Across
- 5. a day of celebration or recreation where no work is done
- 8. a hard candy shaped with a hook or curve in one end, usually peppermint flavored with red and white stripes
- 10. a period that consists of the four weeks leading up to Christmas, commemorating the coming of Christ
- 12. December 24th, the day or evening before Christmas
- 14. a snow design made by lying on your back and moving your arms up and down and your legs side to side, creating the shape of an angel
Down
- 1. a cake made with molasses and ginger
- 2. a (usually sweet) food made from roasted and ground cacao seeds
- 3. benevolent, legendary figure who brings gifts to children on Christmas Eve
- 4. a device used for cracking open nuts
- 6. Santa’s ninth reindeer with a characteristic red nose that glows
- 7. a piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned for light
- 9. the 12th month in the standard Gregorian calendar
- 11. objects for kids to play with
- 13. a supernatural creature often represented as small with pointed ears and magic powers; Santa’s helpers at the North Pole