angel, appreciation, aroma, artificial tree, assemble, awe
baking, balsam, beauty, bells, belonging, birth, blessings, boughs, bows
camels, candles, candy canes, cards, caring, caroler, carols, carve, catalyst, celebrate, celebration, ceremony, charity, chimney, chocolate, church, cloves, coal, comfort, community, companionship, cornucopia, cranberries, creche, crowds
dancing, decoration(s), dolls, donations, dreidel
efforts, eggnog, elves, embrace, entertain, entertainment, eve, evergreens, exchange, expectations
faith, familiar, family, feast, fervor, festival, festive, fireplace, flat bread, forgiveness, frankincense, freedom, friends, friendship, fruitcake
garland, gather(ings), generations, ghost of Christmas past, gifts, gingerbread, gold, goodwill, goose, gourmet, grace, gratitude, gravy, greens, greetings, groups, guests
ham, hard sauce, harvest, heart, heartland, heavenly, heritage, holding hands, holiday, holly, holy, home, homeward, hope, host, hugs, humility, hymns
icicles, illumination, infant, inn, innocence, invitations, ivy
jack-in-the-box, jingle bells, jolly, journey, joy, joyful
kibbe (Lebanese dish of cracked wheat, kisses
laughter, lighting, lights, lists, love
mail, majesty, manger, meat and spices, memories, menorah, merry, midnight, mincemeat, minister, miracle, miraculous, mistletoe, mittens, mosque, music, music box, myrrh, myths
network, nocturnal, nostalgia, nutcrackers, nutmeg, nuts
observance, occasion, ornament, oven
packages, pageant, pageantry, parade, partridge, party, patriotism, peace, pies, pixie, plum pudding, poinsettia, popcorn string, prayer, presents, pride, priest, priorities, proclaim, program, pumpkin pie, punch, purity
quality, quantity, query, quest, quince pie
rabbi, reconciliation, reflection, refuge, reindeer, rejoice, relationship(s), relatives, religion, religious, reminiscence, resolutions, reunions, reverence, ribbons, ritual, rooftop, roots
sack, sacred, sanctuary, sauce, scents, scrumptious, season, secular, sharing, shepherd, shopping, silver bells, sled, sleigh, sleigh bells, snow, snowman, songs, spices, spirit, stable, stand, star, star of David, stocking stuffer, stockings, stress, stuffing, sugar plums, sundown, sustenance, symbol(ism), synagogue
teddy bear, temple, tenderness, thankful, thanks, tidings, tinkling, tinsel, toboggan, toys, tradition(s), train, tranquility, travel, tree, trimmings, trips, trust, tug, turkey, twinkling, typical
understanding, unify, unique, universal, unwrap
vacation, vacations, values, vanilla, volunteer(s)
walnuts, wassail, whimsy, winter, wishes, wonder, wonderland, workshop, worship, worshiper, wrapping, wreath
youth, yuletide
zesty
Adeste Fideles, Advent
Bethlehem, Blitzen, Boxing Day, Buche de Noel
Christian, Christmas, Christmas cookies, Christmas Eve, Christmas past/future, Comet
Dancer, Dasher, December, Donner
Ebenezer Scrooge, Emmanuel, Epiphany
Father Christmas, Frosty the Snowman
Grinch
Hanukkah
Jack Frost, Jesus Christ
Karamu, Kinara, King Wenceslas, Kris Kringle, Kwanzaa
Little Drummer Boy
Magi, Mrs. Claus (Jessica)
Nativity, Noel, North Pole
Prancer
Ramadan, Rudolph
Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Savior, Scrooge
The Nutcracker Ballet, Three Kings Day, Tiny Tim
Vixen
Wenceslas, Wise Men
Xmas
Yorkshire pudding, Yule log
Please send other Christmas Scavenger Hunt ideas to jancook@myvocabulary.com
Christmas Scavenger Hunt
1. Locate a photo of something you would like to GIVE for the holidays
2. Name a place, city or country you’d really like to visit during a vacation
3. Name two giftsyou’d really like to give/receive
4. Give a word/phrase/expression that is typical of this season
5. Clip ads for items suggestive of the holidays
6. Find a picture that reminds you of winter months
7. List foods you enjoy eating during the holidays
8. What sporting event(s) happen during the winter months? When/where can you watch it or do you participate in it?
9. Give the horoscope for a person born December 25
10. Give examples of words or expressions Santa might say
11. What traditions do your family share during the holidays?
12. Is there a comic strip/ book or adventure specifically about Christmas that you enjoy?
13. Name a place where there is little sadness or joy this holiday season
14. Suggest food for a holiday meal/ dinner
15. Collect pictures of a star, Christmas tree, a Menorah, Santa, a Creche or other holiday symbols
16. Share the name of a person who has not been good (has been naughty) this year
17. Tell a story from another country where Christmas is celebrated
18. Find a holiday story or photo that is NOT about Christmas
19. Locate a story or an article about someone or groups of people who help others
20. Give names of people who earned recognition for being “nice” all year?
21. Share a story from another country where Christmas, Ramadan, Hanukkah or other holidays are celebrated,
22. Name an entertaining event, performance or spectacle you would like to attend during the holiday season
23. Do you know someone who is less fortunate than you are? How could you help him/her/them?
24. How might someone born on Dec. 25 celebrate a birthday?
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