Christmas Around the World Word Search

A Christmas Around the World word search for grades 3-5: kids read 12 short clues about holiday traditions from Mexico to the Philippines, work out each answer, then find it in the grid. Name, Date and Class lines; answer key included.

Format: Trivia word search · 15 × 15 grid
Questions: 8 per puzzle, drawn from a set of 62
For: ages 10+
Answer key: Separate PDF, in color
Prints on: Letter paper, black ink · optional Name, Date & Class lines

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Clues

Max at 15 × 15: 8

On the page Classroom header Name, Date and Class lines

Change the clues, title or grid in the word search maker →

Inside the puzzle

The 8 clues

Each clue leads to one word hidden in the grid: read it, work out the answer, then find it.

Trivia word search, 15 × 15 grid, 8 words, for classroom. Prints on standard letter paper.

1In France, a favorite Christmas dessert is rolled and decorated to look like a _ _ _
2In Finland, warm Christmas porridge is made from this small grain
3Bringing an evergreen _ _ _ _ indoors and decorating it at Christmas became popular in Germany
4In China, friends give each other wrapped _ _ _ _ _ _ on Christmas Eve
5In Caracas, Venezuela, some people roll to early Christmas church services on roller _ _ _ _ _ _
6Many kids in the United States leave milk and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ out for Santa
7Many people say Santa lives in Rovaniemi, in the snowy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ region of Finland
8Many Australians cook their Christmas lunch outside on a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Made for the classroom

A new version any time

Make a new version as often as you like — each one has new questions from the set and a new grid. Hand out different puzzles to neighbors, or come back next year for fresh ones.

Clues that teach

Every word comes with a clue to solve first, so the puzzle checks what they know before they start searching.

A color answer key