No. 181Ages 5 to 7
I stay green all winter. In December you hang lights and shiny balls on my branches. What am I?
a Christmas tree
Christmas riddles
Snow, presents, reindeer and the tree.
Ages 5 to 7Kindergarten to 2nd grade
No. 182Ages 5 to 7
I am a green ring of branches. You hang me on the front door in December. What am I?
a wreath
No. 183Ages 5 to 7
I have antlers, and I help pull Santa's sleigh across the sky. What am I?
a reindeer
No. 184Ages 5 to 7
I am made of three big snowballs, with a carrot for a nose. What am I?
a snowman
No. 185Ages 5 to 7
I am a big sock that hangs by the fireplace, waiting for Santa to fill me with treats. What am I?
a stocking
No. 186Ages 5 to 7
I am a spicy brown cookie shaped like a little person, with icing for buttons. What am I?
a gingerbread cookie
No. 187Ages 5 to 7
I wear a red suit and a fluffy white beard, and I laugh, Ho ho ho! Who am I?
Santa
No. 188Ages 5 to 7
I have five points, and I shine at the very top of the tree. What am I?
a star
Ages 8 to 103rd to 5th grade
No. 189Ages 8 to 10
What do you call a snowman in the middle of summer?
a puddle
In the summer sun, a snowman melts.
No. 190Ages 8 to 10
I am one word with two meanings: a gift wrapped under the tree, and the time that is happening right now. What word am I?
present
A present is a gift, and the present is also right now.
No. 191Ages 8 to 10
Santa's sleigh is pulled by 9 reindeer. How many reindeer legs is that?
36
Each reindeer has 4 legs, and 9 x 4 = 36.
No. 192Ages 8 to 10
I have runners, but I never run a race. Reindeer pull me over snowy rooftops. What am I?
a sleigh
Runners are the long smooth blades under a sleigh.
No. 193Ages 8 to 10
I am a red and white striped candy. Turn me upside down and I look like the letter J. What am I?
a candy cane
No. 194Ages 8 to 10
What kind of ball melts in your hands?
a snowball
No. 195Ages 8 to 10
Where does a snowman keep its money?
in a snowbank
A bank keeps money, and a snowbank is a big pile of snow.
Ages 11 to 126th grade and middle school
No. 196Ages 11 to 12
Four elves wrap gifts. Pip wraps more than Jo but fewer than Tam. Bo wraps the most of all. Who wraps the fewest?
Jo
Bo is first, then Tam, then Pip, and Jo is last.
No. 197Ages 11 to 12
On the first day of December you get 1 candy, on the second day 2, on the third day 3, and so on. How many candies do you have after 12 days?
78
1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 12 = 78. Pair them up: 1 + 12, 2 + 11 and so on make 6 pairs of 13.
No. 198Ages 11 to 12
On Christmas Day, Priya swims in the sea and builds sandcastles in the hot sun. She is not on vacation. How can that be?
she lives south of the equator
In places like Australia, South Africa or Argentina, December is summer.
No. 199Ages 11 to 12
If 3 elves can wrap 3 gifts in 3 minutes, how long will it take 9 elves to wrap 9 gifts?
3 minutes
Each elf wraps one gift in 3 minutes, so 9 elves wrap 9 gifts in the same 3 minutes.
No. 200Ages 11 to 12
What can you always find at the end of Christmas?
the letter S
The word "Christmas" ends with the letter S.
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