Happy Holidays!

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Across
  1. 1. On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
  2. 4. The second thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me: Rigging up the...
  3. 6. German fir tree: "O, ..."
  4. 8. Evil being who punishes children; from southern and eastern Europe.
  5. 13. Derived from the Old Norse word “jol,” a term for a 12-day winter festival that was popular in pre-Christian times.
  6. 14. This pan-African holiday was created in 1966.
  7. 15. First Christmas song sung in space
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  1. 1. This event, usually occurring on December 21st, celebrates the end of the harvest, and the beginning of winter
  2. 2. It's not actually an omission of Christ, but it is a Greek letter
  3. 3. This Jewish festival lasts eight nights
  4. 5. Spiced ale usually enjoyed during Christmastime.
  5. 7. French word for Christmas; another term for yule
  6. 9. an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honor of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December.
  7. 10. A term that means cheerful and lively, and in reference to a season or event, it suggests festivity and rejoicing
  8. 11. Spin me!
  9. 12. The term for a religious folk song or popular hymn, sung during Christmastime.
  10. 14. The last name of the man who invented this pan-African holiday.