CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD
Complete the Christmas Crossword, then click on "Check" to see if you are right. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue for that number. Good luck!
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Across:
4. Sleigh puller 5. Traditional Christmas play 7. The first visitors of Baby Jesus 8. Prince Albert supposedly introduced this Christmas custom to England 10. This Christmas custom was invented by Sir Henry Cole in 1843 11. These Christmas cakes used to be called "shrid pies" 12. Christmas bird - not a robin, it's for eating! 13. A sweet-smelling gift for Jesus 14. Shiny Christmas decoration 16. Christmas flower with leaves of scarlet 18. A gift for Jesus - a symbol of suffering 20. Saint Nicholas 21. Five of these rings in the famous Christmas song 22. Kings? Magi? Giftbringers! 23. The four weeks before Christmas
Down:
1. This Christmas dish is traditionally made on "Stir-up Sunday" 2. Birthplace of Jesus 3. Noisy Christmas custom invented by Tom Smith in the 1840s 6. Christmas plant - a symbol of peace and friendship 9. Tinsel, holly, baubles, streamers etc. 10. Sung a lot at Christmas! 15. "The holly and the --- when they are both full grown.................." 17. Jesus was born in one of these 18. Jesus was laid in one of these 19. Prickly evergreen with red berries (we hope!)