Christmas Riddles. Festive Brain Teasers: Christmas Riddles for All Ages and Intermediate to Advanced English ESL Levels with free PDF and Video
Christmas Riddles
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Elficide
As an international detective, your job has taken you to the North pole. Santa has contacted the international bureau of Christmas affairs, his grotto is overrun with trouble and he needs you to help out. The most pressing issue is the murder of an Elf. At the crime scene, you find the recently-deceased corpse of Ouchie the Elf. He has bloodshot eyes and second-degree burns on his hands but aside from that, there are no other clues. Out of the three suspects, which one is guilty?
A, Splashy the Elf, who runs the Elf community pool. B, Stabby the Elf, who crafts chefs’ knives for Christmas. Or C, Glowy the Elf, who makes the world’s Christmas lights.
The Cookie Crumbles
Onto the second Christmas mystery. An Elf has been stealing from Santa’s cookie jar, which is kept hidden in the reindeer stables. The eleven thief isn’t the smartest, everybody knows elves are severely allergic to dairy and the jar was full of milk chocolate chip cookies. You line up the elf workers from the stable, so let’s find out who stole the cookies? A, the weird one who keeps sticking his tongue out at you, then apologizing and blushing. B, the one whose fingers have little traces of brown on them. Or C, the one smiling and giggling.
Reelin’ ReindeersÂ
While you’ve been busy, one of the reindeer has drunk Santa’s special Christmas brandy. Using anything you may know about Santa’s reindeers and their personalities, which of the three suspected reindeer is the drunk one? A, the rowdy one with the red nose. B, the one prancing about like a lunatic. Or C, the one singing her heart out like a Christmas drunkard.
Rudolph’s Revenge
Rudolph has spiraled into a drunken rage since you discovered his crime. He sweeps you up in his antlers to a small cabin in the woods, where he corners you, blocking the exit while he plots your demise. Directly above Rudolph in the rafters you see another of Rudolph’s crimes, the lifeless body of Stabby the Elf. Rudolph has wedged him up there, frozen in a block of ice, with several of the knives he crafted so carefully in life. With no phone signal, all you’ve got for help is a Smart Home speaker on the table next to you. It’s wired up to all the cabin’s appliances. With no way to escape, which command will help you the most? A, Alexa, call the police, you can always rely on the Five-O, right? B, Alexa, turn up the heat, it’s cold in the cabin, may as well get comfortable. Or C, Alexa, play “All I want For Christmas Is You”, may as well die in the festive spirit.
Christmas Court
Eventually, Santa finds you in the cabin with Rudolph’s body, and frankly, you look guilty as hell. He points a pudgy finger at you and declares “That wasn’t very Christmassy” You’re taken to Christmas court, where your Christmas spirit will be put to the test. If you’re found to be full of the spirit, onto the nice list you go. If you fail, it’s the naughty list for you, which means a lifetime of forced labor on the Christmas assembly line. Santa slams the hammer and begins the questioning, “Who designed my stylish red outfit?” A, St. Nicholas, the holy Christian bishop. B, Coca Cola’s advertising department. Or C, an American political cartoonist.
Birthday Boy
Judge Santa moves on, with a smirk, he asks you, “Which date is the closest to Jesus’ birthday?” A, the 25th of December. B, the 25th of March. Or C, the 1st of January.
Spreading The Love
Santa is impressed with your knowledge but he’s not convinced you really feel the Christmas spirit. He booms, “As proof that you’re Christmassy deep down, you must prove that you know how to spread Christmas cheer.” What’s the best way you do this? A, dance a merry jig. B, say 5 Hail Mary’s. Or C, sing loud for all to hear.
Santa’s Farm
Pleased with your singing, Santa moves on to the next stage of your trial. He takes you out to his snow-covered farm and hands you a stone with the letters V, I and another I carved onto it. He tells you to place the stone in the garden at the place that corresponds to the meaning of the stone’s letters. Santa is humming a Christmas song but you can’t quite remember what it’s called. Where do you place the stone? A, a fruit tree with a gray, stripy-winged bird in it. B, the cow shed, where eight of Santa’s dairy maids are milking cows. Or C, a pond with some swans in it.
Gingerbread Manor
Before Santa will let you catch the Polar Express back to civilization, you’ll need to complete one final task. Santa sends you to the haunted gingerbread mansion. He challenges you to face one of three nasty creatures that have taken up residence inside the tasty, yet cobwebby, gingerbread walls. The fighting space is only just big enough to fit yourself and your opponent in, so it’ll be a close-quarters fight whoever you choose. Who do you fight? A, a seven-foot-tall reanimated Christmas turkey wielding carving knives and out for vengeance. B, a boiling hot, curdled eggnog monster. Or C, a vicious, nine-foot-tall candy cane creature with sharpened limbs.
O.G. Claus
Santa is irritated by your escape. It turns out, he’d hoped you’d fail. He tries to attack you but your police training kicks in. When you pull his beard, however, you reveal the truth. His costume tears right off and you see it was actually Santa’s evil German brother, Krampus, the whole time. He flees, defeated but not before confessing that he’d been secretly carrying out the real, original Santa’s job for the last 200 years. Krampus had been trying to corrupt Christmas with his evil ways, making children insatiably greedy for more toys than their parents could reasonably afford. All the while, the original Santa had been tied up for centuries in one of three rooms in the basement. The other two rooms now house impostors. With one fragile key, which will break after a single use, you must free the real Santa and save Christmas once and for all. Which door do you open to free the real, original Santa? A, a rosy-cheeked, jolly, white-bearded fellow in a red outfit. B, a slimmer, bushy-bearded man in a blue outfit. Or C, a balding, bearded man in old robes.
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