Across
- 2. a vertical pipe in a house that allows smoke and gases to escape from a fireplace (Father Christmas traditionally enters a house through it)
- 3. a bright point in the night sky which is a large, distant incandescent body like the sun
- 8. water vapour from the sky that falls as white flakes and covers the ground
- 10. 31 December
- 12. a partly enclosed space in a house where people light a fire for warmth
- 13. a sledge or light cart on runners pulled by horses or reindeer over snow and ice
- 14. a cylinder of wax (=cire) with a central wick (=mèche) which burns to produce light
- 15. an imaginary being who brings presents for children on the night before Christmas Day (also known as Father Christmas)
- 16. another word meaning gift
Down
- 1. abbreviation or informal term for Christmas
- 4. a special calendar that counts the days to Christmas through the month of December
- 5. a decorated paper tube that makes a sharp noise ("crack!") and releases a small toy when two people pull it apart
- 6. the evening or day before Christmas Day (24 December
- 7. a bird like a large chicken, traditionally eaten at Christmas (and for Thanksgiving too!)
- 9. a song that people sing at Christmas
- 11. a parasitic plant with white berries, traditionally used as a Christmas decoration