Across
- 3. A public entertainment of people in elaborate, colorful costumes or a performance of a historical scene
- 5. Squeezing together tightly
- 7. A custom or belief passed down from generation to generation
- 9. Easily spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact
- 11. Uncontrollably emotional, irrational from fear or emotional shock, or extremely funny
Down
- 1. Songs of praise and joy for Christmas
- 2. To bother or annoy someone with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions
- 4. A forefather from which others have evolved, typically more remote than a grandparent
- 6. A person who freely offers to do something or freely takes part in a task
- 8. People who flee from a place to find safety
- 9. A group of people meeting for worship and religious instruction
- 10. A church house provided for a member of the clergy; The pastor’s house