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Christmas Crossword: Free Printable & Answers

A Christmas crossword about decorations, songs, and seasonal objects. Eight original clues lead to a connected grid, with longer words such as ornament and reindeer providing useful crossing letters. The solution and clue sheet are included in both paper formats.

A good fit for Family Christmas tables, holiday clubs, and readers comfortable with written clues.

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Christmas crosswords worksheet showing the exact default printable — The original printable. Ready when you are.

A LITTLE MORE THAN A WORKSHEET

Try this after you print.

Choose a decoration from the answers and sketch a design on spare paper. Add three labels describing its shape, color, or material, then ask a partner to guess the crossword word.

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Check the answer length beside each clue before writing.
Use winter puzzles instead if a non-holiday activity better suits the group.
Replace clues or answers in the editor to fit your own traditions.

Vocabulary in this crossword

REINDEER
STOCKING
ORNAMENT
SLEIGH
CAROL
WREATH
HOLLY
GIFT

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Across

3. A song sung at Christmas (5)

5. A vehicle on runners that travels over snow (6)

6. A decoration hung on a Christmas tree (8)

7. A deer associated with pulling a Christmas sleigh (8)

Down

1. A plant with prickly leaves and red berries (5)

2. A ring-shaped decoration for a door (6)

4. Something given to another person (4)

5. A sock-shaped decoration hung for small gifts (8)

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Choose US Letter for an 8.5 × 11 inch sheet, or A4 for a 210 × 297 mm sheet. The two downloads contain the same puzzle. Open the PDF, select the matching paper size, and print at actual size. Print single-sided if you want to hand out the puzzle without revealing the answer key.

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