architecture and Christmas

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Across
  1. 6. A very selfish and stingy old man who works as an Investment Banker and Commodities broker in London.
  2. 8. An empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Christmas Eve so that Santa Claus can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.
  3. 10. Tree which is often used as a Christmas tree. This is strong and relatively light wood. This lumber has many uses in a variety of industries. It is perfectly possible to have a box, a piano, and a full-sized boat all made from this tree.
  4. 13. This is what you have - it consists of things you need to do. Santa has the same thing - but it consists of names of good and naughty children.
  5. 14. Used to wrap around presents or cut when a building is being opened for the first time.
  6. 15. Silvery or golden decoration used to decorate your Christmas tree or office for Christmas.
  7. 17. You hear it ringing. It's also an important element of a church building - placed in a church tower.
  8. 18. Old name for Christmas.
  9. 19. You can put it on your table or attach it to your tree (but watch out! It's a fire hazard!) or use it as a nice accessory/ decorative element in your house.
  10. 22. What's the lovely green spiky plant with red berries that you use to decorate the interior for Christmas?
  11. 23. Christmas month or a very busy month for architects.
  12. 24. This decoration looks very nice on the door of your house or office.
  13. 26. This decoration looks very nice wrapped around banisters.
  14. 27. Water dripping down creates this structures, they often hang from the edge of the roof.
  15. 29. If you look at the top of your office building on Christmas day, you will see this animal.
Down
  1. 1. What we all, architects and other, like to drink around Christmas time (not for children!)
  2. 2. A structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire which Santa passes on his way to the Chrismas tree.
  3. 3. You can see it in the sky or your friends will call you that if you finish your project with a great success.
  4. 4. Used to decorate your house but also to give the interior a nice cosy vibe.
  5. 5. What's the lovely green plant with white berries that you can use to decorate the interior for Christmas and which you traditionally kiss under?
  6. 6. A place where baby Jesus was born, a building in which horses are kept, fed, and cared for.
  7. 7. Another word for "happy" - Christmas or achitect!
  8. 9. Companies often send them out around Christmas time to their customers. They contain greetings.
  9. 11. A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
  10. 12. Usually tall coniferous trees of the pine family noted for their fragrant durable wood. Due to its low cost, red ..... is a popular timber of choice for commercial architecture and construction projects (structural elements, facade cladding, flooring, or roof shingles).
  11. 16. If you look at the top of your office building on Christmas day, you will see this vehicle.
  12. 20. What Christmas is or what you wait for when you are done with all your projects.
  13. 21. An architect takes care of designing nice buildings, and .... takes care of sheep.
  14. 25. The most famous reindeer of all.
  15. 28. What's the part of the house that Santa uses to enter the building?