Download and print this free December word search — 15 hidden words for the month that runs from the WINTER solstice straight through CHRISTMAS to a brand-new CALENDAR on the wall. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and suited to classroom holiday parties, cozy fireplace evenings, and any quiet stretch between the last bell and New Year’s Eve.
The word list is easy-to-medium: GIFT, COCOA and FROSTY come quickly, while SOLSTICE, RESOLUTION and ORNAMENT stretch solvers a bit further. It works from about age 7 up, and suits everything from a classroom CAROLS singalong to a MITTENS-and-SNOWFLAKE afternoon outside.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
Every word belongs to the season’s slow wind-down: CANDLES lit against the early dark, an ORNAMENT hung with care, a COUNTDOWN to midnight, and a New Year’s RESOLUTION nobody’s quite ready to make yet. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- WINTER
- SOLSTICE
- SNOWFLAKE
- MITTENS
- COCOA
- FIREPLACE
- CHRISTMAS
- ORNAMENT
- CANDLES
- CALENDAR
- RESOLUTION
- COUNTDOWN
- FROSTY
- GIFT
- CAROLS