The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 3. The Herdmans push their way into the lead roles of Mary, Joseph, the three Wise Men, and the ___ of the Lord.
  • 4. Imogene fills the ladies' bathroom with ___ smoke and the fire department is called.
  • 5. The Herdman kids smoke, curse, ___ other kids, steal, and once set fire to an abandoned toolhouse.
  • 7. The narrator's little brother, Charlie, is a frequent target of Leroy Herdman, who likes to steal his ___ at school.
  • 8. The Herdmans decide to show up to Sunday school because Charlie mentions he gets all the ___ he wants there.
  • 9. Their father ____ the Herdman kids when they were young, and their mother works two jobs.

Down

  • 1. The Herdman kids understood the needs of the Holy Family, and related in a ___ and powerful way.
  • 2. The three Herdman children playing the Wise Men bring a ___ that was given to them from the food basket at church.
  • 4. The Herdmans have never heard the ___ story before, but they want to learn everything they can.
  • 6. Reverend Hopkins talks to the narrator's mother and asks her if they should call off the ___.

Word Bank

bully
abandoned
dessert
snacks
angel
christmas
cigar
ham
genuine
pageant