Christmas Eve is a magical night filled with anticipation and excitement. As families gather to celebrate the holiday season, sharing riddles can be a fun way to pass the time waiting for Santa to arrive. Below are 75 riddles about Christmas Eve that will get everyone laughing, thinking and feeling the holiday spirit.
Easy Christmas Eve Riddles
These simple Christmas Eve riddles are suitable for kids and family members of all ages:
1. I’m red and white and travel at night. What am I?
Answer: Santa’s sleigh
2. I’m fat and jolly and love to ho ho ho. Who am I?
Answer: Santa Claus
3. I fly through the sky pulled by reindeer. What am I?
Answer: Santa’s sleigh
4. I live at the North Pole and love milk and cookies. Who am I?
Answer: Santa Claus
5. I’m green and pointed and on top of a Christmas tree. What am I?
Answer: A Christmas tree star
6. I’m shiny and bright and hung on the Christmas tree. What am I?
Answer: Tinsel
7. I’m red and white and given out at Christmas. What am I?
Answer: A candy cane
8. I’m warm and cozy and worn when it’s cold. What am I?
Answer: Mittens
9. I’m red and green and found under the tree. What am I?
Answer: A Christmas present
10. I’m white and cold and fun to play in. What am I?
Answer: Snow
Tricky Christmas Eve Riddles
Give your brain a workout with these more challenging Christmas riddles:
11. What falls at the North Pole but never gets hurt?
Answer: Snow
12. What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
Answer: Frosted Flakes
13. I’m tall when I’m young but short when I’m old. What am I?
Answer: A candle
14. The more of me there is, the less you can see. What am I?
Answer: Darkness
15. I can point without hands, bark without dogs and fly without wings. What am I?
Answer: A snowball
16. What goes ho ho whoosh, ho ho whoosh?
Answer: Santa flying on his sleigh
17. I’m sometimes white and always wrong. What am I?
Answer: A lie
18. I wiggle and jiggle and tickle your toes. I melt in the sun, but in the shade I’ll grow. What am I?
Answer: An icicle
19. The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
Answer: A hole
20. I’m lightweight as a feather, but the strongest person can’t hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?
Answer: Breath
Funny Christmas Eve Riddles
Get some laughs with these amusing and silly Christmas riddles:
21. What do you call an old snowman?
Answer: Water
22. Why was Santa’s little helper depressed?
Answer: Because he had low elf esteem
23. Why does Santa have three gardens?
Answer: So he can ho ho ho
24. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Answer: Frostbite
25. Why did the elf push his bed into the fireplace?
Answer: He wanted to sleep like a log
26. Why did Santa spell Christmas N-O-E?
Answer: Because the angel had said, “No L!”
27. Why are Christmas trees so bad at knitting?
Answer: Because they always drop their needles
28. Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars?
Answer: Their days are numbered
29. How do sheep say Merry Christmas in Mexico?
Answer: Fleece Navidad!
30. What’s a horse’s favorite Christmas song?
Answer: Jingle Bells
Christmas Eve Riddles for Adults
Up the challenge with these Christmas riddles made just for grown-ups:
31. I’m often on top, and once you pop me you can’t stop. What am I?
Answer: Christmas crackers/poppers
32. As your friend, I say mimic my bend. But as your foe, I may poke you in the belly or the toe. What am I?
Answer: Candy cane
33. I’m long and look delicious and point straight up in the air. What am I?
Answer: Candy cane
34. I’m white and look pretty. But after one passionate night, I’ll be crushed and left in the gutter outside your home. What am I?
Answer: Snow
35. We have little in common, and we don’t get along. We’re always fighting and rarely face each other. What are we?
Answer: The fingers in mittens
36. I’m worn by children and adults alike. But the bigger I am, the harder I am to get on. What am I?
Answer: Christmas sweater
37. I’m stiff as a board but great in bed. What am I?
Answer: Fruitcake
38. I love being manhandled and passed around the table. Everyone likes to blow on me before they devour me. What am I?
Answer: Christmas pudding
39. I’m so dirty, I lay on the floor. People always spit on me or stub their toes on me. What am I?
Answer: Door mat
40. I’m handed out during Christmas dinner. Pull me and I’ll bang you on the head. What am I?
Answer: Christmas cracker
Christmas Carol Riddles
Put your carol knowledge to the test with these holiday song riddles:
41. My body is red, my bristles are green, I’m covered in fuzz in between. What am I?
Answer: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
42. I’m a man with a pipe and a nose like a cherry. Who am I?
Answer: Frosty the Snowman
43. I’ve got bells that jingle around my feet and fly with a team of eight. What am I?
Answer: One Horse Open Sleigh (Jingle Bells)
44. You’ll hear me coming ’cause I ring while I walk. Who am I?
Answer: Jingle Bell Rock
45. I’m a peppermint stick being passed from Gramma to Gramps. What am I?
Answer: The Candy Cane Song
46. Watch me slide down and hurry on by, Santa’s coming tonight. What am I?
Answer: Winter Wonderland
47. I’m a carol about 2 front teeth as a gift on Christmas Day. What am I?
Answer: All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
48. I dream of a white snowy Christmas with every Christmas card I write. What am I?
Answer: White Christmas
49. My reggae rhythms rock and my title fruit will mock. What am I?
Answer: The Little Drummer Boy
50. I’m a song that tells you to not be a Scrooge this Christmas. What am I?
Answer: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Riddles About Christmas Eve Traditions
These riddles focus on classic holiday customs:
51. I’m served with cookies on Christmas Eve. What am I?
Answer: Milk
52. I’m an evergreen handprint crafted carefully by loving kids. What am I?
Answer: A homemade Christmas tree ornament
53. People line up to sit on my lap at the mall every December. Who am I?
Answer: Santa Claus
54. I’m a plant that people kiss under while filled with holiday cheer. What am I?
Answer: Mistletoe
55. People cut me down each year and dress me up all pretty. What am I?
Answer: A Christmas tree
56. I’m a creamy holiday beverage garnished with cinnamon. What am I?
Answer: Eggnog
57. Colorful lights and glittery balls decorate me. What am I?
Answer: Christmas tree
58. Kids leave me by the fireplace on Christmas Eve. What am I?
Answer: Stocking
59. I’m a delicious baked good loaded with fruit and nuts. What am I?
Answer: Fruitcake
60. Kids use me to write out their wishes for Santa Claus. What am I?
Answer: Letter to Santa
Visual Christmas Eve Riddles
These riddles use visual clues. See if you can solve them just by looking at the images:
61. What am I?
Answer: Santa Claus
62. What am I?
Answer: Mistletoe
63. What am I?
Answer: Gingerbread Man
64. What am I?
Answer: Candy Cane
65. What am I?
Answer: Christmas Stocking
66. What am I?
Answer: Jingle Bells
67. What am I?
Answer: Sleigh Bells
68. What am I?
Answer: Christmas Lights
69. What am I?
Answer: Poinsettia
70. What am I?
Answer: Christmas Wreath
Hard Christmas Eve Riddles
Stretch your mind with these very hard holiday riddles:
71. I’m associated with the holidays and celebrations, people send me before eating turkey or drinking ale. I’m happy, and joyful, filled with glee, but alas – a myth people believe in me. What am I?
Answer: Holiday cheer or Christmas spirit
72. People want me for Christmas but don’t want to feed me. I make noise but never eat. What am I?
Answer: Toy drum
73. I’m essential for Christmas but not good enough to be a gift. People use me but quickly discard me once my job is done. What am I?
Answer: Wrapping paper
74. I’m green and live where it’s cold. Kids like to cut me down and take me home. They hang shiny balls and lights all over me. What am I?
Answer: Christmas tree
75. I’m associated with Christmas Eve but I’m not Santa’s workshop or his reindeer. I’m not presents, mistletoe or decorations on your tree. What am I?
Answer: The night before Christmas
Conclusion
There are so many things that make Christmas Eve magical – twinkling lights, festive songs, cookies for Santa and hours filled with riddles, jokes and quality time with loved ones. Use these Christmas Eve riddles to make lasting holiday memories this season. Easy or challenging, funny or thoughtful, there’s a riddle for everyone to get into the Christmas spirit.
