Christmas Vocabulary
Learn and practise Christmas vocabulary with a video, puzzles, a quiz and exercises.
Christmas Exercises
Christmas Exercises gives you the English vocabulary to talk about this festive time of year. You can choose different activities to suit your learning needs.
- 🎥 Watch the video and listen to the song.
- 🔍 Find the words in the word search.
- 🧩 Solve the Christmas crossword.
- ❓ Try our Christmas quiz.
Watch the video and fill in the missing words from the song.
Find as many Christmas words as you can hiding in the grid. Words can run across, down, or diagonally — and some may be backwards!
- 👀 Scan one row or column at a time so you don’t miss any words.
- ⏱️ Try to find at least 10 words before you check the Key Vocabulary tab for help.
- ✏️ Not sure what a word means once you find it? Look it up in Key Vocabulary.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
Use the clues to complete the crossword with Christmas vocabulary. Click on a numbered box to reveal its clue, then type your answer into the grid.
- 🔢 Across clues run left to right; down clues run top to bottom.
- 💡 Stuck on a clue? The Key Vocabulary tab has definitions for the trickiest words.
- ✅ Check your spelling carefully — one wrong letter can affect a crossing word too.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
Key Words
- crackers — paper tubes that make a bang when you pull them apart, each containing a small gift and a joke — not the food!
- mince pies — small sweet pies traditionally eaten at Christmas, filled with dried fruit (no meat, despite the name)
- Boxing Day — the day after Christmas Day (26th December), a public holiday in the UK and several other countries
- stocking — a long sock hung up at Christmas for Santa to fill with small presents
- elves — magical helpers who work for Santa Claus, making toys (one helper is an elf)
Useful Language
Santa and his helpers: santa · sleigh · reindeer · rudolph · chimney
Christmas food: turkey · cookies · mince pies
Vocabulary Tip
Group Christmas words by category to help you remember them — Santa and his helpers, food, decorations (lights, star), and special days (Boxing Day). Watch out for crackers — at Christmas it means a paper tube you pull apart, which is completely different from the food you eat with cheese!
Can You…?
- ✅ Name 3 things connected with Santa Claus?
- ✅ Explain what a Christmas cracker is?
- ✅ Say what day Boxing Day falls on?
- ✅ Use stocking in a sentence?
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about Christmas.
- 🎄 How do you celebrate Christmas or a winter holiday in your country?
- 🎁 Describe your favourite Christmas present you have ever received.
- 🍪 Talk about a special food your family eats at this time of year.
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short Christmas card message (25 words or more) to a friend.
- 📝 Use at least four Christmas words from this page.
- ⭐ Wish them something nice for the new year too.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
These words are not explained on this page — look them up, then write your own sentence for each one.
- ⭐ Bethlehem
- 🔔 jingle
- 💡 lights
- ⛄ snowman
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