Origin of Christmas Traditions

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Across
  1. 2. Last name of the poet who wrote The Night Before Christmas in 1822
  2. 4. The nation where the first Christmas card debuted in 1843
  3. 6. Drink that traces back to posset from medieval England; rum was added later by American colonists
  4. 11. The famous ballet that premiered in Russia in 1892
  5. 14. The mythology to which leaving treats for Santa and his reindeer dates back
  6. 15. Last name of the Massachusetts man who popularized having Santas in stores
  7. 17. First name of the Peanuts start whose popular Christmas special first aired in 1965
  8. 18. Logs that were part of ancient winter solstice celebrations
  9. 19. Last name of the actor who plays George Bailey in the film It's a Wonderful Life
Down
  1. 1. Christmas flower that were first brought to the U.S. in 1820s
  2. 3. Last name of the first person to string light bulbs around a Christmas tree in 1882
  3. 5. The nation that first began to decorate Christmas trees
  4. 7. Hidden on the Christmas tree; finder opens presents first
  5. 8. Calendars first made in Germany that count down to Christmas
  6. 9. Holiday dessert beloved by the British but often joked about by Americans
  7. 10. Ohio city where candy canes first appeared in the United States in 1847
  8. 12. The nation that first popularized ugly Christmas sweaters
  9. 13. Decorations from ancient Greece and Rome that eventually took on Christian meaning
  10. 16. Queen ___ I is credited with the early decorating of gingerbread cookies