Free printable · 18 words · answer key included

Christmas Around the World Word Search: Free Printable, Large Print

Panettone in Italy, a straw Yule goat in Sweden, Las Posadas in Mexico and a star-shaped parol in the Philippines: Christmas wears many coats. This word search collects greetings, treats and customs from a dozen countries.

Preview of the easy christmas around the world word search page

Easy: 12 x 12 grid, extra large print

12 words that read across or down only. Big letters with plenty of space, and a tick box beside each word.

Print: US LetterPDF · 1 page · 43 KB Print: A4PDF · 1 page · 43 KB

Answer key: LetterPDF · 1 page · 44 KB Answer key: A4PDF · 1 page · 44 KB

Preview of the medium christmas around the world word search page

Medium: 15 x 15 grid, large print

All 18 words, running across, down or diagonally. No backwards words.

Print: US LetterPDF · 1 page · 44 KB Print: A4PDF · 1 page · 44 KB

Answer key: LetterPDF · 1 page · 45 KB Answer key: A4PDF · 1 page · 45 KB

How to print

Open the PDF for your paper size and print at 100% / Actual size (not “fit to page”) for the biggest letters. Every sheet keeps a half-inch margin, so it prints cleanly on home printers. The answer key is a separate file.

Words in this puzzle

The medium grid hides all 18 words. The easy grid uses the first 12 (shown in bold).

FELIZ NAVIDAD
JOYEUX NOEL
BUON NATALE
GOD JUL
POSADAS
PINATA
PANETTONE
STOLLEN
BUCHE DE NOEL
SAINT LUCIA
SINTERKLAAS
LA BEFANA
YULE GOAT
PAROL
WIGILIA
CRACKERS
FATHER CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS MARKET

Checked by our software

Every grid is generated and then verified by our own puzzle software: each word appears exactly once, and the filler letters are screened so they do not spell anything unfortunate.