Christmas Crossword Puzzle

3. One of baby Jesus's gifts, a valuable metal.
5. A gift from one person to another on Christmas.
9. This is a special helper of Saint Nick, who acts as the headlights for his sleigh.
12. What bad children get for Christmas.
14. A Christmas dessert made with preserved fruits, usually regarded as disgusting or hard in popular media.
16. The name for the classic scene of Jesus's birth in the manger.
17. An icy flavor found on candy canes, usually indicated by red and white stripes.
18. The name for the ancient winter solstice festival that would inspire a lot of Christmas traditions like the tree.
20. The act of singing door-to-door for Christmas treats.
21. The thing that led the three wise men through the desert in search of the infant Jesus.
23. A traditional Christmas beverage, made of dairy, eggs, and spices.

1. A bread material used to construct decorative houses and people.
2. The animal that Marie and Joseph rode into Bethlehem.
3. The mean, green, hairy machine that tried to steal Christmas before learning it's true meaning.
4. A plant decoration that inspires people to kiss under doorways.
6. The evil counterpart to Saint Nick.
7. Something hung up on a tree during Christmas decorating.
8. The things that get strung around your house for the winter season.
10. One of Saint Nick's short little helpers.
11. A gift to the infant Jesus, one used in strong smelling perfumes.
13. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Comet are all one of these.
15. One of infant Jesus's gifts, a gummy resin from trees.
19. The wooden object that Jesus was born in.
21. The jolly, fat man dressed in red and white, who gifts presents to good boys and girls; an alternate title for Saint Nick. on Christmas Eve.
22. The tree topper that informed the Virgin Marie of her pregnancy with the unborn Jesus.