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| Christmas commemorates Jesus' birth in a stable in this town, to which his parents came from Nazareth | | | Both tam o' shanters & Balmoral caps are adorned with these double-speak fluffy balls | | | Forest, one of these at Queensland's Australia Zoo, stands almost 19 feet tall, barefoot | | | To change a letter to uppercase, or to take advantage of | | | Having occupied Albania, in 1940 this leader launched a disastrous invasion of Greece without even telling his pal Hitler | | | "Amadeus" & "The Sound of Music" are mainly set in this country | |
| While we talk about the 12 days of Christmas, Hanukkah is celebrated over 8 nights, with lighted candles in this candelabra | | | With some help from porcupines, Native Americans produced highly ornamental quill work, like this type of shoe | | | Before the arrival of big cats over a new isthmus, flightless 10-foot terror birds were the apex predators of this continent | | | Containing a body part, this compound word happens when people get together to come up with ideas | | | Germany's August 1914 invasion of this country, beginning with an assault on Liège, brought Britain into World War I | | | On TV & in film, Clark Kent worked at the Daily Planet in this city | |
| This fourth gospel mentions Jerusalem, Jesus & the Feast of the Dedication indicating that Jesus likely celebrated Hanukkah | | | A representation of a sea nymph served as this bit of ornamentation on the front of HMS Arethusa in the Crimean War | | | Found in colossal squid, the largest these, 10-plus inches in diameter, are thought to be for detecting predators, not prey | | | There's a "Q" in this word meaning to give something up, like a throne | | | On May 1, 2003, 6 weeks after the invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush stood under a banner bearing these 2 words | | | TV's Buffy Summers attends high school in this town | |
| Bah! Humbug! Starting under this Lord Protector, Christmas was canceled in England until the Restoration | | | Seen here is this distinguishing feature of many Gothic churches, so named because it radiates out like a certain flower | | | In 2014 Satao, one of Kenya's biggest elephants, was killed by poachers seeking this material | | | Latin for "easy" gives us this verb meaning to assist in the progress of something | | | Mahmud of Ghazna in Afghanistan, the 1st ruler with this title of a Muslim monarch, liked to invade India yearly, 17 times in all | | | "Stranger Things" & "A Christmas Story" take place in this U.S. state | |
| Traditionally, Hanukkah celebrates a victory by this family led by Judah & the miracle of a small amount of oil lasting for 8 days | | | Working from National Geographic photos, Don Featherstone designed the first of these lawn ornaments in 1957 | | | 40 feet long & weighing 11 tons or more, this largest living fish has 2 animals in its name | | | This "milky" verb means to make disparate elements similar | | | This king of England who was killed at the start of the Norman Conquest had just finished repelling a Norwegian invasion | | | The Forest Moon of this planet is the home of the Ewoks | |