal code addressee
- Speaker of the cheer in question
- With 9 Across, Silicon Valley city
- Year-end temp job
- Dasher's driver
- Driver of flying reindeer
- Recent annual visitor
- __ Clara County (Silicon Valley locale)
- December sleigh driver
- Donald Duck persona in "Toy Tinkers"
- Mrs. Claus' mister
- Once-a-year aviator
- Crew boss
- Late-fall mall temp
- Noel notable
- Once-a-year flier
- Start of three California county names
- Part of three California county names
- Jolly old man
- Dasher lasher?
- He's very elf-conscious
- Present day hero?
- Elf-aware figure
- Ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood according to a New York Sun editorial of September 21, 1897
- Christmas list keeper
- He has a small staff
- Thanksgiving Day parade VIP
- Pole star?
- Child's best friend.
- Children's friend.
- ___ Fe, capital of New Mexico.
- A right jolly old elf.
- Reindeer driver.
- ___ Ana, Calif.
- ___ Fe.
- Kiddie's hero.
- Today's hero.
- Columbus' ship, "___ Maria."
- Edmund Gwenn.
- Famous sleigh ride.
- Friend of good children.
- Giver of gifts.
- Man in red.
- Reindeer driver, seasonal.
- Seasonal department store job.
- Symbol of Christmas.
- ___ Rosa, California.
- Blitzen's driver.
- The man in the red suit.
- Department store employee.
- Hero of Clement Moore poem.
- The other half of 4 Down.
- Toyland V. I. P.
- Vixen's driver.
- Anita or Monica.
- Barbara or Clara.
- Clara or Anita.
- Fé or Cruz.
- Winter visitor.
- ___ Clara, university in California.
- ___ Lucia.
- Christmas figure.
- Comet's driver.
- Yule symbol.
- Last week's visitor.
- Xmas aeronaut.
- ___ Barbara.
- Clara or Monica.
- Driver of 17, 23, 26, 48 Across, 1, 26, 36, 37 Down.
- Saint Nick.
- Seasonal saint.
- ___ Fé.
- December symbol.
- Yule man.
- ___ Maria, Guatemala volcano.
- December figure.
- Man of distinction, for December.
- Maria or Clara.
- Red-coat.
- Subject of Virginia's famous query.
- ___ Cruz.
- Man now on leave.
- ___ Clara.
- Red-clad figure.
- December feature.
- Popular saint.
- Jolly fellow.
- ___ Ana.
- Popular man about town.
- The Secret of ___ Vittoria.
- A Nick.
- Ana or Barbara
- Kiddie hero
- A Nicholas
- Kringle
- Xmas V.I.P.
- ___ Rosa
- ___ Vittoria
- Anna or Maria
- Annual V.I.P.
- Maria or Cruz
- Maria or Sophia
- Rosa or Anna
- Xmas visitor
- Claus
- December caller
- Jolly man
- Nobody shoots at ___ . . . (Smith)
- Jolly one
- Lucia or Maria
- Name before Barbara or Clara
- North Pole inhabitant
- Barbara or Maria
- Good-children's friend
- Yearly visitor
- Clara or Ana
- Chimney visitor
- Ho, ho, ho man
- Famed sleigher
- Rooftop sleigher
- With 2 Down, city in Brazil
- His toys bring joys to girls and boys
- Annual department store employee
- Hero of a famous 1897 editorial
- Anita, Monica or Clara
- Ana or Clara
- Obese bag man
- Jolly one in a red suit
- Polar personage
- Famed bag man
- Polar resident
- Tot's hero
- Yule visitor
- Anita or Ana
- Subject of a famed 1897 editorial
- Claus or Cruz
- Toys man
- ___ Lucia (Italian song)
- Catalina or Catarina
- Fabulous stocking-stuffer
- Fe or Ana preceder
- The fat man in red
- Department store's seasonal temp.
- Univ. of Calif. site, with 10 Across
- Seasonal store worker
- Noted bag man
- A man for one season
- Anita or Clara
- Dancer's guide
- Legendary polar inhabitant
- One of the Clauses
- Rudolph's reinsman
- Barbara follows it
- Clement Moore character
- Gift giver
- _____ Barbara
- Sidewalk___
- Man with a famous lap
- Noted workshop chief
- Worker always seen in a suit
- ___ Rosa, Calif.
- Clement Moore's "right jolly old elf"
- Dancer director?
- Holiday visitor
- List recipient
- One making overnight deliveries
- With 61-Down, a California city
- Popular legend of Dutch origin
- A fly-by-night?
- December 25 visitor
- Man in a red-and-white suit
- Man in a suit
- Man with a nice laugh
- Present presenter
- With 15-Across, a California county
- Sack toter
- Team manager
- Vixen's master
- Ho ho ho crier
- Producer of a famous laugh
- Recipient of many wish lists
- With 40-Down, seat of Orange County, Calif.
- With 59-Down, like some winds
- Christmas decoration
- Owner of eight other answers in this puzzle
- One who flies south in the winter
- Bag carrier
- Seasonal temp position
- Ho ho ho fellow
- One who laughs a lot
- Workshop owner of note
- Annual traveler
- December list keeper
- Grinch disguise
- Annual sleigh driver
- Northern star?
- Receiver of lists
- Nick who comes at night
- After 66-Across, participant in a gift-giving activity
- Traveler who carries his own bag
- With 45-Across, largest city in California's wine country
- See 3-Down
- See 46-Across
- Holiday attraction at a mall
- Present-day personality?
- In verse, "His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!"
- Seasonal cookie eater
- One who laughs "Ho, ho, ho!"
- Seasonal delivery driver?
- Who actually lives in Lapland, some say
- Dancer's leader
- Leader of a group of elves
- Noted gift giver
- Preceder of Barbara or Clara
- ___ Claus
- Answer to "Who wears a long cap on his head?," in song
- Deliverer of Christmas packages
- International package deliverer
- Air traveler in early winter
- Figure that goes through the roof in December?
- Sight at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Certain list recipient
- Ed Asner role in 2003's "Elf"
- Noted seasonal worker
- One getting credit for seasonal gifts
- Secret ___
- Noted coal provider
- North Pole bigwig
- Seasonal inflatable
- End-of-the-year fat man
- Present company?
- Word with Clara, Monica, or Barbara
- Holiday visitor hidden in eight answers in this puzzle
- Kriss Kringle
- Annual toy toter
- Bruce Springsteen "___ Ana"
- Everclear "___ Ana Wind"
- He makes a list and checks it twice
- Name following "secret" or "mall"
- North Pole boss
- Target of a NORAD flight tracker
- Billy Bob played him badly
- ___ Baby (Eartha Kitt Christmas tune)
- Mrs. Claus's Mr.
- NORAD Tracks ___ (annual holiday program)
- Legendary figure whose annual journey is "tracked" by NORAD
- Comet's leader
- He's busy this month
- _____ Fe, NM
- Famous package-delivery man
- He has a small work force
- It may be with Monica or Clara
- Macy's temp
- One with a small work force
- Miracle on 34th Street role
- Cupid's leader?
- First name in gift-giving
- Dancer's manager?
- Ana or Barbara start
- He visits once a year
- ___ Monica, Calif.
- Year-end stocking stuffer
- Christmas character
- Yuletide character
- December letter recipient
- General ___ Anna
- Red-suited December traveler
- Bearded mall temp
- Chimney swooper?
- He goes down chimneys
- Noted sleigh rider
- Unpaid seasonal deliveryman?
- Comet controller?
- Ho ho ho! speaker
- He goes "Ho ho ho!"
- He knows when you've been bad or good
- Present-day deliveryman?
- Holiday figure with helpers
- Eartha Kitt Christmas song
- Gifted world traveler?
- He might give coal to a minor
- Jolly fella
- St. Nicholas
- ___ Barbara, California
- ___ Clara, California
- Barbara in California
- ____ Maria
- With 29 Down a familiar Christmas figure
- ____ Lucia
- Clara or Catalina
- Clara or Claus
- ____ Ana winds
- Anna or Rosa lead-in
- Seasonal gadabout
- Christmas symbol
- Man with a list
- Beloved man with a bag
- Man with a small workforce
- North Pole denizen?
- Seasonal worker
- Fe or Catalina
- Hot wind, with 8-Down
- Start for Barbara
- Fe antecedent
- Present day superstar?
- Figure at a December party, perhaps
- Holiday party figure, perhaps
- With the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down, four California cities
- Reindeer reinsman
- Start of many California city names
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's recruiter
- Seasonal mall hiree
- Yuletide home invader
- Gift-bringer with a naughty list
- He has a toy shop at the North Pole
- His address is 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888
- Jolly man in red
- ___ Baby (Christmas song)
- Guy with reindeer
- Jolly Yuletide figure
- Mall ___ (certain seasonal worker)
- Before Monica
- Fe front
- One who's busy the night before opening day?
- Sleigh ride figure
- White-bearded figure
- The Polar Express character
- Noted toy maker
- Toy figure?
- Employer of a dozen helpers hidden in this puzzle
- Visitor from the North
- Holiday traveler
- He goes on a holiday
- With 73-Across, seat of Orange County
- Dancer driver
- North Pole notable
- Holiday visitor with a famous lap
- With 51-Down, one of three historic ships
- Hoer?
- Man of the present?
- With 45-Across, hot winds
- Overnight delivery pro?