| 100% | AWAYIN | 6 | __ a Manger, a popular children's Christmas carol |
| 46% | EBENEZER | 8 | A Christmas Carol's Scrooge |
| 45% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a child's Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SOY | 3 | "What is a vegan's favorite Christmas carol? ___ to the World!" |
| 42% | TREE | 4 | Partridge in a pear __, Christmas carol gift |
| 42% | HID | 3 | Evaded a seeker, in a children's game |
| 42% | HAPPYLIFE | 9 | "Money can't buy a ___, or a peaceful death": "A Christmas Carol" |
| 40% | LAVA | 4 | The floor, in a children's game |
| 39% | PLAYMAT | 7 | Floor covering for a child's room, perhaps |
| 39% | NOVELLA | 7 | A Christmas Carol, e.g. |
| 39% | TINYTIM | 7 | "A Christmas Carol" child |
| 39% | NODDY | 5 | "Make Way for ___," popular children's cartoon series |
| 39% | EGGAND | 6 | __ spoon race; a children's balancing party game |
| 39% | LORAX | 5 | Guardian of truffula trees, in a children's book |
| 38% | HID | 3 | Wasn't the seeker, in a children's game |
| 38% | ONEBYONE | 8 | How the ants begin marching, in a children's song |
| 38% | SEEK | 4 | Look for the hidden person, in a children's game |
| 38% | ROSE | 4 | "Lo, How a ___ E'er Blooming" (Christmas carol) |
| 37% | SEEK | 4 | Hide's partner, in a children's game |
| 37% | MRSUN | 5 | Character asked to "shine down," in a children's song |
| 36% | TIM | 3 | A Christmas Carol boy |
| 36% | SILENTNIGHT | 11 | Popular Christmas carol by Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr...and a hint to solve 28a, 41a, 52a, 6d, and 35d: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALA | 3 | "Apple Pie ___ Mode," Destiny's Child song named for a dessert: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BBGUN | 5 | Object of Ralphie's desire, in A Christmas Story |
| 36% | BAH | 3 | "___, humbug!" ("A Christmas Carol" exclamation) |
| 36% | ICANTSEE | 8 | Child's complaint at a parade |
| 35% | SCROOGE | 7 | Ebenezer ___, miser from "A Christmas Carol" |
| 35% | BALLPIT | 7 | Installation in a children's play area |
| 35% | BOB | 3 | Builder from a British children's cartoon |
| 35% | OGRE | 4 | Beastly creature in a children's story |