| PRESENTMOMENTUM | Impulse behind the gift-giving in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? |
| HAVOC | Giving in the bath a vocal rendering that's devastating (5) |
| SANTACLAUS | Character who evolved from the gift giving legends of Saint Nicholas (5,5) |
| OHENRY | Famed short story writer behind "The Gift of the Magi" |
| LADIES | The dancers in The Twelve Days of Christmas? (6) |
| THREE | How many French hens are mentioned in The Twelve Days of Christmas? (5) |
| TURTLE | In the popular song, which gift is given on the second day of Christmas? (6,5) |
| DOVES | In the popular song, which gift is given on the second day of Christmas? (6,5) |
| PEARTREE | Where one of the Partridge family may be found on the first day of Christmas? (4,4) |
| GEESELAYING | Type of birds on the Sixth day of Christmas? |
| INAPEARTREE | Where the partridge roosted on the First day of Christmas? |
| EPIPHANY | What is celebrated on the 13th day of Christmas? (8) |
| SATURN | A Roman god or a giant planet of the winter night sky, both linked to an ancient festival of feasting and gift-giving, which heavily influenced many of our modern Christmas traditions, by the by (6) |
| TWELVE | How many days of Christmas? |
| TURTLEDOVES | Birds on the Second day of Christmas? |
| TGI | First three letters of a "Happy weekend!" initialism hidden in "gift-giving" |
| BUDDYHOLLY | Everyday performer, having a lot of fresh sprouts (sign of Christmas)? (5,5) |
| TRADITION | Long-established custom such as decorating a Christmas tree, carolling, gift-giving, hunting the wren, first-footing or calennig (9) |
| MAGI | Gift-giving trio in the Bible |
| IMPOSES | Lays it on about the propitiatory gift, giving half back (7) |
