Easy Christmas word search
Santa, jandals, pavlova and a day at the beach: ten short words from a summer Christmas in a ten by ten grid. Every word runs straight across or straight down, never diagonal or backwards.
- Beach
- Cherries
- Ham
- Jandals
- Pavlova
- Present
- Santa
- Sleigh
- Star
- Tree
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Name
| S | S | S | P | A | V | L | O | V | A |
| J | A | A | T | R | E | E | P | U | C |
| A | N | P | C | P | L | S | A | H | U |
| N | T | R | H | R | C | E | E | H | I |
| D | A | E | E | L | D | S | T | A | R |
| A | G | S | R | I | P | L | I | U | N |
| L | K | E | R | N | B | E | A | C | H |
| S | N | N | I | N | O | I | T | G | A |
| P | E | T | E | E | E | G | R | E | M |
| H | K | S | S | N | N | H | A | U | F |
Find these words
- Beach
- Cherries
- Ham
- Jandals
- Pavlova
- Present
- Santa
- Sleigh
- Star
- Tree
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About this word search
Christmas in New Zealand falls in the middle of summer. Many families eat lunch outside, head to the beach in their jandals and finish with pavlova and fresh cherries. Santa still comes with his sleigh, even on a hot day.
Cherries is the longest word, with eight letters. Present, Jandals and Pavlova each have seven. Ham has only three letters and Star and Tree have four, so they are easy to miss. All the words run left to right or top to bottom in the ten by ten grid.
After the puzzle, children can draw their own summer Christmas: Santa on the beach, a tree with presents or a pavlova piled with cherries. Hang the drawings by the tree or use them to wrap a small gift.
Ways to use the puzzle
In the classroom
Print it for the last week of Term 4, right before the summer holidays. Anyone who finishes early comes up with three Christmas words that aren't in it yet.
At the table
Put a printed copy next to every plate at Christmas lunch. The first one to find all twenty words gets the first slice of pav.
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Want the names of the family or your own Christmas traditions in it? Make your own Christmas word search with the generator.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I play and print the Christmas word search without an account?
Yes. Playing on screen and printing are free, no account needed. There is nothing to install.
Can I save the puzzle as a PDF?
Yes. If you want the answer key too, switch it on first. Press print and choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialogue. The answer key then goes on the second sheet.
Is this puzzle in the app too?
The app has its own seasonal themes and a daily puzzle in 25+ languages. This Christmas word search was made especially for the website.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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