Christmas riddles with answers
Here are 26 Christmas riddles with answers: 16 easy ones for kids, then 10 hard ones with word tricks and a little math, for teens and grown-ups. Each answer stays hidden until you tap it.
Easy riddles for kids
Good for ages 5 and up. Give a clue if they get stuck: "It's something you wear" works for half of them.
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I have a thumb but no fingers. What am I?
A mitten.
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You hang me up empty and find me full. I have a heel but no foot. What am I?
A stocking.
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I fall without getting hurt, and no two of me are alike. What am I?
A snowflake.
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I have a carrot for a nose and coal for eyes, and I am scared of spring. What am I?
A snowman.
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You can eat my walls, and my roof is made of icing. What am I?
A gingerbread house.
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What goes up a hill slowly and comes down fast?
A sled.
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I am round and shiny and I hang on a hook. If the cat finds me, I end up on the floor. What am I?
An ornament.
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I am made of snow, but you can sit inside me out of the wind. What am I?
An igloo.
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You can catch me but you can't throw me, and I make your nose run. What am I?
A cold.
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What has hands but can't wrap a present?
A clock.
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I am striped red and white and shaped like a hook. You can hang me on the tree or eat me. What am I?
A candy cane.
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I have a star on my head, presents at my feet, and needles but no thread. What am I?
A Christmas tree.
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I have keys but open no doors, and at Christmas I play carols. What am I?
A piano.
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What gets bigger the more you roll it in the snow?
A snowball.
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I ring but I am not a phone, and I jingle but I am not a pocket full of coins. What am I?
A bell.
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The more you take off me, the closer you get to the surprise. What am I?
A wrapped present.
Hard riddles for teens and adults
Word riddles and two counting puzzles about "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Paper and a pencil help.
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I appear once in "jingle," twice in "bell," and never in "Christmas." What am I?
The letter L.
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Take away my first letter and you can sled down me. Take away the next one and you feel sick. What word am I?
Chill. Then hill, then ill.
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Take away my first letter and I mean "right this minute." Take away the next one and I am what you say when you fall in me. What word am I?
Snow. Then now, then ow.
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Take away my first letter and I am a girl's name. Take away the next one and I am what you did to the cookies. What word am I?
Skate. Then Kate, then ate.
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I am a month. Take away my first three letters and what is left glows in the fireplace. Which month am I?
December. Take away "Dec" and you have "ember."
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Spell "stressed" backward and you get something every Christmas table needs. What is it?
Desserts.
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Holly's mom has four daughters. Three of them are Ivy, Pine and Fir. What is the fourth daughter called?
Holly.
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The day after tomorrow is Christmas Eve. What was the date the day before yesterday?
December 20. Today is December 22.
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In "The Twelve Days of Christmas," how many gifts does the singer get in all, counting every verse?
364. One for every day of the year but one.
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Counting every verse of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," which gift does the singer get the most of?
It's a tie: 42 geese a-laying and 42 swans a-swimming.
Solved them all? There is more Christmas down the lane.
Snowglobe Lane is a whole Christmas street you can walk down online: Advent windows to light, carols to sing, a kitchen with cookies to bake, a workshop with things to color and print, and a quiet chapel at the end of the lane.