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The Dodecahedron's Advent Calendar

ANSWER: WEIGHTED DICE

Author: Charles Steinhardt

The puzzle answers are:

A Match Made In Heaven                    CHINSTRAP       
Ancient Riddles                           GUNDREMMINGEN   
Cheese Grater                             TABLOIDS
Epic Rap Battles of Modern Art            SPICING
Hall of Mirrors                           UPWARD
Lateral Thought                           GALLING
O, the Anguish!                           GLADDEST    
Of Friends Grey and Quirks Typographical  BANDAIDS
Oh, What A (Double) Dummy I've Been!      SEAN SOUTH
Plot Points                               THINGS FALL APART
Word Logic                                EXTRAPOLATING
Zig Zag                                   SUEDE VEST

These each have a string of letters in common with one of the words in the 12 Days of Christmas, one for each numbered day:

1: PEAR U(P[W]AR)D 
2: DOVES SUE(D[E]VES)T
3: HENS C(H[I]NS)TRAP
4: CALLING ([G]ALLING)
5: RINGS T([H]INGS)FALLAPART
6: LAYING EXTRAPO(LA[T]ING)
7: SWANS (S[E]ANS)OUTH
8: MAIDS BAN([D]AIDS)
9: LADIES G(LAD[D]ES)T
10: LORDS TAB(LO[I]DS)
11: PIPING S(PI[C]ING)
12: DRUMMING GUN(DR[E]MMING)EN

The replacement letters in each answer word spell WEIGHTED DICE, the answer to the puzzle.