Holiday Season

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages (3)
  2. 5. Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays (8)
  3. 10. The ___ point of the Earth's axis (9)
  4. 11. Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn (plural) (9)
  5. 13. A hard ___ in the shape of a rod (plural) (10)
  6. 15. A festival featuring African-American culture (6)

Down

  1. 1. The calendar ___ just begun (plural) (8)
  2. 3. Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg (8)
  3. 4. American plants closely resembling Old World ___ (9)
  4. 6. The imparting of news or promises etc (6)
  5. 7. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend (7)
  6. 8. A figure of a person made of packed snow (7)
  7. 9. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  8. 12. An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC (8)
  9. 14. The legendary patron saint of children (5)