| 100% | SANTA | 5 | *___ Claus, Christmas celebrity whether in December or July! |
| 32% | DAYOFF | 6 | July 4th or December 25th, for many |
| 32% | YULEFEST | 8 | Another name for Christmas in July |
| 31% | SPLITDECISION | 13 | Whether to aim at 7 or 10, in bowling? |
| 31% | IDES | 4 | July 15 or Aug. 13, in the Roman calendar |
| 31% | HOL | 3 | Fourth of July or Christmas, for short |
| 31% | DUELIST | 7 | Either Burr or Hamilton, in July 1804 |
| 30% | HOL | 3 | Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, for short |
| 30% | ELBOWED | 7 | Like people in crowds, whether intentionally or not |
| 30% | LEO | 3 | Anyone born in late July or early August |
| 29% | DOLT | 4 | Like Lloyd Christmas or Harry Dunne in "Dumb and Dumber" |
| 29% | HAWN | 4 | Actress Goldie who plays Mrs. Claus in "The Christmas Chronicles" films |
| 28% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Goodman, actor who voiced Santa Claus in "It's a Spongebob Christmas!" |
| 28% | MOMMY | 5 | Who Jimmy Boyd saw Santa Claus kissing in a 1952 Christmas song? |
| 28% | PEAR | 4 | Body shape or a fruit mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 27% | PEAR | 4 | A partridge's tree in a Christmas song, or a distinctively shaped fruit |
| 27% | SANTA | 5 | Christmas celebrity |
| 27% | ANY | 3 | In less than a minute, they decide whether or not they want to take it __ further. |
| 27% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Buza, actor who played Santa Claus in the 2015 movie "A Christmas Horror Story" |
| 27% | TOWN | 4 | Where Santa Claus is coming, according to Bruce Springsteen in a 1985 Christmas song? |
| 27% | SCIENCE | 7 | "It's true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 26% | XXXXX | 5 | City in Kent County, whether in England or Delaware |
| 26% | LESLIE | 6 | ___ Nielsen, actor who played Santa Claus in the 1991 movie "All I Want for Christmas" |
| 26% | HUNT | 4 | *Treasure ___, gift pile alternative for Christmas in July ... and a game often played at camp |
| 26% | SCIENCE | 7 | Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 26% | KAYAK | 5 | *Sled alternative for Christmas in July ... and a watercraft one might use to travel the rapids |
| 26% | UNDEROVER | 9 | Dice game in which players bet on whether the outcome will be below or above seven |
| 26% | SHEEP | 5 | Baa-ing animal whose name stays the same whether baa-ing alone or in a group |
| 26% | IDESOF | 6 | Words which could precede the 15th day of March, May, July or October in Roman times |
| 25% | CARD | 4 | Greeting ___, Christmas or birthday gift that you may use to keep in touch with your friend |