Across
- 1. The original language of the carol 'Silent Night'
- 6. Once in Royal _'s city'
- 7. A festive song that is generally religious
- 9. Who got mad when he heard 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' in 'A Christmas Carol'?
- 11. Frosty the snowman had eyes made of __
- 12. French composer who wrote the Christmas Motets
- 13. We Wish You a Merry Christmas' originated from sixteenth-century __ (country)
- 14. The melody for the Christmas song 'What Child is This?'
- 16. This composer used the music to 'In dulci jubilo' in several of his compositions including a chorale and a chorale prelude for organ.
- 21. He composed 'Ceremony of Carols'
- 22. Bach wrote the 'Christmas __'
- 23. The second word of the original title in Latin of 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'
- 24. The first word of the original title in Latin of 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'
- 25. The carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter' was inspired by a poem written by Christina __
- 26. In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', my true love gave me 7 _ swimming
- 27. Irving Berlin's __ Christmas (1954 film and a musical based on the film)
Down
- 2. Name of the ballet by Tchaikovksy that is almost always performed during the Christmas period
- 3. According to a Christmas song, he will 'go down in history!'
- 4. In the carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', my true love gave me a _ in a pear tree.
- 5. A plant featured in many Christmas song
- 8. Mozart used this Christmas music to write a violin and piano duet.
- 10. The tune of 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' is adapted from music by this composer
- 15. You better not cry because he is coming to town
- 17. He composed a concerto grosso that is widely known as the 'Christmas Concerto'
- 18. English composer born on Christmas Day, 1583.
- 19. Tannenbaum is the German name for this festive plant
- 20. Writer of the novel 'A Christmas Carol'
- 24. The period anticipating the coming of Christ, marked in some churches with a special carol service
- 28. Along with the ivy, this symbolizes Pagan fertility and has been used as Christmas decorations in churches in England since the fifteenth century