50 Fun Christmas Riddles 2025 - Brain Teasers for Holiday Parties

✍️ By Anshul Khandelwal

📅 December 26, 2025

⏱️ 12 min read

🎯 50 Riddles

Welcome to the ultimate collection of 50 Christmas riddles for 2025! This holiday season, bring joy, laughter, and festive cheer to your celebrations with our carefully curated selection of brain-teasing riddles. Whether you're hosting a Christmas party, planning family game night, looking for classroom activities, creating social media content, or simply want to entertain guests during the holidays, these riddles are perfect for all ages and occasions. From classic Santa jokes to clever snowman puns, reindeer humor to elf wordplay, and Christmas carol riddles to holiday brain teasers, this collection captures the magic and spirit of Christmas in every question. Get ready to challenge your friends and family while spreading smiles and creating unforgettable holiday memories!

🎁 Classic Christmas Riddles

1. What do you have in December that you don't have in any other month?

📝 Answer: The letter "D"! 📝

2. When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?

📖 Answer: In the dictionary! 📖

3. Why does Santa travel down the chimney on Christmas Eve?

🎅 Answer: Because it soots him! 🎅

4. What's Santa's tax status?

💼 Answer: Elf-employed! 💼

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5. Who says "Oh, Oh, Oh"?

🚶 Answer: Santa walking backwards! 🚶

6. How do kids always know when Santa Claus is around?

🎁 Answer: They sense his presents! 🎁

7. What did the Christmas tree say to the ornament?

🎄 Answer: "Aren't you tired of hanging around?" 🎄

8. Why didn't the stocking want to eat Christmas dinner?

🧦 Answer: He was stuffed! 🧦

9. Where do Santa and his elves go for a swim?

🏊 Answer: The North Pool! 🏊

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10. What did Santa need when he sprained his ankle?

🍬 Answer: A candy cane! 🍬

🎅 Santa and Reindeer Riddles

11. Which one of Santa's reindeer is the fastest?

🦌 Answer: Dasher! 🦌

12. What do you call a disrespectful reindeer?

😤 Answer: Rude-olph! 😤

13. Where do you find Santa's reindeer?

🔍 Answer: It depends on where you left them! 🔍

14. Why do reindeer always fly over the mountain?

⛰️ Answer: Because they can't go under it! ⛰️

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15. How much did Santa pay for his sleigh?

🏠 Answer: Nothing, it was on the house! 🏠

16. Why did Santa get a ticket on Christmas Eve?

🚓 Answer: He left his sled in a s(no)w parking zone! 🚓

17. If eleven elves were in the workshop and another joined them, what would he be?

🧝 Answer: The twelf! 🧝

18. What is something that travels all around the world like Santa Claus, but never leaves its corner?

📮 Answer: A stamp! 📮

19. If December 31st is the end of the year, then what is the end of Christmas?

🔤 Answer: The letter "S"! 🔤

20. What laundry detergent do people in the North Pole use?

🧺 Answer: Yule Tide! 🧺

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⛄ Snowman and Winter Riddles

21. What do you call an old snowman?

💧 Answer: Water! 💧

22. Where do snowmen go to dance?

💃 Answer: The snowball! 💃

23. What do you call a gym-loving snowman with a six-pack?

💪 Answer: An abdominal snowman! 💪

24. I'm a bank, but I don't have any money. What am I?

🏦 Answer: A snowbank! 🏦

25. You can catch me but not throw. I'm most popular in December. What am I?

🤧 Answer: A cold! 🤧

26. What did the bald man say when someone gave him a comb for Christmas?

💇 Answer: Thanks, I'll never part with it! 💇

27. What is the best Christmas gift you can give someone?

🥁 Answer: A broken drum because it cannot be beaten! 🥁

28. Why do you go to bed on Christmas Eve?

🛏️ Answer: Because the bed won't come to you! 🛏️

29. Which two letters describe Santa's sack after Christmas?

📭 Answer: M-T (empty)! 📭

30. What kind of bug hates Christmas?

🐛 Answer: A humbug! 🐛

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🧝 Elf and Holiday Humor

31. What kind of pictures do elves take?

📸 Answer: Elfies! 📸

32. Why do mummies like Christmas so much?

🎁 Answer: Because of all the wrapping! 🎁

33. What did the gingerbread man put on his bed?

🍪 Answer: Cookie sheets! 🍪

34. What's the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet?

🔤 Answer: The Christmas alphabet has NOEL! 🔤

35. What happens when you mix an apple with a Christmas tree?

🍍 Answer: You get a pine-apple! 🍍

36. What did the salt say to the pepper on Christmas?

🧂 Answer: Seasonings Greetings! 🧂

37. I come with a lot of colors, so lovely and bright. I turn so many houses into a beautiful sight. What am I?

💡 Answer: Christmas lights! 💡

38. Open me every day for something that can't be beat. Behind each of the doors, you will discover a tasty treat. What am I?

📅 Answer: Advent calendar! 📅

39. Although it might look like I belong on your toes, I'm actually hung up for gifts, as every child knows. What am I?

🧦 Answer: Christmas stocking! 🧦

40. These are what Santa likes to eat. At every house he stops, he's looking for this treat. What are these?

🥛 Answer: Milk and cookies! 🥛

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🎄 Christmas Characters and Traditions

41. I'm grumpy and green and stole Christmas one night. But then my heart grew, and I set it all right. Who am I?

💚 Answer: The Grinch! 💚

42. You place a skirt around my bottom after I've been chopped. On the other end, a star or angel is how I am topped. What am I?

🎄 Answer: Christmas tree! 🎄

43. I'm a plant seen at Christmas that people hang above. And then they stand beneath me, and kiss someone they love. What am I?

💋 Answer: Mistletoe! 💋

44. I'm a cookie you might like to eat, and some might say I'm the best Christmas treat. I have brown arms, eyes, and don't forget my feet. What am I?

🍪 Answer: A gingerbread man! 🍪

45. I'm a colorful strip that you can put on your tree. Reflective and shiny is how you will always find me. What am I?

✨ Answer: Tinsel! ✨

46. What Christmas carol does a wolf like to sing?

🐺 Answer: Deck the Howls! 🐺

47. What is a parent's favorite Christmas carol?

🤫 Answer: Silent Night! 🤫

48. What's a farmer's favorite Christmas carol?

🌾 Answer: I'm Dreaming of a Wheat Christmas! 🌾

49. What is a sheep's favorite Christmas tune?

🐑 Answer: Fleece Navidad! 🐑

50. Which Christmas carol do dogs like best?

🐕 Answer: Bark the Herald Angels Sing! 🐕

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Congratulations on making it through all 50 Christmas riddles! We hope this collection brought laughter, joy, and festive cheer to your celebrations. These riddles are perfect for sharing with family during holiday dinners, entertaining guests at Christmas parties, engaging students in classroom activities, posting on social media to spread seasonal joy, or simply enjoying the spirit of the season. Remember, the magic of Christmas isn't just in the presents under the tree—it's in the smiles we share, the laughter we create, and the memories we build together. Whether you're Team Santa, Team Snowman, or Team Grinch, these riddles celebrate what makes this season special. Share your favorites, challenge your friends, and keep the holiday spirit alive. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours! May your days be merry, bright, and filled with countless moments of joy and wonder!