Christmas Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Calm time without war or fighting (5)
  2. 6. An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC (8)
  3. 9. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (plural) (6)
  4. 11. To behave as expected during of holidays or rites (9)
  5. 12. Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves (10)
  6. 13. Stick of wax with a wick in the middle (6)

Down

  1. 1. A candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation (7)
  2. 3. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  3. 4. United States rock star (5)
  4. 5. To make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc (8)
  5. 7. A festival featuring African-American culture (7)
  6. 8. Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg (8)
  7. 10. The period of time that is happening now (7)