Happy Holiday

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games (plural) (5)
  2. 5. Special day of celebration or time off (7)
  3. 6. Buying things at stores (8)
  4. 7. Making bread or cake or pastry etc (6)
  5. 10. The day before ___ (12)
  6. 12. A figure of a person made of packed snow (7)
  7. 13. The calendar ___ just begun (plural) (8)
  8. 14. Celebration with friends (plural) (7)
  9. 15. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  10. 16. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ (plural) (6)

Down

  1. 2. The legendary patron saint of children (10)
  2. 3. Time off from school or work for fun and travel (8)
  3. 4. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  4. 8. The last month of the year (8)
  5. 9. Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays (8)
  6. 11. A container from which cattle or horses feed (6)