Holiday Season

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  2. 4. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ (plural) (6)
  3. 6. A hard ___ in the shape of a rod (9)
  4. 10. The legendary patron saint of children (10)
  5. 11. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  6. 13. Feeling or showing gratitude (8)
  7. 15. Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving (6)

Down

  1. 1. Savory ___ for salads (8)
  2. 3. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games (plural) (5)
  3. 5. Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays (8)
  4. 6. Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing ___ (9)
  5. 7. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts (8)
  6. 8. The event of being born (8)
  7. 9. Edible tuber of any of several ___ (plural) (4)
  8. 12. A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips (5)
  9. 14. Parents, children and relatives who belong together (6)