| 1. A
JEWISH FESTIVAL LASTING EIGHT DAYS, IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE REDEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE BY THE MACCABEES FOLLOWING
THEIR VICTORY OVER THE SYRIANS UNDER ANTIOCHUS IV, CHARACTERIZED
CHIEFLY BY THE LIGHTING OF THE MENORAH ON EACH NIGHT OF
THE FESTIVAL.(HANUKKAH) |
2. A
HARVEST FESTIVAL CELEBRATED FROM DEC. 26TH UNTIL JAN.
1ST IN SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.(KWANZAA) |
| 3. AN
ACCESSORY OR DETAIL USED TO BEAUTIFY THE APPEARANCE OF
SOMETHING.(ORNAMENTS) |
4. A
GLITTERING METALLIC SUBSTANCE USED IN PIECES OR STRIPS
TO PRODUCE A SPARKLING EFFECT CHEAPLY.(TINSEL) |
| 5. A
FIGURE OF A PERSON MADE OF PACKED SNOW.(SNOWMAN) |
6. THE
HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, CELEBRATED AS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
THROUGHOUT INDIA.(DIWALI) |
| 7. THE
DAY ON WHICH THE ZEN TRADITION COMMEMORATES THE ENLIGHTENMENT,
OR NIRVANA, OF THE BUDDHA.(ROHATSU) |
8. THE
NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR; THE MONTH OF FASTING;
THE HOLIEST PERIOD FOR THE ISLAMIC FAITH.(RAMADAN) |
| 9. AN
INABILITY TO RESIST THE GRATIFICATION OF WHIMS AND DESIRES.(INDULGENCE) |
10.
A PERIOD OF TIME SET ASIDE FOR FEASTING AND CELEBRATION.(FESTIVAL) |
| 11.
THE ACT OR CEREMONY OF CROWNING A KING, QUEEN, OR OTHER
SOVEREIGN.(CORONATION) |
12.
HAVING OR DISPLAYING GREAT DIGNITY OR NOBILITY.(MAJESTIC) |
| 13.
SOMETHING USED TO BEAUTIFY OR COMMEMORATE.(DECORATION) |
14.
SOMETHING REVEALED OR DISCLOSED.(REVELATION) |
| 15.
COMPLETE AND WHOLEHEARTED FIDELITY.(DEDICATION) |