✨ Christmas Riddles for Adults with Answers
What's the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the regular one?
Show AnswerHide Answer
The Christmas alphabet has Noel (no L).
If athletes get athlete's foot, what do astronauts get at Christmas?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Missile toe (mistletoe).
What goes 'oh oh oh'?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Santa walking backwards.
What did Adam say on December 24th?
Show AnswerHide Answer
It's Christmas, Eve!
Why are Christmas trees so bad at knitting?
Show AnswerHide Answer
They keep dropping their needles.
Where do snowmen keep their savings?
Show AnswerHide Answer
In a snowbank.
What do you call people terrified of getting stuck in chimneys?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Claustrophobic.
How much did Santa pay for his sleigh?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Nothing. It was on the house.
What kind of music do elves prefer while wrapping?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Wrap music.
Why does Santa garden in summer?
Show AnswerHide Answer
He likes to hoe, hoe, hoe.
🍷 Parties and Traditions
A wrapped gift costs as much as its wrapping plus one dollar. The wrapping costs half as much as the gift. If wrapping is $4, what did the gift cost?
Show AnswerHide Answer
$8.
Santa leaves one gift at the first house, two at the second, three at the third, and so on. After ten houses, how many gifts has he left?
Show AnswerHide Answer
55.
A baker packs Christmas cookies into boxes of 6 or 9 only. She packs exactly 45 cookies in full boxes and uses as few boxes as possible. How many boxes?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Five (all size 9).
Two fathers and two sons share three Christmas stockings, and each person gets one. How?
Show AnswerHide Answer
They are grandfather, father, and son (three people).
A candle burns for six hours. You light it at 6 p.m. and it is half gone when dinner ends. What time did dinner end?
Show AnswerHide Answer
9 p.m.
Which weighs more: a pound of peppermint bark or a pound of fruitcake?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Neither. They weigh the same.
You see me once in a Christmas night, twice in a Christmas morning, but never in a Christmas day. What am I?
Show AnswerHide Answer
The letter M.
Forward I am heavy; backward I am not. I may describe Santa's toy sack. What am I?
Show AnswerHide Answer
The word ton.
What can you catch at a Christmas market but never throw?
Show AnswerHide Answer
A cold.
I disappear the moment you say my name during a holiday toast. What am I?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Silence.
🎁 Grown-Up Holiday Fun
What do you call an elf who just won the lottery?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Welfy (wealthy).
How do sheep wish each other a merry Christmas?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Fleece Navidad.
What's a parent's favorite Christmas carol after a long December?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Silent Night.
Why was Santa's little helper feeling down?
Show AnswerHide Answer
He had low elf-esteem.
What do you get when you cross a Christmas tree with an iPad?
Show AnswerHide Answer
A pineapple (pine apple).
I have keys but open no locks; I play carols after dinner. What am I?
Show AnswerHide Answer
A piano.
The more of me you take on the walk from the car, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Footsteps.
What belongs to you, yet guests use it more than you do when they arrive?
Show AnswerHide Answer
Your name.
What gets wetter the more it dries the cocoa mugs?
Show AnswerHide Answer
A towel.
What travels around the world while staying in one corner of a Christmas card?
Show AnswerHide Answer
A stamp.
FAQ
Are these riddles kid-friendly?
Some are. For all ages, see christmas morning riddles.
Can I use these at an office party?
Yes. Great icebreakers before dinner.
Want more holiday riddles?
See ugly sweater party riddles.