Nativity Word Search

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The Nativity story comes from two Gospels that tell it differently. Luke has the census, the swaddling clothes, the manger and the shepherds in the fields. Matthew has the star, King Herod and the Magi from the east.

Neither Gospel says there were three wise men. The number comes from the three gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh, two of them tree resins that were burned as incense and used as medicine.

The ox and the donkey are not in either Gospel. They come from a line in Isaiah and from Francis of Assisi, who in 1223 set up the first living nativity scene in a cave in Italy, with real animals and real hay.

A quiet sheet for a Sunday school table, with the answer key for whoever leads the class.

Free Nativity Word Search Online Game

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Nativity Word Search Printable Puzzles

Three sheets to choose from, free to print or download as a PDF. Pick a difficulty below, or open the printable Nativity word search page to see all three together, generate a fresh grid, and check the full word list.

Puzzle Vocabulary Words

Below you can see all possible words that the topic Nativity has.
Depends on difficulty level you select in the game amount of words hidden in the puzzle will be different.
In Easy game you have to find up to 5 words, medium game can have up to 15 words and hard puzzle can have up to 23 words.
Every time you start a new game - our word search generator will pick random words to build the puzzle.

• Bethlehem
• Manger
• Stable
• Mary
• Joseph
• Jesus
• Baby
• Angel
• Gabriel
• Shepherds
• Sheep
• Lamb
• Donkey
• Ox
• Star
• Wise Men
• Magi
• Gold
• Frankincense
• Myrrh
• Camel
• Inn
• Innkeeper
• Hay
• Straw
• Swaddling
• Herod
• Nazareth
• Census
• Savior
• Emmanuel
• Glory
• Peace
• Gospel
• Heaven
• Halo
• Cradle
• Lantern
• Journey
• Prophecy