December

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (plural) (6)
  2. 5. Time off from school or work for fun and travel (8)
  3. 6. The last month of the year (8)
  4. 8. Something used to beautify (plural) (11)
  5. 10. The coldest season of the year (6)
  6. 11. Holiday celebrated on December 25 (9)
  7. 12. Frozen flakes that fall in winter (4)
  8. 13. Small sweet baked treats (7)
  9. 15. A festival featuring African-American culture (7)

Down

  1. 2. Cake flavored with ___ (11)
  2. 3. Parents, children and relatives who belong together (6)
  3. 4. Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays (8)
  4. 7. Tall plant with a trunk and branches (4)
  5. 9. An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC (8)
  6. 11. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  7. 14. The legendary patron saint of children (5)