Christmas Story

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  2. 4. Heavenly messenger with wings (plural) (6)
  3. 6. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)
  4. 8. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River (9)
  5. 9. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background (6)
  6. 10. A container from which cattle or horses feed (6)
  7. 11. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (plural) (6)
  8. 13. A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal (8)
  9. 14. Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces (6)
  10. 15. Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space (6)

Down

  1. 2. A noncommittal or equivocal position (8)
  2. 3. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 (4)
  3. 5. A clergyman who watches over a group of people (plural) (9)
  4. 7. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (7)
  5. 12. Not known before (7)