CHRISTMAS
Across
- 1. Round biscuit, the dough of which contains pieces of chocolate and dried fruit.
- 2. A stick-shaped piece of wax with a wick (= piece of string) in the middle of it that produces light as it slowly burns
- 6. Food substance (solidified paste) made from ground cocoa with sugar, vanilla, etc.
- 7. A place for a domestic fire, especially a grate or hearth at the base of a chimney.
- 9. A piece of card incorporating small numbered flaps, one of which is opened on each day of Advent to reveal a picture appropriate to the season.
- 12. A form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a long piece of thread.
- 15. A deer of the tundra and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, both sexes of which have large branching antlers. Most Eurasian reindeer are domesticated and used for drawing sledges and as a source of milk, flesh, and hide.
- 17. USUALLY A PINE TREE DECORATED WITH SHINY BALLS AND OTHER OBJECTS
Down
- 1. A cylindrical stick of striped sweet rock with a curved end, resembling a walking stick.
- 3. A representation of a human figure created with compressed snow
- 4. A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present
- 5. A hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside.
- 6. A Christmas stocking is a decorative stocking (or stocking-shaped cloth bag) hung on Christmas Eve in some countries so that Santa Claus can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins, or other small gifts.
- 8. Father Christmas carries his toys in his sack.
- 10. Type of bread made with rye flour, honey (or glucose syrup for industrial products) and spices, and which is dark yellow in color
- 11. A vehicle on runners for conveying loads or passengers over snow or ice, often pulled by draught animals.
- 13. Star of Bethlehem, said to have revealed the birth of Jesus and showed the wise men the way to Bethlehem.
- 14. OLD PERSON BRINGING GIFTS TO A LOT OF CHILDREN DURING THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH OF DECEMBER
- 16. A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, delicate, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature.
- 18. A atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.