Holidays

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Across
  1. 3. Autumn dessert made from a gourd, custard, and spice-filled tradition
  2. 5. Flickering symbols of light triumphing over darkness for eight nights
  3. 7. The feeling at the heart of Thanksgiving, often shared before the meal
  4. 8. Exchanged tokens of affection hidden beneath evergreen branches
Down
  1. 1. Shiny mementos that transform pine into a festive spectacle
  2. 2. Toy inscribed with Hebrew letters used in a game of chance and chocolate
  3. 4. Sacred object with nine branches lit to recall a lasting miracle
  4. 6. A bird once proposed as the U.S. national symbol, now the centerpiece of November feasts