Christmas vocabulary
Across
- 3. A gift given from one person to another
- 4. A large sock into which gifts are placed on Christmas Day
- 8. A traditional sweet pastry filled with fruit
- 11. A green, thorny plant with red berries used to decorate people’s homes
- 13. The celebration between December and January when January 1st begins
- 14. Soft pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky when the weather is cold
- 15. This has a message written in it and is given from one person to another at Christmas
- 16. Hot, spiced wine which is drunk at Christmas
- 17. Large bird traditionally eaten at Christmas
Down
- 1. Couples traditionally kiss underneath this plant at Christmas
- 2. A meeting of people for a celebration, usually with music, food and dancing
- 5. A tall, green thing which is decorated and placed in the house over the Christmas period
- 6. The day before Christmas
- 7. The animals that pull Santa’s sleigh
- 9. Traditional songs sung at Christmas
- 10. The day after Christmas Day
- 12. A special time of the year when you do not have to go to work