December Holidays

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Stick of wax with a wick in the middle (plural) (7)
  2. 4. The coldest season of the year (6)
  3. 6. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built (9)
  4. 9. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (5)
  5. 12. Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves (10)
  6. 14. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  7. 16. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes (6)

Down

  1. 2. A figure of a person made of packed snow (7)
  2. 3. Heavenly messenger with wings (5)
  3. 5. American plants closely resembling Old World ___ (9)
  4. 7. United States rock star (5)
  5. 8. A festival featuring African-American culture (7)
  6. 10. A sport in which participants must travel on skis (6)
  7. 11. A plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year (9)
  8. 13. A showy decoration that is basically valueless (6)
  9. 15. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs (6)