Worldwide Christmas Traditions Word Search

A Worldwide Christmas Traditions trivia word search for ages 10+: read 12 short clues about holiday traditions from many different countries across the world, work out each answer, then find it in the puzzle. Name, Date and Class lines available. Printer friendly; answer key included.

Format: Trivia word search · 15 × 15 grid
Questions: 12 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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Max at 15 × 15: 12

On the page Classroom header Name, Date and Class lines

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Inside the puzzle

The 12 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, 12 words, for classroom. Prints on standard letter paper.

1In the Netherlands, Sinterklaas arrives from Spain each November on a _ _ _ _
2In Mexico, Las Posadas celebrations last _ _ _ _ nights, from December 16 to 24
3In Poland, the Christmas Eve dinner begins when the first _ _ _ _ appears in the sky
4Bringing an evergreen _ _ _ _ indoors and decorating it at Christmas became popular in Germany
5In Iceland, families give each other these on Christmas Eve, then stay up reading
6In Italy, a kind old woman named La Befana flies on this to deliver gifts
7In Russia, gifts are brought by a jolly old man called Grandfather _ _ _ _ _
8In Mexico, children break open a colorful, candy-filled one of these at Christmas parties
9In Australia, Christmas comes in this warm season, so many families go to the beach
10In Sweden, a girl leads a St. Lucia Day parade wearing a crown of these on her head
11Many Christians in Russia and Ethiopia celebrate Christmas on the 7th of this month
12In the Philippines, families hang a bright five-pointed paper _ _ _ _ _ _ _ called a parol

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