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Esoteric Festive Rituals and Traditions
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Across
  • 1. Czech pastry often shared on festive gatherings
  • 2. Rare Germanic winter hearth fire ritual
  • 3. Extended sinister nocturnal procession in Alpine regions
  • 6. Avian symbol in a twelve-day carol demanding fruit
  • 10. Relating to the sun’s extremes marking seasonal rites
  • 11. Ancient midwinter festivity replete with Norse heritage
  • 12. KRINGLE Another name for a yuletide gift bearer, red-suited
  • 13. Eastern European pastry symbolizing cyclic renewal
Down
  • 4. Mexican celebration honoring ancestors’ spectral return
  • 5. Alpine demonic parade punishing misbehaving children
  • 7. Floating light vessels illuminating Obon festival nights
  • 8. Site associated with eerie April Fools’ Day pranking
  • 9. Iconic holiday figure derived from a bishop’s legend
  • 14. Scots’ year-end custom known for first-footing tradition
  • 15. Botanical talisman prompting midsolstice smooches
  • 16. Region where fiery dances mark St. John’s Eve
  • 17. Italian New Year ritual involving water and pounding

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