Christmas Eve Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean (4)
  2. 5. The ___ point of the Earth's axis (9)
  3. 9. The legendary patron saint of children (10)
  4. 10. Frozen flakes that fall in winter (4)
  5. 11. Australian ___ or shrub with red flowers (13)
  6. 13. The calendar ___ just begun (plural) (8)
  7. 16. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)

Down

  1. 2. A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun (5)
  2. 3. Mother of Jesus (4)
  3. 4. The day before ___ (12)
  4. 6. Something acquired without compensation (plural) (5)
  5. 7. Special day of celebration or time off (7)
  6. 8. Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays (8)
  7. 12. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  8. 14. An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse (5)
  9. 15. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical (4)