Winter around the world
Across
- 5. the Chinese festival for the Winter Solstice.
- 6. Night of the ___________ or Noche de Rábanos, In Oaxaca, Mexico, the festival that involves carving vegetables.
- 8. On December 21st, the shortest day of the year
- 13. In Romania, carolers dress in bear costumes and dance on this holiday
- 15. Often celebrated in the United States and Canada, people will jump into cold water in the winter during this event.
- 16. an Ancient Roman winter solstice festival held in honor of Saturnus, the Roman god of agriculture and harvest
- 17. During this holiday, a menorah is lit for 8 days.
- 18. a German legend that goes around and scares children who have misbehaved
- 19. celebrated in Puerto Rico and involves waking up your friends late at night with a song
- 20. the winter solstice ceremony of the Zuni and Hopi people
- 21. the Hindu festival of lights
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- 1. In Norway, it is a tradition for people to hide their __________ on Christmas Eve.
- 2. celebrated on December 25th, this holiday involves giving gifts to family
- 3. on Christmas, Czech women throw this object to determine if they will get married that year.
- 4. this is celebrated on December 26th and often used as a day to give to the poor.
- 7. On this day in Sweden, girls wear long white dresses and wreaths with candles on their heads
- 9. a Japanese traditional celebration on the last day of the year.
- 10. this holiday means “First Fruits,” and is based on ancient African harvest festivals
- 11. This is a celebration of the Winter Solstice in Iran
- 12. This is another name for Three Kings Day
- 14. In Ecuador, families dress a figure made of ________ in old clothes and then burn it on New Years.
- 19. in some parts of the United States, it's a tradition to hide this food in a Christmas Tree