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4. cheerful and lively.
6. relating to a festival, especially Christmas.
8. thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a long piece of thread
9. a religious folk song or popular hymn
11. a supernatural creature of folk tales,
13. the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth
15. the first season of the Church year, leading up to Christmas
16. come into existence as a result of birth.
17. Jesus Christ is the name of the man who Christians believe was the son of God,
18. the emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother

1. acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering
2. archaic term for Christmas.
3. the mother of Jesus
5. a leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other trees
7. the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.
10. a long trough from which horses or cattle feed.
12. group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit
13. sweets; confectionery.
14. noticeably happy and optimistic.