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  1. 2. The name for the four weeks’ preparation for Christmas.
  2. 3. This Gospel begins with Jesus’ Baptism by John.
  3. 5. Though it does not contain a specific account of Jesus’ birth, this Gospel does refer to the Incarnation, God becoming man.
  4. 6. He appeared and told Mary she was to bear the Son of God.
  5. 8. The other Gospel that refers to the birth of Jesus.
  6. 10. This name for Jesus means “God with us”.
  7. 11. How many days after the birth of Christ did Mary and Joseph give Him the name ‘Jesus’?
  8. 13. The prophet who wrote about the birth of Emmanuel (Jesus).
  9. 15. A term for the wise men who visited Jesus.
  10. 17. The feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating the arrival of the wise men to visit Jesus
  11. 18. Because of his fear, this king had all male children killed to try to get rid of Jesus.
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  1. 1. The city to which Mary and Joseph traveled, where Jesus was born.
  2. 4. Roman emperor Caesar ___ called for the census that required Mary and Joseph to go to Bethlehem.
  3. 7. The Gospel book that tells about the events of Jesus’ birth.
  4. 8. The gifts that the wise men brought Jesus were ___, frankincense, and gold.
  5. 9. The Roman Catholic Christmas liturgical season lasts from the Feast of the Nativity (Christmas) until the ___ of the Lord.
  6. 10. Mary’s cousin, who gave birth to John the Baptist.
  7. 12. The wise men followed this to get to Jesus.
  8. 14. Where Joseph took Mary and Jesus to escape being killed.
  9. 16. Where Jesus was laid after He was born.