Worldwide Holidays and Festivals

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Across
  1. 2. the day after the US Thanksgiving day (2 words)
  2. 4. this occurs on or near December 21 (2 words)
  3. 5. Chinese New Year animal that will be celebrated in 2023
  4. 9. In Judaism this is known as the Festival of Lights
  5. 11. also known as Remembrance Day in Canada
  6. 13. an old Christmas tradition popular in NL where you visit someone's house during Christmas dressed in a costume/disguise and sing or dance for drinks and snacks
  7. 14. Shrove Tuesday is also called this in parts of the world including NL (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. The day that celebrates the end of, or 6 more weeks, of winter (2 words)
  2. 3. Celebrates Mexican heritage each year on May 5 (3 words)
  3. 6. Diwali is a Festival of Lights celebrated mainly in this country
  4. 7. Festival celebrated by Muslims at the end of Ramadan (3 words)
  5. 8. an annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1
  6. 10. a fictional holiday made popular on tv show Seinfeld and falls on Dec 23
  7. 12. celebrated around the world but very popular in New Orleans in February (2 words)