Everything Christmas

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  1. 4. ship of the desert
  2. 7. Samaritan’s Purse Christmas packaging
  3. 8. Mary’s traditional transportation
  4. 9. Another or later or better-known name for Ephratha
  5. 10. Jesus real “dad” (2 words)
  6. 17. Brandy-soaked pudding, in London
  7. 18. Verdant color
  8. 19. according to an elf, “not just for decoration”
  9. 21. animal feed box
  10. 22. day Jesus was named
  11. 24. St Nick’s bag
  12. 25. where stockings are hung
  13. 27. iconic Christmas music group
  14. 30. natal day
  15. 31. Idumaean king of Judea
  16. 35. Baalam’s prophetic guide to the Wise
  17. 38. Ebenezer’s partner
  18. 41. crimson
  19. 42. Elizabeth’s cousin
  20. 43. Joseph & Mary’s home town
  21. 44. announcement to Mary by Gabriel
  22. 48. round garland
  23. 49. “every time a bell rings, an angel gets his ___”
  24. 50. God with us
  25. 53. anointed one
  26. 57. Jesus was his “riot and branch”
  27. 58. angelic pronouncement
  28. 60. what happened on 34th street
  29. 63. Nativity, in Paris
  30. 64. Messiah’s composer
  31. 65. a kingly gift
  32. 67. what to count instead of sheep
  33. 68. green grouch
  34. 69. area the Wisemen came from
  35. 71. ransom paid for Jesus as the first-born son (2 words)
  36. 72. Herod’s most famous architectural project
  37. 73. mass producers of Christmas movies
  38. 75. eggy beverage
  39. 76. Currier &, or Burl
  40. 78. prophet with the most prophecies of Jesus’ birth
  41. 79. decorate
  42. 81. Christmas ghosts’ wordsmith
  43. 83. strips of cloth to wrap a baby
  44. 84. Christmas skinflint
  45. 86. child’s missive to the North Pole
  46. 87. the color of the 1st day of the Christmas season, in America
  47. 89. Prince of _____
  48. 91. flock tenders
  49. 92. delicious bark
  50. 94. former location of A Christmas Story’s Santa
  51. 97. Christmas crooner “King”
  52. 98. succulent the blooms at Christmas
  53. 102. Christmas tree, in Berlin
  54. 103. chocolat
  55. 106. wreath, or Judy
  56. 107. Mary’s song or prayer
  57. 108. happy
  58. 109. traditionally Zoroastrian
  59. 110. Tchaikovsky’s Christmas ballet
  60. 111. though a traditional Christmas plant, it dies when exposed to the cold
Down
  1. 1. Zechariah’s son
  2. 2. stringed tree ornament
  3. 3. city of peace
  4. 4. Christmas hymn
  5. 5. Day to reverse fortunes
  6. 6. engaged
  7. 7. schneelkugel to the inventor (2 words)
  8. 11. The Best Christmas _____ Ever
  9. 12. bell sound
  10. 13. cookie people
  11. 14. Festival, or Feast of _____
  12. 15. symbolized by turquoise, zircon, tanzanite & Narcissus
  13. 16. Good King _______
  14. 20. was promised he wouldn’t die until he saw the Messiah
  15. 23. barn
  16. 24. Santa, in Amsterdam
  17. 26. ___ on the Shelf
  18. 28. tree with needles
  19. 29. A Christmas dessert that could still be edible after 100 years
  20. 32. “out of ____ have I called my Son”
  21. 33. red fruit cultivated in a big
  22. 34. elderly temple prophetess who met Jesus
  23. 36. Jacob’s new name
  24. 37. now known as Boswellia
  25. 39. replaced word for caroling, Here We Come a-_____
  26. 40. winter precipitation
  27. 45. reason for Joseph & Mary traveling to Bethlehem
  28. 46. Lord of ___, Medieval official voted to manage the revelries of Christmas
  29. 47. burial resin
  30. 48. Cindy Lou ___
  31. 51. Parasitic plant to pucker up under
  32. 52. became flesh & dwelt among us (2 words)
  33. 54. Santa’s “wheels”
  34. 55. he “can do the job when he’s in town”
  35. 56. George Frideric ______
  36. 59. Gabriel, for one
  37. 60. Christmas pies, in the Middle Ages
  38. 61. the reason for the season
  39. 62. place to be at Midnight on December 24
  40. 64. Santa’s laughter (3 words)
  41. 66. had a very crimson proboscis
  42. 70. Number of days of Christmas, but not in Rome
  43. 74. Scrooge
  44. 75. Christmas, in Paris
  45. 77. Frank Gruber’s composition, in Vienna
  46. 80. Jesus’ step-father
  47. 82. compass direction, or Santa’s polar neighborhood
  48. 85. Celebration of the winter solstice
  49. 86. most of the Nativity story is in this gospel
  50. 88. 25 days of Christmas
  51. 90. Hallmark bestseller
  52. 91. turkey filling
  53. 93. red & white “J”, (2 words)
  54. 95. January 6
  55. 96. Christmas, in Tel Aviv
  56. 99. Bishop of Myra’s traditional gift packaging
  57. 100. candy visions or a dancing fairy (2 words)
  58. 101. Augustus, for one
  59. 104. White Christmas crooner
  60. 105. Scott ___, same initials as Santa ClausE