Across
- 1. Spanish nougat made from almonds and honey
- 3. Seafood dish, sometimes served during Christmas dinners
- 4. Type of cabbage often used in holiday cooking
- 5. German liver sausage, often served with Christmas bread
- 10. Expensive spice used in holiday breads
- 11. Hard Italian cheese often served with nuts at Christmas
- 14. de muerto Mexican bread of the dead, often made for celebrations
- 16. Dutch waffle filled with caramel syrup
- 17. Swiss dish made with grated potatoes, often served at Christmas
- 19. French dry sausage, often part of a holiday charcuterie board
- 20. French alpine dish made with potatoes, cheese, and bacon
- 23. Dutch cheese commonly enjoyed with fruit at Christmas
- 24. Italian sweet bread with dried fruits
- 25. Traditional Jewish dish, often sweet with noodles
- 26. French Yule log-shaped cake
- 27. Apple brandy from France, used in holiday desserts
- 30. Small citrus fruit often found in Christmas stockings
- 34. French seafood stew, perfect for a Christmas feast
- 36. French prunes, sometimes used in holiday desserts
- 37. Biscuit-like cookie from Jewish traditions, often with almonds
- 38. Frozen dessert, sometimes served as a palate cleanser
- 39. Spiced wine or cider popular in Nordic countries
- 40. French stew, typically made with wild game
- 42. Eastern European sweet bread, often filled with chocolate
- 43. Soft cheese, often a centerpiece for a festive cheese board
- 44. Almond cream filling, often used in holiday pastries
Down
- 2. Blue cheese from France, sometimes served with figs
- 4. German fruit bread dusted with powdered sugar
- 6. Classic creamy drink, often spiced and spiked with alcohol
- 7. Italian dessert made from egg yolks, sugar, and wine
- 8. con leche Spanish rice pudding served during Christmas
- 9. gras Rich, fatty duck or goose liver often served at Christmas
- 12. French sauerkraut, often paired with pork
- 13. Fish eggs, often served as a luxury appetizer
- 15. Dutch spiced cookies, similar to gingerbread
- 16. French shortbread cookie
- 18. Scandinavian spiced wine, often served warm
- 21. Pudding made from small starch pearls, enjoyed during Christmas
- 22. Chewy candy made with nuts, sugar, and egg whites
- 23. Swiss cheese, often melted in fondue for Christmas
- 26. Game meat sometimes served as an alternative to turkey
- 28. Nutty, spiced dessert cake served at Christmas
- 29. Small sausage, often served at festive parties
- 31. German pastry, often cinnamon-flavored
- 32. Crisp cookie flavored with ginger and molasses
- 33. Scandinavian salmon cured with salt, sugar, and dill
- 35. Chocolate cake originating from Austria, often served in slices
- 36. Meat paste, often spread on toast at holiday gatherings
- 39. Spicy soup, often associated with British holiday meals
- 41. curd Sweet-tart spread made with lemons, butter, and eggs