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Christmas Word Search
REINDEER on the roof, a STOCKING by the CHIMNEY, GINGERBREAD in the oven and TINSEL absolutely everywhere: twenty-one words of full Christmas-morning inventory, from SANTA and his ELVES down to the EGGNOG and the NUTCRACKER. GINGERBREAD is the long one at eleven letters; HOLLY, SANTA and ELVES tie for shortest at five.
This sheet is built for the December stretch: class parties, the school-holiday travel days, and the twenty minutes on Christmas Eve when small people need occupying and another screen feels wrong. It reads well from about second grade — a younger child may need MISTLETOE read aloud once — and the answer key on page two means a grown-up can check a finished sheet convincingly without solving it themselves.
Our tip: December words are generous with doubled letters, and this grid rewards knowing it. HOLLY, RIBBON, EGGNOG and REINDEER carry an LL, BB, GG and EE between them, and a doubled letter is the easiest pattern the eye can lock onto — sweep for pairs first and four words fall quickly. Then use the J of JINGLE, the only J on the word list, to pin down one more.
The puzzle sheet
The answer key always prints as page two, whether or not it is showing on screen — keep it stapled behind or recycle it.
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Christmas Word Search
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| C | A | T | S | A | N | T | A | E | E | O | N | N | R | O |
| G | H | I | S | R | A | S | R | O | N | R | R | U | I | R |
| R | T | I | N | S | E | L | T | G | E | G | E | T | B | N |
| E | R | S | M | V | E | E | G | B | S | I | S | C | B | A |
| I | N | I | L | N | L | E | M | N | R | N | T | R | O | M |
| N | E | E | G | T | E | E | S | J | T | G | O | A | N | E |
| D | H | P | S | E | C | Y | N | I | L | E | C | C | O | N |
| E | R | I | R | E | R | E | N | N | C | R | K | K | W | T |
| E | M | R | D | E | M | S | L | G | A | B | I | E | R | L |
| R | E | N | H | G | S | Y | N | L | R | R | N | R | E | S |
| N | E | Y | O | E | T | E | D | E | O | E | G | R | A | N |
| G | A | R | L | A | N | D | N | S | L | A | G | G | T | R |
| S | I | S | L | E | I | G | H | T | S | D | G | G | H | H |
| D | M | I | Y | C | E | D | O | C | S | S | I | I | E | K |
- CANDLE
- CAROLS
- CHIMNEY
- DECEMBER
- EGGNOG
- ELVES
- GARLAND
- GINGERBREAD
- HOLLY
- JINGLE
- MISTLETOE
- NUTCRACKER
- ORNAMENT
- PRESENTS
- REINDEER
- RIBBON
- SANTA
- SLEIGH
- STOCKING
- TINSEL
- WREATH
Free printable from duplixo.com/printables/ — answer key on the next page.
Answer key
| C | A | N | D | L | E | E | U | A | N | D | G | C | I | E |
| C | A | T | S | A | N | T | A | E | E | O | N | N | R | O |
| G | H | I | S | R | A | S | R | O | N | R | R | U | I | R |
| R | T | I | N | S | E | L | T | G | E | G | E | T | B | N |
| E | R | S | M | V | E | E | G | B | S | I | S | C | B | A |
| I | N | I | L | N | L | E | M | N | R | N | T | R | O | M |
| N | E | E | G | T | E | E | S | J | T | G | O | A | N | E |
| D | H | P | S | E | C | Y | N | I | L | E | C | C | O | N |
| E | R | I | R | E | R | E | N | N | C | R | K | K | W | T |
| E | M | R | D | E | M | S | L | G | A | B | I | E | R | L |
| R | E | N | H | G | S | Y | N | L | R | R | N | R | E | S |
| N | E | Y | O | E | T | E | D | E | O | E | G | R | A | N |
| G | A | R | L | A | N | D | N | S | L | A | G | G | T | R |
| S | I | S | L | E | I | G | H | T | S | D | G | G | H | H |
| D | M | I | Y | C | E | D | O | C | S | S | I | I | E | K |
How to print
Press Print / save as PDF above (or use your browser’s own print command) and only the sheet goes to the printer — no site header, no buttons. The puzzle prints on page one and the answer key on page two, whether or not the key is showing on screen. Letter and A4 paper both fit without changing any settings, and the sheet is designed for black-and-white printing, so a plain laser printer produces exactly what you see here. To keep a digital copy instead, choose “Save as PDF” as the destination in the print dialog.
This puzzle is free to print and share for personal and classroom use — run off thirty copies for the class without asking. It is not for resale, and a credit to duplixo.com is appreciated when you pass it along. No sign-up required.
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