Across
- 6. a plant whose foliage remains green and functional through more than one growing season
- 9. celebrated by Christians and non-Christians with lights, trees, presents, and stockings
- 10. the shortest day and longest night of the year
- 12. entered popular culture in 1997 from a Seinfeld episode, parody holiday resisting consumerism
- 13. eight day Jewish festival of lights
- 14. a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow
- 15. individual precipitation of unique hexagonal shaped crystals
- 17. Pancha Ganapati is a five day ______ festival in honor of Ganesha
- 18. a storm with considerable falling or blowing snow and winds over 35 mph
- 19. how cold it actually feels on your skin when the wind is taken into account
Down
- 1. a device that measures temperature
- 2. Omisoka is considered the second-most important day in Japanese tradition - the final day of the old year
- 3. pagan winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples
- 4. strong extratropical cyclone with winds blowing from the northeast
- 5. rare event when the two largest planets in our solar system nearly overlap
- 7. ancient Roman winter solstice festival in honor of the deity Saturn
- 8. below 32 degrees Fahrenheit & 0 degrees Celsius
- 11. a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes
- 16. seven night celebration of African American and Pan-African roots, culture, and community
- 18. Bodhi Day celebrates the day that the historical ________ experienced enlightenment