MORE Christmas Traditions Around the World

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Across
  1. 1. Celebrations begin on December 7 with Noche de las Velitas
  2. 3. A pickle is hidden in the Christmas Tree and whoever finds it wins a special present
  3. 5. Mince pies are a holiday dessert and the Christmas holiday extends to December 26, Boxing Day.
  4. 7. The Christmas Log is fed every night before Christmas and poops out presents on Christmas
  5. 11. December is in the summer here, and Santa arrives by surfboard instead of sleigh
  6. 12. On December 7 people gather for the Quema del Diablo to cleanse their homes of Evil before Christmas
  7. 13. Christmas decorations include spiderwebs inspired by an old folktale
  8. 14. Families attend a special "Missa Do Galo" or Rooster Mass
  9. 15. a holiday cookout usually features boerewors sausages, malva pudding and fried caterpillars
  10. 18. "Father Frost" and the "Snow Maiden" deliver Christmas gifts on January 7
Down
  1. 2. Legend says a giant Youtide cat roams around during Christmastime
  2. 4. It is tradition to give apples for Christmas
  3. 6. Mischievous witches fly through the skies on Christmas eve and families hide their brooms
  4. 8. Belafina visits children on January 5 delivering presents and filling stockings
  5. 9. Good children get gifts from Der Weihnachtsmann, bad children are visited by Krampus
  6. 10. Families roller skate to church on Christmas morning
  7. 16. Children polish their shoes and put them out hoping Pere Noel will fill them with candy
  8. 17. Christmas afternoon features Tanakakuy, a festival of fistfights to settle arguments and disagreement