Round 1
Christmas riddles
Short rhyming riddles about things you see at Christmas.
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Christmas Riddles for Kids
Five Christmas riddles for children, answered by typing: a stocking, Christmas lights, a snowflake, a candy cane and a cold. The template has seven; two more are left off this page.
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Round 1: Christmas riddles5 questions
Question 1 路 Short answer
Although it might look like I belong on your toes, I鈥檓 actually hung up for gifts as every child knows. What am I?
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Answer:
Stocking
Also accepted: A stocking, Christmas stocking
Fun fact: A popular legend says Saint Nicholas secretly tossed gold for three poor daughters, and it landed in stockings drying by the fire, though there are no written records of that detail.
Question 2 路 Short answer
I come with many colours, very big and bright, I turn so many houses into a beautiful sight. What am I?
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Answer:
Christmas lights
Also accepted: Lights, Fairy lights
Fun fact: Edward H. Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, lit the first known electric Christmas tree in New York in December 1882 with 80 hand-wired red, white and blue bulbs.
Question 3 路 Short answer
I drop from the sky far more beautiful than rain. There are no two pieces that鈥檒l ever look the same. What am I?
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Answer:
Snowflake
Also accepted: A snowflake
Fun fact: Nearly identical snowflakes have been grown in laboratories, but identical ones are very unlikely in nature, because each crystal follows its own path through changing temperature and humidity.
Question 4 路 Short answer
I'm striped and minty, and when you eat me, you'll be 'hooked'! What am I?
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Answer:
Candy cane
Also accepted: A candy cane, Candy canes
Fun fact: A popular tale links the hook to a shepherd's crook given out in Cologne in 1670, but that story seems apocryphal: it is not found in print before the mid-20th century.
Question 5 路 Short answer
You can catch me easily, especially around Christmas time, but you can never throw me. What am I?
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Answer:
A cold
Also accepted: Cold, The cold, A common cold
Fun fact: You cannot catch a cold just from being out in cold weather: colds are caused by viruses and spread by droplets and touched surfaces, and the NHS says you can pass one on from a few days before symptoms start.
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