Christmas Cloze

Fill in the blanks with words from the box:

checks
nice
naughty
beard
North Pole
decorate
lap
baked
cards
presents
sleigh
holiday
coal
toys

sing
Boxing
elves
turkey
under
reindeer
merry

fills
Eve
workshop
lights
chimney
family
spirit

Christmas:
Christmas is a _________________ when people get together with
_________________. People give _______________ to each other or send
____________________ wishing each other a _________________ Christmas. At
Christmas, people ____________ carols to get into the Christmas _______________.
As well, people ______________ Christmas trees and put up ________________
around the house. A common Christmas dinner is ______________. There are also lots
of ________________ goodies for the kids. Christmas begins on the day before
Christmas, or Christmas _________________ and continues until _______________
Day, when many people go shopping for sales.
Santa Claus:
Santa Claus is an old man with a white _________________ that lives at the
__________________. Children sit on Santas _________________ and tell him
what they want for Christmas. Santa _________________ his list to see if the
children have been _________________ or _________________. If the children
are bad Santa brings them __________________. If the children are good Santa
brings them ____________________. The toys are made in Santas
___________________ by _________________.
Santa travels around the world in his
_________________, which is pulled by flying
___________________. When he stops at a house, he
goes down the __________________ and puts presents
_________________ the tree and then he
_________________ the stockings.

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Across
1 How is old Saint
Nicholas's mood? (5)
5 What is the only thing I
want for Christmas?
(3,5,5)
7 How many days of
Christmas are there? (6)
10 What kind of rock? (6,4)
11 What kind of reindeer
was Rudolph? (3,5)
12 What should we do to the
halls? (4)
Across Continued

Down

13 What do the herald angels do? (4)

2 What kind of town was Bethlehem? (6)

14 What color are the bells? (6)

3 Where is Santa Claus coming to? (4)

15 What do we wish you? (5,9)

4 Who should come? (8)

18 What color was Christmas? (5)

6 How many kings were there? (5)

19 What did Grandma get run over by? (8)

8 What did we hear on high? (6)

20 How was the night? (6)

9 Oh what tree? (9)

12 What was the little boy's job? (7)
16 What three things did I see? (5)
17 What was Frosty? (7)
18 Joy to who? (5)

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Across

3
4

8
9

4. Santa's door?

10

6. Animals that pull

Santa's sleigh.

11
12

14

1. Another word for

present.

9. What people put on

their Christmas tree.

13

11. Something on Santa's

face.

15

15. The day after

Christmas.

16
17

18

19

20

17. Santa's helpers.

21

22

23

24

18. The day before

Christmas.
20. A piece of snow.
25. What Santa gives to
bad girls and boys.

25
26
28

27

29
30

28. People put these

bright things on their
house.
30. A reindeer with a red
nose.

31

31. A jolly man in a red

suit with a beard.

Merry Christmas!
Down

14. Look at a present before you should.

2. Something people decorate.

16. The color of Santa's suit.

3. What people give each other.

19. A common decoration for the top of the

tree.

5. Where Santa's workshop is located.

21. A famous snowman.

7. A striped Christmas treat.

22. The place where Santa makes toys.

8. Drink and food left for Santa.

23. Santa's car?

10. Something people send to each

other to say 'Merry Christmas'.
12. The presents are usually _______
the tree.
13. The month of Christmas.

26. A sock that hangs by

the chimney.

24. A common decoration for the top of the

tree.
27. A Christmas song.
29. What Santa gives to good girls and
boys.

2005 www.bogglesworldesl.com

Answers:
Across: 1. Gift, 4. Chimney, 6. Reindeer, 9. Decorations, 11. Beard, 15. Boxing day, 17. Elves, 18. Christmas
eve, 20. Snowflake, 25. Coal, 26. Stocking, 28. Lights, 30. Rudolph, 31. Santa Claus.
Down: 2. Tree, 3. Presents, 5. North pole, 7. Candy cane, 8. Milk and cookies, 10. Card, 12. Under, 13.
December, 14. Peek, 16. Red, 19. Star, 21. Frosty, 22. Workshop, 23. Sleigh, 24. Angel, 27. Carol, 29. Toys.