Across
- 3. African country where traditional meals are prepared on Christmas Eve, sometimes including the dish jollof rice
- 4. Broken open by children during the tradition of Posadas in Mexico
- 8. Number of candles on a menorah
- 9. In Icelandic folklore, creature that roams the countryside and eats those who haven't gotten new clothes before Christmas Eve
- 12. In some European countries, items put by the chimney by children in the hopes Saint Nicholas will leave a gift
- 13. Filipino ornamental lantern displayed during the Christmas season
- 14. The Nahuatl name for the poinsettia
- 16. Birth flower of December
- 19. Number of December birthstones
- 20. Where the ball drops on New Year's Even in New York
Down
- 1. The other zodiac sign for December
- 2. Number of distinct shapes that snowflakes can be categorized into, according to a paper by Magono and Lee
- 5. Season that begins in December in the Southern Hemisphere
- 6. Name for the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
- 7. Original position of December in the Roman calendar
- 10. Communal event held at the end of Kwanzaa
- 11. A festival with masquerades, drumming, and dance observed in Jamaica, and other Carribean countries, around Christmas
- 15. General type of tree typically used for Christmas decorations
- 17. Material yule goat ornaments are made of
- 18. One of two zodiac signs for December