Happy Holidays!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  2. 5. Heavenly messenger with wings (plural) (6)
  3. 6. A clergyman who watches over a group of people (plural) (9)
  4. 8. Great happiness (3)
  5. 9. Small sweet baked treats (7)
  6. 11. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  7. 13. Young people (8)
  8. 14. The legendary patron saint of children (5)
  9. 15. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (7)

Down

  1. 1. Dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed (plural) (7)
  2. 2. Dairy food made from milk (6)
  3. 4. Any long object resembling a thin line (plural) (7)
  4. 7. Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg (plural) (9)
  5. 10. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck (plural) (5)
  6. 12. A punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor (6)
  7. 13. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ (plural) (6)