Across
- 4. ship of the desert
- 7. Samaritan’s Purse Christmas packaging
- 8. Mary’s traditional transportation
- 9. Another or later or better-known name for Ephratha
- 10. Jesus real “dad” (2 words)
- 17. Brandy-soaked pudding, in London
- 18. Verdant color
- 19. according to an elf, “not just for decoration”
- 21. animal feed box
- 22. day Jesus was named
- 24. St Nick’s bag
- 25. where stockings are hung
- 27. iconic Christmas music group
- 30. natal day
- 31. Idumaean king of Judea
- 35. Baalam’s prophetic guide to the Wise
- 38. Ebenezer’s partner
- 41. crimson
- 42. Elizabeth’s cousin
- 43. Joseph & Mary’s home town
- 44. announcement to Mary by Gabriel
- 48. round garland
- 49. “every time a bell rings, an angel gets his ___”
- 50. God with us
- 53. anointed one
- 57. Jesus was his “riot and branch”
- 58. angelic pronouncement
- 60. what happened on 34th street
- 63. Nativity, in Paris
- 64. Messiah’s composer
- 65. a kingly gift
- 67. what to count instead of sheep
- 68. green grouch
- 69. area the Wisemen came from
- 71. ransom paid for Jesus as the first-born son (2 words)
- 72. Herod’s most famous architectural project
- 73. mass producers of Christmas movies
- 75. eggy beverage
- 76. Currier &, or Burl
- 78. prophet with the most prophecies of Jesus’ birth
- 79. decorate
- 81. Christmas ghosts’ wordsmith
- 83. strips of cloth to wrap a baby
- 84. Christmas skinflint
- 86. child’s missive to the North Pole
- 87. the color of the 1st day of the Christmas season, in America
- 89. Prince of _____
- 91. flock tenders
- 92. delicious bark
- 94. former location of A Christmas Story’s Santa
- 97. Christmas crooner “King”
- 98. succulent the blooms at Christmas
- 102. Christmas tree, in Berlin
- 103. chocolat
- 106. wreath, or Judy
- 107. Mary’s song or prayer
- 108. happy
- 109. traditionally Zoroastrian
- 110. Tchaikovsky’s Christmas ballet
- 111. though a traditional Christmas plant, it dies when exposed to the cold
Down
- 1. Zechariah’s son
- 2. stringed tree ornament
- 3. city of peace
- 4. Christmas hymn
- 5. Day to reverse fortunes
- 6. engaged
- 7. schneelkugel to the inventor (2 words)
- 11. The Best Christmas _____ Ever
- 12. bell sound
- 13. cookie people
- 14. Festival, or Feast of _____
- 15. symbolized by turquoise, zircon, tanzanite & Narcissus
- 16. Good King _______
- 20. was promised he wouldn’t die until he saw the Messiah
- 23. barn
- 24. Santa, in Amsterdam
- 26. ___ on the Shelf
- 28. tree with needles
- 29. A Christmas dessert that could still be edible after 100 years
- 32. “out of ____ have I called my Son”
- 33. red fruit cultivated in a big
- 34. elderly temple prophetess who met Jesus
- 36. Jacob’s new name
- 37. now known as Boswellia
- 39. replaced word for caroling, Here We Come a-_____
- 40. winter precipitation
- 45. reason for Joseph & Mary traveling to Bethlehem
- 46. Lord of ___, Medieval official voted to manage the revelries of Christmas
- 47. burial resin
- 48. Cindy Lou ___
- 51. Parasitic plant to pucker up under
- 52. became flesh & dwelt among us (2 words)
- 54. Santa’s “wheels”
- 55. he “can do the job when he’s in town”
- 56. George Frideric ______
- 59. Gabriel, for one
- 60. Christmas pies, in the Middle Ages
- 61. the reason for the season
- 62. place to be at Midnight on December 24
- 64. Santa’s laughter (3 words)
- 66. had a very crimson proboscis
- 70. Number of days of Christmas, but not in Rome
- 74. Scrooge
- 75. Christmas, in Paris
- 77. Frank Gruber’s composition, in Vienna
- 80. Jesus’ step-father
- 82. compass direction, or Santa’s polar neighborhood
- 85. Celebration of the winter solstice
- 86. most of the Nativity story is in this gospel
- 88. 25 days of Christmas
- 90. Hallmark bestseller
- 91. turkey filling
- 93. red & white “J”, (2 words)
- 95. January 6
- 96. Christmas, in Tel Aviv
- 99. Bishop of Myra’s traditional gift packaging
- 100. candy visions or a dancing fairy (2 words)
- 101. Augustus, for one
- 104. White Christmas crooner
- 105. Scott ___, same initials as Santa ClausE