Environmental Crossword #5 (Holiday/Winter Themed!)

2. A cookie made with molasses and ginger.
6. Au on periodic table.
8. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
10. a representation of a human figure created with compressed snow.
11. A cake containing dried fruit and nuts.
12. Usually a small figure and not having a practical purpose, can be hung up by a string.
14. A hollow structure allowing smoke from an indoor fireplace to vent outside; also Santa Claus’s magical entryway into homes.
17. A saying said around the winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays.
18. A grouchy spoilsport who doesn’t enjoy Christmas.
22. Fictional reindeer created by Robert Lewis May.
23. A Spanish phrase meaning “Happy Christmas.”
25. A sled typically pulled by horses or reindeer.

1. Popular American song from the 1940s.
3. A long, wooden sled used to coast down snow-covered hills.
4. Magical, pointy-eared creatures who build toys for well-behaved children at the behest of Santa.
5. A device used to crack open the shells of nuts. Also, the name of a popular ballet set during Christmas, scored by Tchaikovsky, staged during the holiday season.
7. Holiday celebrated from December 26th until January 1st.
9. Wears a red suit and says "ho ho ho."
13. Believed by many Westerners to be Santa Claus’s home.
15. An evergreen bush with red berries and prickly leaves.
16. A drink made with cream, sugar, eggs that is sometimes mixed with alcohol.
19. Ag on the periodic table.
20. Holiday celebrated on December 25th.
21. Holiday celebrated from November 28th until December 6th.
24. A circular arrangement of greenery or flowers.