Christmas time
Across
- 3. a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas.
- 4. a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.
- 6. a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns.
- 8. an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.
- 9. a thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose.
- 10. a decorated paper cylinder which, when pulled apart, makes a sharp noise and releases a small toy.
- 12. a pair of long, narrow pieces of hard, flexible material, typically pointed and turned up at the front, fastened under the feet for travelling over snow.
- 13. a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- 14. a round thing of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun.
- 15. a thing the snow is made of, especially a feathery ice crystal.
- 16. a thing drawn by horses or reindeer, especially one used for passengers.
- 17. to cover things or enclose in paper or soft material.
Down
- 1. a cylindrical stick of striped sweet rock with a curved end, resembling a walking stick.
- 2. a piece of clothes hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Santa to fill with presents.
- 5. a long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration.
- 7. the quantity of snow falling within a given area in a given time.
- 10. a vertical pipe which conducts smoke up from a fire or furnace.
- 11. an animal of the tundra and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, take Santa everywhere he needs.
- 13. moving on ice as a sport or pastime wearing special boots with razors.