Across
- 4. Hindu festival sometimes falling in winter, known as the festival of lights.
- 6. Jewish festival of lights, often in December.
- 8. Type of cloud that often brings snow.
- 9. Nordic festival historically tied to the winter solstice.
- 10. Scottish celebration on December 31st.
- 12. Shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 14. Frozen precipitation that falls in flakes.
Down
- 1. Term for a severe snowstorm with strong winds.
- 2. The coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth.
- 3. Mexican tradition involving candlelit processions before Christmas.
- 5. Christian holiday celebrated on December 25th.
- 7. Term for the phenomenon where the sun doesn't rise above the horizon in polar regions.
- 11. African-American cultural celebration starting December 26th.
- 13. Japanese celebration marking the New Year.