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Across 5. Eight-day Jewish festival featuring a nightly lighting of the menorah 8. The colors of Kwanzaa: red, black, and _____ 10. This holiday drink contains sugar, milk, and eggs 12. Santa's bag 13. A nine-branched candelabrum used during Hanukkah 15. People who celebrate the holiday Eid ul-Fitr on the first of Shawwal 19. Jewish New Year (2 Words) 21. College football game played on New Year's Day (2 words) (2 Words) 23. Chionophobia is an abnormal fear of _____ 25. A commitment one makes on New Year's Day 26. A piece of winter clothing that keeps children warm and dry as they play in the snow 28. "Mazel ___!" (Jewish "Congratulations!") 30. Scrooge's first name 31. Wind chill ____ 33. Author of "A Christmas Carol" (2 words) (2 Words) 37. In "It's a Wonderful Life," this actor played George Bailey (2 words) (2 Words) 38. A popular Christmas tree topper 39. ____ Luther King Day (third Monday in January) 40. The temperature felt by the human body when wind makes it feel colder than the actual temperature 41. Translation of "Auld lang syne," a popular New Years song (3 words) (3 Words) 42. Candleholder that is used during the Kwanzaa celebration 43. A bread mixture often placed inside a roast turkey 44. A four-sided spinning top, played with during Hanukkah

Down 1. African-American harvest festival celebrated from Dec 26th until Jan 1st 2. Circular decoration made of pine needles 3. This type of canned pie filling is a big seller during the holiday season 4. Holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus 6. The great feast takes place during Kwanzaa on December 31st 7. Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of ______ 9. A type of sled with no runners on the bottom 11. He lost $8,000 in "It's a Wonderful Life" (2 words) (2 Words) 14. Visions of these dance in children's heads 16. Winter ___ (pagan holiday celebrated on the shortest day of the year) 17. People who celebrate the holiday Diwali, commemorating Lord Rama's return to his kingdom 18. A two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (2 words) (2 Words) 20. The traffic cop hollered this to Frosty 22. Popular holiday plant 24. This 1990 movie told of a boy's experience when two men break into his house during Christmas (2 words) (2 Words) 27. Celebration in Britain and Canada immediately following Christmas (2 words) (2 Words) 29. This Christmas carol contains the word, "Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la" (3 words) (3 Words) 32. The coming of the New Year is celebrated by lowering a gigantic crystal ball at this location (2 words) (2 Words) 34. Rain that freezes as it falls 35. A nondenominational winter holiday which originated on an episode of "Seinfeld" 36. ___ new year (when the Korean holiday Sol is observed)