Holiday Season

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

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

1.
T K E
Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving
2.
D R E S
Savory ___ for salads
3.
C R R Y
Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing ___
4.
P C
A blow with the fist
5.
P S N S
Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays
6.
J E M O
7.
L T S
What lets us see; the opposite of dark (plural)
8.
F R U E
9.
T N F U
Feeling or showing gratitude
10.
F M I
Parents, children and relatives who belong together
11.
Y M
Edible tuber of any of several ___ (plural)
12.
O A M E
13.
T R
Tall plant with a trunk and branches
14.
P U K P E
15.
C S
One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games (plural)
16.
N U
Usually large hard-shelled seed (plural)
17.
S R
Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky
18.
N T I T
The event of being born
19.
F T B A
Team sport played with a ball and goalposts
20.
G V
A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips
21.
B L
A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck (plural)
22.
C O S
Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ (plural)
23.
C D Y C
A hard ___ in the shape of a rod
24.
W T H
Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes