New Year Traditions

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Across
  1. 3. Promises people make to themselves for the new year.
  2. 5. A phrase meaning to be excited about upcoming events. Look ~ to.
  3. 6. An African country where people shine lights on pyramids for New Year’s.
  4. 12. A country where fireworks are a big part of New Year’s celebrations.
  5. 14. The sound a clock makes to mark time.
  6. 18. Ancient structures in Egypt illuminated with lights to celebrate New Year’s.
  7. 19. An empty object people walk around with at midnight to bring safe travels.
Down
  1. 1. The animal people pretend to be when plunging in freezing water.
  2. 2. An Asian new year starting in late January or early February.
  3. 4. ~ on the past. To reflect on events from the past.
  4. 7. A custom or practice repeated regularly.
  5. 8. A promise you make to yourself for the new year.
  6. 9. Colorful displays in the sky to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
  7. 10. A shiny object people wait for to drop at midnight.
  8. 11. A country where people eat 12 grapes at midnight for good luck.
  9. 13. Eve or Day, a time to celebrate
  10. 15. A fruit eaten in Spanish-speaking countries at each chime of the clock at midnight.
  11. 16. Objects thrown at neighbors' doors in Denmark for good luck.
  12. 17. to collect money for a good cause.