Across
- 4. The poinsettia plant originates from which country?
- 6. Which alcoholic ingredient is used in a Snowball cocktail?
- 8. In what town was Jesus born?
- 11. In what country, the world's seventh largest by geographical area, is Christmas known as Bada Din (the big day)?
- 12. If you were born on Christmas Day, what's your star sign?
- 14. Patra, the birthplace of the original Santa Claus, St Nicholas, is in which modern country?
- 15. To what country did Hong Kong surrender on Christmas Day, 1941?
Down
- 1. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
- 2. Which of Santa's reindeer shares its name with a mythical god of love? –
- 3. What is the chemical formula of snow?
- 4. What day of the week was Christmas day in the year 2000 (in the conventional western calendar)?
- 5. American cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with creating the traditional image of which popular Christmas character?
- 7. Who were first people to visit the baby Jesus?
- 9. What was the name of John the Baptist's Mother?
- 10. In Victorian England who were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms?
- 13. Which country traditionally gives London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree?