A Christmas Celebration

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A container from which cattle or horses feed (6)
  2. 5. The owner or manager of an inn (9)
  3. 6. Jesus' earthly father (6)
  4. 7. Something acquired without compensation (plural) (5)
  5. 9. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (7)
  6. 11. Heavenly messenger with wings (plural) (6)
  7. 12. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7)
  8. 15. A farm building for housing horses or other livestock (6)

Down

  1. 2. Living things like dogs and birds (7)
  2. 3. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River (9)
  3. 4. Full of or producing joy (6)
  4. 8. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (plural) (6)
  5. 10. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (4)
  6. 12. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  7. 13. Mother of Jesus (4)
  8. 14. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)