Christmas Around the World

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Across
  1. 3. The Yule Goat statue is erected every Christmas season in the Scandinavian country of ___________________.
  2. 5. Mexicans celebrate Christmas throughout the month of December by performing paraded skits to act out scenes leading up to the Birth of ___________________ .
  3. 6. on Christmas Eve in ___________________, many families share oplatek, (an unleavened wafer) as they wish each other Merry Christmas.
  4. 7. Sinterklaas is the Dutch name for St. ___________________ .
  5. 9. A popular English Christmas decoration called ___________________ is made of triangular pieces of cloth strung together.
  6. 11. Since 1933, ___________________ Center in New York City has been home to one of the world’s most famous Christmas Trees.
  7. 13. Children in ___________________ , also known as The Land of Ice & Fire, celebrate 13 days of Christmas by placing their boots out each night in hopes of receiving treats overnight.
Down
  1. 1. ___________________ , a Caribbean island to the west of St. Lucia celebrates Christmas with a baked ham and rum cake.
  2. 2. In El Salvador, children enjoy setting off fireworks called volcancitos which translates to little ___________________ .
  3. 4. Residents in New ___________________ enjoy sitting by their Pohutukawa Christmas trees while singing carols in English and their ancient language, Maori.
  4. 8. In this southernmost country of Africa, ___________________ , families come together for a cookout they call braaing.
  5. 10. Because they follow the Julian Calendar, most Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on January ___________________ , 13 days after we celebrate Christmas.
  6. 12. Since 1974, the Japanese have flooded to ___________________ because of the eatery’s successful marketing campaign, Kentucky for Christmas!