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200+ Festive Holiday Words for Writing and More (Free Printable)

‘Tis the season to be jolly and joyful!

There’s a lot to get excited about in December! As the calendar year winds to a close, many communities celebrate a variety of holidays. Use this list of holiday words in your classroom for writing exercises, vocab and spelling activities, and more. Plus, get a free printable of all these holiday words to share with your students!

Holiday Decoration Words

Holiday food words.

• Figgy pudding
• Gingerbread
• Hot chocolate/hot cocoa
• Marshmallow
• Popcorn ball
• Sugar plums

Christmas Words

• Elf (elves)
• Father Christmas
• Frankincense
• Kris Kringle
• Santa Claus
• St. Nick/St. Nicholas

Santa’s Reindeer Names

12 days of christmas words.

• Calling bird
• Golden ring

Hanukkah/Chanukah Words

• Jelly doughnuts

Kwanzaa Words

New year’s words.

• New Year’s Eve
• Times Square

Holiday Activity Words

Seasonal holiday words, descriptive holiday words, holiday phrases.

• Auld lang syne
• Comfort and joy
• Feliz Navidad
• Glad tidings
• Happy holidays
• Happy New Year
• Joy to the world
• Making spirits bright
• Merry Christmas
• Peace on earth
• Season’s greetings
• Silver bells
• ’Tis the season
• White Christmas
• Winter wonderland

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Free Christmas Worksheets

You're in the right place for some fun, free Christmas worksheets that your students will love. And while they're having fun, they'll also be gaining some valuable spelling practice.

• Letter to Santa

Bobby has written a heartfelt letter to his pal, Santa, but he has used lots of misspellings! Pass out the printable version to your students, ask them to circle the spelling errors, and then have them rewrite the short letter.  (Full text also appears below.)

Printable Version

Here's the full text of Bobby's letter:

Deer Santa,

I’m  realy hopeing yule bring me a knew sled for Christmas becuase I want to go sleding with my freinds.  We have alot of fun togather.

Please be carefull on your deliverys. Stay safe.

Love, Bobby

Using This Worksheet

1. You may choose to review these frequently misspelled elementary words before passing out this page. 

2. It may also be helpful to review common homonyms such as your/you're, new/knew and others. See this long list of homonyms with definitions and examples. 

3. After you've solved this page, grab some graph paper, (or an online word search creator) and make your own holiday word search puzzle. Here are some tips and ideas:

• Choose any holiday for which you can generate a good word list. Make a different one for Christmas, or choose Hanukkah, New Year's Day, Groundhog's Day, Easter, or whatever you prefer.
• After selecting a topic, brainstorm a list of 40-50 words or so. Hone your list to the best words. 
• Then start hiding! Write your words in all directions for upper grades/adults. Write your words only in horizontal and vertical directions for younger learners. 
• Next, add more letters to fill in the blanks. (Be sure to use the same pen or pencil for this as you did when you hid the words.)
• Double check your work.
• Add clipart or your own drawings, if you like.
• Make a copy to share, and try to keep the original. You may want to use it again!
• Give your puzzle to a friend, co-worker or family member to solve. 

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NEW!    Word Puzzles for Christmas  - This is a fun and wacky puzzle, "Crazy Carols,"  that you're sure to enjoy! I've replaced each word or syllable of a well-known Christmas song with another one that rhymes. Can you figure out the correct song title for each one? Think:  Fanta, Maybe ...

Holiday Word Scramble  - Who is ready for some holiday fun? Spellers of all ages are sure to enjoy solving this "Happy Holidays" word scramble puzzle!  Unscramble each set of letters to spell a holiday word. Write your word in the puzzle on the printable page. 

Printable Christmas Brain Teasers - Two super-fun, challenging holiday cryptograms for upper grade students. Choose a holiday quotation, a list of fictional holiday characters to decode--or both! If you've never solved a cryptogram before, no worries! Help is provided on the same page. 

Holiday Word Search  -  This traditional word search contains 38 hidden words---and a twist!   These 38 words appear in the puzzle BUT two of the words are included twice. Can you find them? Words may run forward, backwards and diagonally, both backward and forward. Fun for a party or to solve on your own.

Christmas Word Searches  - Two very non-traditional word search puzzles that you're sure to love. Look  closely  for special words hidden inside Christmas stockings.  The first puzzle, you'll try to find out how many times STOCKING is spelled. In the second, you'll do the same for TOYS. These free Christmas worksheets are a bit tricky, and oh, so much fun! 

The Birth of Jesus Crossword - Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with this engaging crossword puzzle. Clues are taken from the gospels of Matthew and Luke. The story of the birth of Jesus is one of most beloved in the entire Bible, and very appropriate to share at Christmas!

More Free Spelling Worksheets

Wacky Packages - More fun misspellings for your elementary students to spot and correct. You won't find free teacher worksheets this much fun anywhere else! Whether you have one student or thirty, we are sure they won't mind spelling lessons like these.

Homonym  Pairs  - Or is it  pears ? This fun page requires students to select the correct homonym in ten sentences. Then they'll find their answers in a  pear -shaped maze! 

Compound Confusions!  - This woodpecker  introduces your students to a great compound word challenge! Great vocabulary and spelling. Our free fourth grade worksheets provide fun spelling practice! Teachers, use these pages to supplement your classroom instruction. Parents, print them out for your kids to get some fun extra practice with important word skills. Great for grades 3-5.

Double Letter Animal Word Search:   Supply the missing pair of letters, then find each of the 40 animal names in the word search puzzle. Fun spelling practice for  any  age!

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This page has a printable spelling list for first grade students. Words include: snow, sled, elf, card, tree, and Santa. There are also alphabetical order worksheets, spelling puzzles, and a spelling test form.

Here's the Christmas spelling unit for second grade. Words include: Santa, Mrs. Claus, boots, sled, bag, toys, cookie, gift, and milk.

This list contains winter and Christmas words, including snowman, Santa, holly, angel, wreath, sleigh, lights, carols, and candle.

The fourth grade Christmas unit features the following spelling words: ornaments, December, angel, tinsel, holly berries, snowflakes, reindeer, Mrs. Claus, cookies, mistletoe, Santa Claus, gingerbread, chestnuts, elf, Christmas tree, chimney, eggnog, decorations, twinkling lights, wreath, evergreen, hot cocoa, gifts, and exchange.

The 5th grade spelling unit has a word list, puzzles, alphabetical order worksheets, and a test form. Words include: Rudolph, reindeer, mistletoe, Santa Claus, exchange, poinsettia, chimney, gingerbread, and pageant.

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