Let’s celebrate Christmas and Friday both, with a puzzle submitted by Coffinberry!

As usual, please solve only one letter so that readers who come a little later can play too; if there are still letters to solve late in the morning, feel free to solve another one.

My whole has 18 letters:

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1. 10-3-8-11 is what they did to the tree (and cultural hall!) beforehand.

2. Everyone brought a 4-8-9-6 to share.

3. 6-15-11 is what you likely ate there.

4. Angelic voices from the 14-7-8-11-2-16-18 probably sang to you that night.

5. 1-12-9-6 is what the same ten people did afterward.

6. Cuz’ it was His birthday, after all: 5-6-3-8-13-17.