Holiday Puzzle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
A G
Heavenly messenger with wings
2.
T H L E
A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River
3.
B S
Front part of a vessel or aircraft (plural)
4.
C R
One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games
5.
C O L
Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ (plural)
6.
C R A S
Holiday celebrated on December 25
7.
D E O A N
Something used to beautify (plural)
8.
L S
An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse
9.
I G
What lets us see; the opposite of dark
10.
A N E
A container from which cattle or horses feed
11.
T S
Usually large hard-shelled seed (plural)
12.
I E E R
13.
R B O
Any long object resembling a thin line
14.
S A N L A
The legendary patron saint of children
15.
E H E R
A clergyman who watches over a group of people (plural)
16.
I G H
A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs
17.
S T
Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky
18.
T C K S
Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg (plural)
19.
T S
Things children play with
20.
T E
Tall plant with a trunk and branches
21.
T N K
A rapid change in brightness
22.
I E N
The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born
23.
H O M C O
24.
I E T E
American plants closely resembling Old World ___