Christmas (4)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases (4)
  2. 4. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true (3)
  3. 6. Any long object resembling a thin line (6)
  4. 8. Australian ___ or shrub with red flowers (13)
  5. 9. Things children play with (4)
  6. 10. A dish served as the last course of a meal (plural) (6)
  7. 13. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive (4)
  8. 14. Fairies that are somewhat mischievous (3)

Down

  1. 1. Shepherd boy who defeated Goliath (5)
  2. 3. Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done (8)
  3. 4. The legendary patron saint of children (5)
  4. 5. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled (6)
  5. 7. Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays (8)
  6. 10. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs (6)
  7. 11. Elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (5)
  8. 12. Something acquired without compensation (plural) (5)