Large-print Christmas word search

What’s inside

Ten puzzles, one to a page, each with twelve Christmas words on a theme. Page 1 lists them all, and the answers are on pages 12 to 16, with every word ringed. These are the words in each one:

1. Christmas dinner: cracker, cranberry, custard, gravy, parsnips, potatoes, pudding, roast, sprouts, stuffing, trifle, turkey
2. Decorations: angel, bauble, candle, garland, holly, lantern, lights, mistletoe, star, stocking, tinsel, wreath
3. Carol singing: bells, carol, choir, chorus, descant, Gloria, harmony, hymn, Noel, organ, verse, wassail
4. A winter walk: blizzard, boots, cocoa, fireside, frost, icicle, mittens, robin, scarf, sledge, snowflake, snowman
5. Christmas Eve: carrot, chimney, elves, letter, midnight, presents, reindeer, sack, Santa, sleigh, starlight, workshop
6. The Nativity: Bethlehem, camel, donkey, frankincense, gold, inn, Joseph, manger, Mary, myrrh, shepherd, stable
7. Christmas baking: biscuits, cinnamon, cloves, fudge, gingerbread, icing, marzipan, mincemeat, nutmeg, shortbread, stollen, toffee
8. Christmas Day: cards, cheers, chocolates, family, feast, games, gifts, jigsaw, ribbon, slippers, toast, wrapping
9. Cards and post: address, envelope, glitter, greetings, letterbox, parcel, postcode, postman, seal, signature, stamp, wishes
10. The Christmas tree: branches, cones, evergreen, fairy, fir, forest, needles, pine, scent, spruce, topper, trunk

How to play

1. Read the list of words under the grid.
2. Find each word in the grid. Words run across (left to right), down (top to bottom) or diagonally down to the right. None are backwards.
3. Draw a ring around each word you find, and tick it off the list.
4. Stuck? The answers at the back show every word ringed.

A tip: run a finger or a ruler along each row, looking for the first letter of the word you want, then check the letters that follow it.

Made for easy reading

• Grid letters are 28 to 30 point bold capitals: about three times the size of newspaper print.
• Black on white, with light lines to help your eye stay on the row.
• The words to find are in big, bold capitals, with a box to tick beside each one.
• Every word appears in its grid exactly once, so there is never any doubt about the answer.

For a care home or a Christmas party

Print one puzzle for each person, or one theme for the whole table to share and race through together. They pair well with the Christmas quiz and the Christmas crosswords for a Christmas puzzle afternoon.

Printing tips

• A4 suits most of the world. US Letter suits the United States and Canada.
• Print at Actual size or 100% if you can. Fit to page works too.
• Plain office paper is fine, and every page prints clearly in black and white.
• For a group, print just the puzzle pages you need: page 1 lists them.

Free to print and share

Print as many copies as you like, at home or for a care home, day centre, club or class. Please don’t sell these puzzles or put them on another website. Link to this page instead.