I'm covered in snowmen and candy canes, you spend hours folding me around boxes, and on Christmas morning I'm ripped to shreds in seconds. What am I?
Hint: Don't forget the tape.
Answer
Wrapping paper
Wrapping paper takes ages to put on gifts and seconds to tear off.
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I crack open nuts, I wear a soldier's uniform, and I'm the star of a famous holiday ballet. What am I?
Hint: Tchaikovsky wrote my music.
Answer
A nutcracker
Nutcrackers are often shaped like soldiers and star in The Nutcracker ballet.
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I have a little door for every day in December, and each one gets you one step closer to Christmas. What am I?
Hint: There's usually chocolate behind each door.
Answer
An Advent calendar
Advent calendars count down the days to Christmas with a door to open each day.
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I'm left on a plate next to a glass of milk on Christmas Eve, and by morning only crumbs remain. What am I?
Hint: Someone in a red suit gets hungry.
Answer
Cookies for Santa
Kids leave cookies and milk out for Santa, and they're gone by Christmas morning.
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I'm a house you can eat, my walls are baked, and frosting holds me together. What am I?
Hint: Watch out for the gumdrop roof.
Answer
A gingerbread house
Gingerbread houses are built from baked cookie walls glued with icing.
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I'm green, I hang in a doorway, and if you stand under me, someone might kiss you. What am I?
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Mistletoe
Tradition says people who meet under mistletoe should kiss.
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I sit in a bowl by the front door on October 31, and the bowl is always empty by 8 p.m. What am I?
Answer
Halloween candy
Trick-or-treaters empty the candy bowl fast on Halloween night.
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People pay to walk through me just so they can be scared, and they usually come out laughing. What am I?
Hint: Watch out for the creaky floorboards.
Answer
A haunted house
Haunted house attractions charge admission to spook their visitors.
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I grow in a patch, I'm round and orange, and every October people want to carve a face into me. What am I?
Hint: Pie is my other career.
Answer
A pumpkin
Pumpkins grow in patches and get carved into jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween.
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I'm nothing but bones, I hang in the science classroom all year, and in October I move to your front porch. What am I?
Hint: I'm inside you right now.
Answer
A skeleton
Skeletons are classroom models most of the year and popular Halloween decorations in October.
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I have no body and no face, you can see right through me, and I still make people scream. What am I?
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A ghost
Ghosts are see-through spirits that are known for scaring people.
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I'm said to bring bad luck if I cross your path, and I'm every witch's favorite pet. What am I?
Hint: Look for me on a fence, with my back arched.
Answer
A black cat
Black cats are tied to old superstitions about bad luck and are classic witches' companions.
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