Christmas
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
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- 1. Mother of Jesus (4)
- 6. Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry (4)
- 7. Someone who controls resources and expenditures (7)
- 8. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
- 10. Holy book of Christianity (5)
- 13. King of Judea who tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two (5)
- 14. The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born (7)
- 15. Baby bed with high sides made of slats (4)
- 16. Jesus' earthly father (6)
Down
- 2. Heavenly messenger with wings (plural) (6)
- 3. English essayist (4)
- 4. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
- 5. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River (9)
- 9. A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth (7)
- 11. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
- 12. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (5)