Festive riddles for the holidays, the dinner table and the family group chat.
I stand in your living room wrapped in lights, I wear a star on my head, and everyone leaves presents at my feet. What am I?
Hint: I was green before I came inside.
Answer
A Christmas tree
Christmas trees are decorated with lights, topped with a star, and gifts go underneath.
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What do you call Santa's little helpers?
Hint: Grammar class can help.
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Subordinate Clauses
It's a grammar pun: Santa Claus's helpers are "subordinate Clauses."
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I'm hung by the chimney with care. I'm shaped like a foot, but I never walk anywhere. What am I?
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A stocking
Christmas stockings are shaped like socks and hang by the fireplace.
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What falls all winter long but never gets hurt?
Hint: Build a man out of me.
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Snow
Snow falls without getting hurt, no matter how far it drops.
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I fly one night a year, I pull a sleigh, and I live at the North Pole. What am I?
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A reindeer
Santa's reindeer pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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I'm sweet, I'm striped red and white, and I'm shaped like a hook. What am I?
Hint: Hang me on the tree.
Answer
A candy cane
Candy canes are striped peppermint sticks with a hooked top.
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I'm made of snow, I have a carrot for a nose, and I only last until spring. What am I?
Hint: Build me in the front yard.
Answer
A snowman
Snowmen are made of snow, often with a carrot nose, and melt when it warms up.
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What do you call an elf who sings?
Hint: Think about what elves do with presents.
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A wrapper
Elves wrap presents, and a singing elf is a "rapper."
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What did one Christmas tree say to the other?
Hint: They're both covered in bulbs.
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Lighten up!
It's a pun: Christmas trees are covered in lights.
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I wear a bow, I hide under the tree, and everyone shakes me to guess what I am. What am I?
Hint: Wait until Christmas morning.
Answer
A present
Presents are wrapped, placed under the tree and often shaken for clues.
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What do reindeer hang on their Christmas trees?
Hint: Look at a reindeer's head.
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Horn-aments
It's a pun on "ornaments," since reindeer have antlers.
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I'm wrapped around your house, I go up the week after Thanksgiving, and half of me never works. What am I?
Hint: Untangling me is a family tradition.
Answer
Christmas lights
Holiday lights go up after Thanksgiving, and there's always a strand that won't light.
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