Puzzle 6: The Manger Scene
Across
- 2. The large domestic animal commonly present (2)
- 3. The air the animals and people breathed (6)
- 5. The infant Jesus (4)
- 8. The strips of cloth Mary wrapped the baby in (7)
- 10. The material the feeding trough was made from (4)
- 11. What the shepherds and wise men did upon seeing the Christ child (5)
- 14. The feeling that filled the humble scene (5)
- 15. The modest, low-status nature of the scene (6)
- 16. The crude shelter where the birth took place (6)
- 17. What the animals provided in the cold stable (6)
- 18. A stalk sometimes used for straw (4)
- 20. The divine glow associated with the birth (5)
- 21. A substitute for a proper baby bed (6)
- 22. The feeding trough that served as Jesus' cradle (6)
Down
- 1. The pack animal often seen in Nativity scenes (6)
- 4. The group name for the cows present (6)
- 6. The reason the family could not stay at the inn (5)
- 7. What Mary might have used to cover the child (7)
- 9. The nature of the holy night (6)
- 12. The city outside of which the stable was located (9)
- 13. The source of light Mary and Joseph might have used (4)
- 16. The act of wrapping the infant tightly in strips of cloth (10)
- 19. The dried grass found inside the feeding trough (3)