• If athletes get athlete's foot, astronauts get missile toe.
• A bird dog could be called a point setter.
• James Fenimore Cooper wrote about the life of Santa Claus in his
  novel The Deer Sleigher.
• What's the difference between a one-winged angel and a two-winged
  angel? It's a matter of a pinion!
• It's a matter of my opinion that Yule love the game we're about
  to play. In each sentence below, fill in the blank or blanks with
  an expression commonly used at Christmastide. Answers repose at
  the end of this column.
1. On December 24, Adam's wife was known as _____ _____.
2. In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Scrooge was visited by
   the ghost of _____ _____.
3. An opinion survey in Alaska is called a _____ _____.
4. What does Santa Claus do with his three gardens? _____, _____,
   _____.
5. What Christmas message is conveyed by these letters?:
   ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
   ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. _____, _____
6. When the salt and the pepper say "Hi!" to each other, they are
   passing on _____ _____.
7. A holy man bereft of change could be called _____ _____.
8. When you cross a sheep with a cicada, you get a _____ _____.
9. A quiet medieval armor-wearer is a _____ _____.
10. A cat walking on the desert is bound to get _____ _____.
11. People who tell jokes on December 25 might be called _____
    _____.
12. An airplane disaster in Israel is a _____.
13. Actor O'Connor and actress Channing are known on December 25
    as _____ _____.
14. What do Spanish sheep says when they wish each other a Merry
    Christmas? _____ _____.

Meretricious to all! And don't forget that There's No Plate Like
Chrome for the Hollandaise.

Answers
1. Christmas Eve
2. Christmas Present
3. North Poll
4. Hoe, hoe, hoe.
5. Noel, Noel (no l, no l)
6. seasons' greetings.
7. St. Nickleless.
8. Bah! (or Baa!) Humbug!
9. silent knight
10. sandy claws
11. Christmas cards
12. cresh
13. Christmas Carols
14. Fleece Navidad!