Happy New Year!

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Across
  1. 2. out with the old and ______ (4 words)
  2. 6. in school, January is often the start of ____ (2 words)
  3. 7. hang in there! only this many more months until school's over
  4. 8. 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...
  5. 13. today is six months from this holiday (2 words)
  6. 14. every January, it's time to buy a new ____
  7. 15. some people try to do this at midnight on New Year's Eve
Down
  1. 1. churches might sound their bells to _____ (5 words)
  2. 3. people might throw these small pieces of paper in the air to celebrate
  3. 4. the month where Chinese New Year starts for 2023
  4. 5. goal-makers set new year's _____
  5. 9. what people say after a toast
  6. 10. where many new year's celebrators gather (2 words)
  7. 11. these lit sticks might be used at New Years or the 4th of July
  8. 12. this things drops every year in NYC