Across
- 3. A large public procession, usually including a marching band
- 5. News, information, or intelligence
- 7. In good spirits; lively
- 11. A Christmas decoration traditionally placed over a doorway
- 12. Christmas, or the Christmas season
- 14. Freedom or release from duty, business, or work
Down
- 1. A continuing pattern of culture beliefs or practices
- 2. The period beginning four Sundays before Christmas
- 4. The cold season between autumn and spring
- 6. The grouch of the season
- 8. Any group of people closely related by blood or marriage
- 9. An expression of friendly or respectful regard
- 10. Any evergreen having long needle-shaped leaves
- 13. Any of the large, self-luminous, heavenly bodies