Winter Crossword
Across
- 1. December 25 holiday
- 4. Fictional leader of Santa’s sleigh team
- 5. Festive song sung in winter
- 7. Holds the seven candles lit during Kwanzaa
- 8. Day commemorating Buddha’s path to insight
- 10. Pine relative decorated in December
- 11. Classic après-ski beverage
- 13. Point when the Sun is farthest from the celestial equator
- 14. Paper lights used during moon festivals
- 16. Holiday also called the Feast of Lights
- 17. Mexican holiday event with piñatas and nightly processions
- 19. Seasonal serenading for neighbors
- 20. Our Lady of ___, honored in Mexico
- 22. Holiday ending the Twelve Days of Christmas
- 23. Frozen precipitation
- 25. Traditional dish wrapped in husks
- 26. Festive milk punch
Down
- 2. Stuffing-and-gravy affair
- 3. Event celebrated with Auld Lang Syne
- 6. Seasonal hiatus for rest or recreation
- 9. Figures celebrated on January 6
- 10. Greeting in a bilingual holiday hit
- 12. Polar sky phenomenon of shimmering colors
- 15. Opulent spread
- 16. Yuletide treat with red and white stripes
- 18. Nine-branched Jewish lamp
- 21. Showy urban glow
- 24. Traditional end-of-year ritual with soba noodles and temple bells