Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Stick of wax with a wick in the middle (plural)
- 1 Across
- The coldest season of the year
- 4 Across
- An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- 6 Across
- Ice crystals forming a white deposit
- 9 Across
- Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves
- 12 Across
- Holiday celebrated on December 25
- 14 Across
- Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- 16 Across
- A figure of a person made of packed snow
- 2 Down
- Heavenly messenger with wings
- 3 Down
- American plants closely resembling Old World ___
- 5 Down
- United States rock star
- 7 Down
- A festival featuring African-American culture
- 8 Down
- A sport in which participants must travel on skis
- 10 Down
- A plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
- 11 Down
- A showy decoration that is basically valueless
- 13 Down
- A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs
- 15 Down