Holiday Puzzle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ (plural) (6)
  2. 5. A container from which cattle or horses feed (6)
  3. 9. Something used to beautify (plural) (11)
  4. 12. American plants closely resembling Old World ___ (9)
  5. 14. Heavenly messenger with wings (5)
  6. 16. Usually large hard-shelled seed (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 1. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  2. 2. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  3. 4. Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg (plural) (9)
  4. 6. Any long object resembling a thin line (6)
  5. 7. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River (9)
  6. 8. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (7)
  7. 10. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  8. 11. Front part of a vessel or aircraft (plural) (4)
  9. 13. Things children play with (4)
  10. 15. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (5)