Across
- 3. Austrian mythological figure who scares children with his holiday visits (and has his own movie)
- 6. The shortest day of the year, when the Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun
- 8. This Jewish spinning top is used to play a holiday gambling game
- 9. This fruit used to be a popular Christmas gift, potentially as a way to represent receiving "gold" in your stocking
- 10. This author wrote A Christmas Carol, first published in 1843
Down
- 1. This holiday sweet treat/building material can be traced back to Ancient Egypt and Greece
- 2. A log burned in the hearth, originally from a Scandinavian Winter Solstice festival
- 4. Celebrated in the UK, this holiday is on December 26th and may have originated from charitable holiday giving
- 5. This German city has an infamous New Years tradition of setting off lots of fireworks
- 7. Historians believe this classic winter activity originated in Scandinavia over 2,000 years ago as a means of transportation