No article from Spain for Christmas (4)

I believe the answer is:

noel

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'christmas' is the definition.
(Noel can mean Christmas)

'no article from spain' is the wordplay.
'article from spain' becomes 'el' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'no'+'el'='NOEL'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for noel that I've seen before include "Season around the 25th December" , "A lone French Christmas" , "- - Coward, playwright" , "Christmas carol" , "Christmas, in cards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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