Happy New Years!

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Across
  1. 2. The month that begins the new year
  2. 4. Right before midnight, we begin to count backwards "10, 9.."
  3. 6. The day right before a new year begins
  4. 7. Colorful and thrown around at parties
  5. 8. A gathering of friends and family
Down
  1. 1. If you let go of this decoration, it will go up in the sky
  2. 3. These are loud are bright in the night sky
  3. 5. The last month of the year