Across
- 4. Fruit eaten at one minute before midnight in Spain and some Latin American countries, to bring good luck
- 6. Secular holiday made popular by the TV show Seinfeld as an alternative to Christmas
- 8. Also known as Festival of Lights
- 9. Religious holiday observed primarily in Spain and brought into Latin American countries (two words), celebrated
- 10. Religious holiday depicting a baby born in a manger
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- 1. Festival in China where people eat tang yuan with their family
- 2. The night before St Nicholas Day, this creature depicted with fangs and horns is meant to scare or punish "bad" children
- 3. Pagan holiday that celebrates the return of the sun as the days become longer, signaling the winter is almost over
- 5. Holiday that honors African-American culture and its purpose is to bring the African-American community together
- 7. Ancient Roman holiday celebrated in mid-December