| Hostess snack cake |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2026 |
| Santa's syllables |
New York Times Special Crossword |
23 Sep 2026 |
| Hostess treat with a swirl |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2026 |
| Appropriate snack for Santa? |
New York Times Mini |
21 Sep 2026 |
| Santa syllables |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2026 |
| Snack cake similar to a Swiss roll |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2026 |
| Jovial laugh |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2026 |
| Two laughs from Santa? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 May 2026 |
| Santa's favorite snack cake? |
Universal |
06 May 2026 |
| Hostess snack cake |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2026 |
| A few laughs |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2026 |
| "That's funny" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Apr 2026 |
| Sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Jolly laugh |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jan 2026 |
| Santa sound |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2025 |
| Ding Dong alternative |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Yuletide chortle |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Oct 2025 |
| Sounds from 59-Across |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Snack similar to a Yodel |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Santa's belly laugh: Hyph. |
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| Twinkie alternative |
Universal |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Santa syllables |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Hostess snack |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Swiss roll cake |
Commuter |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Top level gardening implement greeted eagerly by a dwarf (2,2) |
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| Hostess treat that sounds like something Santa would enjoy |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Santa sounds (2 wds.) |
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| Cylindrical snack cake |
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| Treat similar toa Swiss Roll |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Hostess treat |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Yule yuk |
|
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| Santa's chuckle |
Universal |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Cream-filled chocolate cake |
Universal |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Santa's exhortation to do the weeding (2,2) |
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| Jolly laugh |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Hostess brand |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Snack cake with a spiral cross-section |
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| Belly laugh (2 wds.) |
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| Santa call (2 Wds.) |
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| Hostess snack cake |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Laugh line (2 wds.) |
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| Merry Christmas sound |
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| Jolly cry |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Repetitive laugh |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Cylindrical snack cake (2 wds.) |
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| Happy ___ (former snack brand mascot) (2 wds.) |
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| Low-voice outburst |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Hostess offering |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Laugh sound |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Syllables from Santa |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2024 |
| Alternative to a Twinkie |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Creme-filled Hostess offering |
Universal |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Syllables from Santa |
Universal |
07 Mar 2024 |
| LAUGHTER |
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| Relative of a Swiss Roll |
|
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| Swiss Roll alternative |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Twinkie alternative |
Universal |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Twinkie relative |
Universal |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Swirly Hostess pastry |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Santa's laughing sounds |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Santa's favorite snack cake? |
Universal |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Santa's laughs |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Santa's laughter: 2 wds. |
|
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| Santa's laugh |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Twinkie relative |
Universal |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Jolly syllables |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Santa's jovial laugh syllables: 2 wds. |
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| Snack that resembles a Swiss roll |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Jolly laugh |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Santa's favorite Hostess dessert? |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Jolly laugh |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Santa's laugh syllables: 2 wds. |
|
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| Santa sound |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Jolly laugh |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Jolly laugh |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2023 |
| Syllables from Santa |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Santa's chuckle |
Universal |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Hostess cream-filled cake |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Cream-filled snack cake |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Hostess snack |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Tubular snack cake |
Premier Sunday |
02 Oct 2022 |
| Santa's laughing sounds |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2022 |
| Santa's cheer |
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| Sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Twinkie relative |
Universal |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Chocolate snack cake |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2022 |
| Santa's jolly syllables |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2022 |
| Jolly sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Santa's belly laugh: Hyph. |
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| Swirly snack cake |
Universal |
24 May 2022 |
| Santa's laugh |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Santa sound |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Syllables from Santa |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Jolly laugh |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Santa's jolly syllables |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Swiss Roll alternative |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2022 |
| Snack cake similar to a Swiss Roll |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Hostess product similar to a Yodel |
Universal |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Jolly laugh |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Aug 2021 |
| Alternative to a Ding Dong |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Cream-filled snack cake |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2021 |
| Jolly laugh |
New York Times |
15 May 2021 |
| Jolly laugh |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2021 |
| Twinkie cousin |
Universal |
02 May 2021 |
| Syllables from Santa: 2 wds. |
|
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| Jolly sound |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Chocolate snack cake |
Premier Sunday |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Syllables from Santa |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Sounds from Santa |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Chocolate snack cake |
|
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| Jolly laugh |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Santa's laughing sounds |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Snack cake with a swirly filling |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Alternative to a Yodel or a Swiss Roll |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Santa's laugh? |
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| Cream-filled chocolate snack |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Hostess snack cake |
|
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| Laughter sampler |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Santa sounds |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Adding another one would make it Santa's laughter |
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| Hostess treat |
|
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| Santa's syllables at Christmas: Hyph. |
|
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| Santa syllables |
Universal |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Santa laugh syllables |
Universal |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Syllables from Santa |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Cylindrical Hostess snack |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Relative of a Yodel |
|
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| Jolly syllables |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2019 |
| Jolly syllables |
|
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| Yodel lookalike |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Laugh from St. Nick |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Hostess cake similar to a Yodel |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Santa laugh syllables |
|
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| Hostess cake similar to a Yodel |
|
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| Jolly syllables |
|
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| Santa syllables |
|
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| Laugh from St. Nick |
|
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| Cylindrical Hostess snack |
|
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| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Santa's laughing syllables |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Low-voiced outburst |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2018 |
| Hostess snack |
|
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| Hostess snack |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Sounds of Santa's laughter: 2 wds. |
|
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| Tubular chocolate treat |
|
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| Santa's laughter: 2 wds. |
|
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| Santa's laugh |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Hostess snack similar to Little Debbie's Swiss Roll |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Apr 2018 |
| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| Relative of a Yodel |
|
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| Relative of a Yodel |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Tubular chocolate treat |
|
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| Relative of a Yodel |
|
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| Hostess snack |
|
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| Hostess snack similar to Little Debbie's Swiss Roll |
|
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| Sounds of merriment |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2017 |
| Tubular snack cake |
Premier Sunday |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Treat similar to a Yodel |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Christmas cheer? |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Christmas cheer? |
|
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| Santa sound, and a hint to the puzzle's theme |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Twinkie alternative |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Most of the Jolly Green Giant's laugh |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Happy __: old snack brand mascot |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2016 |
| Twinkie alternative |
Premier Sunday |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Swiss Roll lookalike |
|
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| Yuletide sounds |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2016 |
| 'Oh, very funny!' |
|
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| Deep laugh |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Brown-and-white treat |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Most of the Jolly Green Giant's laugh |
|
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| Happy __: old snack brand mascot |
|
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| Santa's greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2015 |
| Santa's favorite snack cake? |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2015 |
| Twinkie relative |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2015 |
| Representation of deep laughter |
The Times Concise |
01 Jul 2015 |
| Creme-filled cake |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Treat similar to a Yodel |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Deep laugh |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Cream-filled cake |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Twinkie relative |
|
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| Creme-filled cake |
|
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| Deep laugh |
|
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| Santa's laugh |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| Swiss Roll look-alike |
|
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| Santa's favorite snack cake? |
|
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| Treat similar to a Yodel |
|
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| Cream-filled cake |
|
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| Santa syllables |
|
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| Cake similar to a Yodel |
|
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| A couple of words from Santa |
|
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| Kin of a Yodel or Ring Ding |
|
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| Ding Dong relative |
|
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| Hostess snack product |
|
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| Ding Dong alternative |
|
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| Seasonal chuckle |
|
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| Classic cream-filled snack |
|
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| Santa's laughs |
|
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| Hostess chocolate pinwheel |
|
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| Deep laugh |
|
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| Classic cream-filled snack |
|
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| Jolly sounds |
|
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| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Santa sound |
|
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| Hostess snack cake |
|
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| Hostess treat |
|
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| Exclamation from Santa Claus |
|
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| Syllables after a pirate's "Yo!" |
|
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| Cream-filled treat |
|
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| Sounds of Santa |
|
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| Cream-filled treat |
|
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| Hostess snack |
|
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| Hearty laugh |
|
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| Ding Dong relative |
|
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| Foil-wrapped dessert |
|
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| Santa sounds |
|
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| Bit of seasonal laughter |
|
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| Two-thirds of a 6 Down catchphrase |
|
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| Bit of seasonal laughter |
|
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| A couple of words from Santa |
|
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| Alternative to a Twinkie |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| Chocolaty treat |
|
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| Two-thirds of Santa's laugh |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| Two-thirds of Santa's laugh |
|
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| Jolly laugh |
|
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| Tubular chocolate snack |
|
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| Hostess snack cake |
|
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| Tubular chocolate snack |
|
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| Seasonal bit of laughter |
|
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| Hostess snack cake |
|
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| Santa syllables |
|
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| Santa's greeting |
|
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| Hostess cake product |
|
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| Twinkie alternative |
|
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| Ding Dong alternative |
|
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| Jolly laugh |
|
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| Seasonal bit of laughter |
|
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| Jolly laugh |
|
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| Alternative to a Twinkie |
|
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| Guffaw |
|
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| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Hostess goodie |
|
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| Jolly exclamation |
|
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| "Very funny!" |
|
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| Start of a belly-laugh |
|
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| Bit of seasonal merriment |
|
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| Yodel lookalike |
|
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| Aptly named Hostess snack |
|
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| Bit of seasonal merriment |
|
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| Aptly named Hostess snack |
|
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| Popular cream-filled cake |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| "That's a riot!" |
|
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| Santa's chuckle |
|
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| Deep laugh |
|
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| A couple words from Santa |
|
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| Jolly rejoinder |
|
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| Christmas sound |
|
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| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Jolly rejoinder |
|
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| Response to Mrs. Claus's jokes |
|
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| Santa's laugh |
|
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| Sound from Santa |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| Seasonal greeting |
|
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| Belly laugh |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| December sounds |
|
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| A few syllables from Santa |
|
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| "What have we here?" |
|
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| Chocolaty snack food |
|
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| 2/3 of a famous laugh |
|
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| Syllables from Santa |
|
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| Sound from Santa |
|
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| Hearty laugh |
|
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| Sound from Santa |
|
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| Santa sounds |
|
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| Santa's remark |
|
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| Santa says it |
|
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| Outburst from Santa |
|
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| A few words from Santa |
|
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| Twinkie alternative |
|
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| Belly laugh |
|
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| Cry from Santa |
|
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| Hostess snack cake |
|
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| Outburst from St. Nick |
|
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| Jolly response |
|
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| Holiday chuckle |
|
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| That's a laugh |
|
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| Laughter sampling |
|
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| Laugh line |
|
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| Santa sounds |
|
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| Jolly sound |
|
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| Foil-wrapped chocolate treat |
|
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| Laugh syllables |
|
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| Sounds of laughter |
|
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| Christmas exclamation |
|
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| "Oh, very funny!" |
|
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| Jolly sound |
|
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| Hearty laughter |
|
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| Santa's laugh |
|
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| Belly laugh |
|
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| Santa's laugh |
|
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| Santa's sounds |
|
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| Jolly sounds |
|
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| Sounds from Santa |
|
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| Sounds on Dec. 24 |
|
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| St. Nick's utterance |
|
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| Santa's exclamation |
|
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| Santa's jovial expression |
|
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| Accompaniment for Kringle's jingles |
|
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| Sounds of merriment |
|
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| Hearty laugh |
|
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| Sounds of surprise |
|
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| Santa sound |
|
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| Santa's laughter |
|
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| Dec. 24 sounds |
|
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| Sound like laughter. |
|
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| Exclamation. |
|
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| Exclamation of surprise. |
|
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| Cry of triumph. |
|
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| Jolly shout. |
|
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| Cry of delight. |
|
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| Triumphant exclamation. |
|
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| Well, well! |
|
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| Big laugh. |
|
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| Yuletide laugh |
|
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| Yodel alternative |
|
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| Sound effect from Santa. |
|
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| Yo-___. |
|
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| Jolly exclamation. |
|
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| Emphatic cry of surprise. |
|
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| Laughing sound. |
|
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| Santa Claus' exclamation. |
|
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| Jolly sound. |
|
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| Villain's exclamation. |
|
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| "Yo ___ and a bottle of rum!" |
|
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| Laugh |
|
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| Santa's sound. |
|
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| Sound of laughter. |
|
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| Cry of discovery. |
|
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| Chocolate snack |
|
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| Surprised exclamation. |
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