481 Christmas Words & Phrases That Start With Each Letter (A to Z)

Below, we have the big list of Christmas words — an a-to-z list of words that celebrate and relate to the holiday season.

Our list is categorized by letter; scroll past the list for a fun Christmas activity using the words listed here!

A

1. Angels
2. Advent
3. Antlers
4. Assemble
   gather together
5. Away in a Manger
6. Announcement
   angels announced the birth of Jesus
7. Aroma
8. Artificial
   type of Christmas tree
9. Angelic
10. Advent calendar
11. Abominable Snowman
    character from “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
12. Apple cider
    warm spiced apple beverage served at holiday parties
13. Andes mints
    chocolate candy found at holiday parties
14. Appreciate
15. Aunt Clara
    character from “A Christmas Carol”
16. Attend
    attending church and Christmas parties
17. Acknowledge
18. All Is Calm, All Is Bright
19. Aspen
    popular holiday destination in Colorado
20. Anticipation

B

1. Bethlehem
2. Believe
3. Bring
   gifts, or good tidings of great joy
4. Bells
5. Boots
   worn in snowy weather
6. Blessings
7. Boxing Day
   the day after Christmas; celebrated as a public holiday in some countries (including the U.K. and Canada) and some U.S. states
8. Blitzen
   one of Santa’s reindeer
9. Bows
10. Boxes
    used for wrapping gifts
11. Belief
12. Baking
13. Bing Crosby
    singer of many classic holiday songs, including “White Christmas”
14. Birth
15. Buche de Noel
    French Christmas cake
16. Boughs
17. Balsam
    type of Christmas tree
18. Beauty
19. Blizzard
    heavy snow storm that brings a white Christmas
20. Born
21. Baubles
    ball-shaped glass or plastic Christmas tree ornaments
22. Blessed
23. Best
24. Benjamin
    the ghost of the future in “A Christmas Carol”
25. Beaming
    Christmas happiness
26. Buying
27. Buddy
    name of the main character in the movie “Elf”

C

1. Christ
2. Cherubs
3. Calling birds
   fourth gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
4. Cookies
5. Candy
6. Cake
7. Candles
8. Candy canes
9. Cards
10. Candlelit
11. Charles Dickens
    author of “A Christmas Carol”
12. Cozy
13. Cheer
14. Chimney
    where Santa Claus enters the house
15. Chestnuts
16. Creche
    Church display featuring the stable where Jesus was born
17. Carve
    what you do to the turkey
18. Clark Griswold
    central character of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
19. Cranberry sauce
20. Carols
21. Clarence
    guardian angel character in the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life”
22. Caroling
23. Carolers
24. Cousin Eddie
    character in the movie “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”

See more in our full list of Christmas words that start with C.

D

1. December
2. Drinks
   served at Christmas parties
3. Drummer boy
4. Dressing
5. Deer
6. Dasher
   one of Santa’s reindeer
7. Dancer
   one of Santa’s reindeer
8. Donner
   one of Santa’s reindeer
9. Douglas Fir
   type of tree used as a Christmas tree
10. Decorations
11. Dashing
    moving through the snow
12. Decorated
13. Drosselmeyer
    toy-maker character in “The Nutcracker”
14. Dickens
    author of “A Christmas Carol”
15. Dressing
16. Deliver
17. Deck
    decorating the halls

See more in our full list of Christmas words that start with D.

E

1. Epiphany
   Three Kings Day; commemorates the kings visiting baby Jesus
2. Emmanuel
   “God is with us;” the name given to Christ
3. Eggnog
4. Evergreen
   type of tree
5. Ebeneezer Scrooge
   character in “A Christmas Carol”
6. Elves
7. Entertain
   hosting parties
8. Expectations
9. Elf
   Santa’s helpers
10. Exchange
    trading gifts
11. Eat
12. Ebullient
    meaning “excitement”; describes the joy of the Christmas season
13. Excited
14. Elm
    type of tree sometimes used as a Christmas tree
15. Eve
    the day before Christmas
16. Events

F

1. Faith
2. Four
   number of calling birds gifted in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
3. Fruitcake
4. Family
5. Frosty
   from “Frosty the Snowman”
6. Friends
7. Father Christmas
8. Feast
9. Fireplace
10. Festive
11. Freezing
12. Festival
13. Fir
    type of tree
14. Frankincense
15. French hens
    third gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
16. Flock
    decorating with imitation snow
17. Fun
18. Fellowship
19. Figgy pudding
    spiced pudding mentioned in “We Wish You a merry Christmas”
20. Figurines
21. Forgiveness
22. Fireside
23. Folklore
24. Feelings

G

1. God
2. Gabriel
   angel that tells Mary she will have a son, Jesus
3. Grace
4. Gifts
5. Greetings
6. Green
7. Goodies
8. Garland
9. Grinch
10. Guests
11. Gather
12. Gingerbread
13. Gratitude
14. Gold
    color of the fifth gift, rings, in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
15. Goose
    traditional Christmas dinner
16. Gourmet
17. Grace
18. Greenery
19. Gravy
20. Gift-wrapped
21. Gracious
22. Giving
23. Goodwill
24. Glad tidings
25. Gift exchange
26. Gloria
27. Give
28. Go
    go to church, parties, and to visit Santa
29. Glory
30. Games
31. Glitter
32. Gloves
33. Glow
    Christmas lights, fireplaces, and children’s faces
34. Geese a-laying
    the sixth gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

H

1. Holy
2. Hymns
3. Holiday
4. Hustle and bustle
5. Ham
6. Holly
7. Home
8. Hugs
9. Humility
10. Heavenly
11. Happy
12. Hark
13. Honor
14. Host
15. Hang
16. Ho Ho Ho
    what Santa says before “Merry Christmas!”
17. Heritage
18. Harmony
19. Hot chocolate
20. Holiday
21. Hot cider
22. Holly jolly
    as in “have a holly jolly Christmas”
23. Home cooking
24. Herald
25. Hospitality
26. Helping
27. Hope

I

1. Invitations
2. Ivy
3. In a pear tree
   where the partridge is in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
4. Icicles
5. Innocence
6. Ice
7. Inn
   no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph
8. Infant
9. Incarnate
10. Illumination
11. Indulgence
12. Ice castle
13. Ice skates

J

1. Jesus
2. Jerusalem
3. Joy
4. Jingle bells
5. Joseph
   husband of Mary
6. Jack Frost
7. Journey
   Mary and Joseph took one to Bethlehem
8. Jolly
9. Joy to the World
10. Jingle Bell Rock
11. Jubilation
12. Jessica
    Mrs. Claus’ first name in the Christmas TV special “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”

K

1. Kris Kringle
   Santa Claus in “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”
2. Kids
3. Kin
4. King
5. Kindness
6. Kiss
   what you do under the mistletoe
7. Kevin McAllister
   main character in “Home Alone”

L

1. Lamb of God
2. Love
3. Lights
4. Little Drummer Boy
5. Lords a-leaping
   10th gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
6. Laughter
7. Lavish
8. Letter to Santa
9. Lists
   Santa’s record of “naughty” and “nice”
10. Lump
    coal left in a stocking
11. Leave
    setting out milk and cookies for Santa
12. Let It Snow
13. Ladies dancing
    the ninth gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
14. Libation
    holiday drinks
15. Logs
16. Loved ones
17. Luminosity
    Christmas lights

M

1. Manger
2. Mary
3. Magi
   wise men; three kings
4. Mail
5. Maids a-milking
   eighth gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
6. Myrrh
7. Music
8. Mrs. Claus
9. Mittens
10. Merry and bright
11. Mistletoe
12. Miracles
13. Minister
14. Midnight
    time of Christmas mass at many churches
15. Mincemeat
16. Majesty
17. Magical
18. Mom
19. Meaningful
20. Merry
21. Miraculous
22. Mirthful
23. Make a toast
24. Making spirits bright
25. Max
    dog in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
26. Meal
27. Memories
28. Meaning
29. Mercy
30. Milk
    left out with cookies for Santa
31. Mood

N

1. Nativity
2. Newborn
3. Noel
4. North Pole
5. Nutcracker
6. Nutmeg
7. Nostalgia
8. Night Before Christmas
9. Newly fallen snow
10. Nap
11. Nuts
12. Naughty
13. Night
14. Neighborly
15. Nice

O

1. Ornaments
2. O Holy Night
3. Oven
4. Observance
   celebrating the holiday
5. O Come, All Ye Faithful
6. Occasion
7. Open
   what you do with gifts
8. O Little Town of Bethlehem
9. Olive
   the “other reindeer”
10. Ox
11. Objects

See more in our full list of Christmas words that start with O.

P

1. Peace
2. Praise
3. Popcorn string
4. Packages
5. Partridge
   the first gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
6. Poinsettia
7. Pie
8. Prayer
9. Prancer
   one of Santa’s reindeer
10. Peppermint
11. Parade
12. Plum pudding
13. Post Office
    where you mail letters and gifts to family and friends
14. Pageant
15. Proclaim
16. Punch
    drink served at Christmas parties
17. Peace dove
18. Pine
19. Prophecy
20. Presents
21. Pumpkin pie
22. Purity
23. Philanthropy
24. Pickles
    traditional Christmas ornament
25. Potatoes
26. Preparation
27. Pinecone
    used for decoration
28. Polar Express
29. Pipers piping
    11th gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
30. Plenty
31. Pear Tree
32. Phone calls

Q

1. Quail
2. Quality
3. Quaint
   charmingly old-fashioned
4. Quince pie
   traditional Christmas dessert
5. Quantity
   lots of food and presents at Christmas

R

1. Rudolph
   Santa’s red-nosed reindeer
2. Ribbon
3. Red
4. Reconciliation
5. Reflection
6. Reverence
7. Reindeer
8. Religious
9. Rooftop
10. Rejoice
11. Reflect
12. Roasted nuts
13. Relationships
14. Reunions
15. Rituals
16. Reception
17. Reciprocity
18. Relish
19. Respect
20. Regalia
    traditional garb worn by the Pope during Christmas Mass; distinctive clothes and ornaments
21. Ralphie
    main character in “A Christmas Story”

S

1. Stuffing
2. Sleigh
3. Sacred
4. Scrooge
5. Sales
6. Season
7. Spirit
8. St. Nick
   Santa Claus
9. Snowball
10. Snowbound
11. Star
12. Serve
13. Share
14. Santa Claus
15. Shop
16. Shortbread
    type of cookie
17. Sing
18. Snooze
19. Snow
20. Surprise
21. Symbols
22. Sugarplums
23. Sweets
24. Silver bells
25. Snacks
26. Snowflake
27. Snowfall
28. Snow angel
29. Sleigh bells
30. Snowman
31. Star
32. Stockings
33. Stocking stuffer
34. Sack
35. Scents
36. Spices
37. Stable
38. Stress
39. Seconds
    another serving at Christmas dinner
40. Swans a-swimming
    seventh gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
41. Sleep
42. Skate
43. Santa
44. Santa’s helpers
45. Santa’s Workshop
46. Secret Santa
    anonymous gift swap
47. Snow globe
48. Sparkle
49. Songs
50. Snug
    cozy in bed
51. Shepherd
52. Shine
53. Sentiment

T

1. Three kings
2. Tinsel
3. Tradition
4. Turkey
5. Triumphant
6. Toys
7. Tree
8. Tree skirt
9. Tree stand
10. Trimmings
11. Trumpets
12. Thanks
13. Trim the tree
14. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
15. Trips
    visiting family
16. Togetherness
17. Traffic
18. Tiny Tim
    character in “A Christmas Carol”
19. Toboggan
20. Tranquility
21. Twinkling
22. TV
    where you watch Christmas specials and movies
23. Turtle doves
    second gift in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
24. Trinkets
25. Toyland
26. Tin soldier
27. Thoughtfulness
28. Tannenbaum
    fir Christmas tree
29. Tolerance

U

1. Unity
2. Understanding
3. Unique
4. Unwrap
5. Ugly sweater
6. Unbox
7. Up on the Rooftop
8. Under the mistletoe
9. Unselfish
10. Universality

V

1. Vixen
   one of Santa’s reindeer
2. Vacation
3. Vanilla
4. Values
5. Virgin
   Mary, mother of Jesus
6. Virtue
7. Vocalists
8. Volunteers
9. Visions
   of sugarplums
10. Visits

W

1. Wreath
2. Worship
3. Wrapping paper
4. Winter
5. Wine
6. Walnuts
7. Waiting
8. White
9. Warm
10. Wintry
11. Wondrous
12. Wise men
13. Wrapping
14. Wreath
15. Wenceslas
    character in the traditional carol “Good King Wenceslas”
16. Whimsy
17. Wassail
    hot mulled cider
18. Whoville
    town in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
19. Welcome

X

1. Xmas

Y

1. Yule
2. Youth
3. Yuletide
4. Yule log

Z

1. Zest
   citrus shavings added to Christmas recipes
2. Zealous
   enthusiastic for Christmastime

Activity: Christmas Mad Lib

For a fun and interactive way to use our list of Christmas words, we’ve created a Mad Lib story below!

With a group of friends or family, choose words from our list or off the top of your heads to add to the blank spaces.

You can choose the words at random or by looking for certain word types, like nouns.

One person should write the words into the blank spaces without showing the story to those choosing the words.

Once you’ve filled in every blank space, read the sentimental (but nonsensical) story out loud!

Little Timmy’s _____ Christmas

Timmy lived on a _____ street in the countryside of _____. Though his parents shared his home, it was the _____ that really raised little Timmy.

As the Christmas holiday approached, he couldn’t wait to give (Timmy’s guardian) the gift he’d made by hand: a _______.

Timmy took the (gift) with him everywhere — on the bus, to school, and to the corner market where he always liked to buy ____ in the evening.

Two days before Christmas, little Timmy was walking the neighborhood with a friend when he was struck by a craving for (item he buys from corner market).

“Hey ____,” he exclaimed, using his friend’s nickname. “Let’s stop here for a moment!”

Inside the store, Timmy couldn’t help clearing the shelf of (item he buys from the corner market).

He couldn’t just get one for himself — he needed one for (friend’s name), one for each of his parents, three for ____, and he couldn’t forget (Timmy’s guardian).

As he placed the items on the counter, the cashier said, “That’ll be $50.”

Shocked, Timmy dug through his backpack, hoping to find a few spare bills. Alas, all he had was his handmade (gift).

“Did you make that? My wife would love it!,” the cashier said excitedly. “Are you willing to trade?”

Timmy shook his head and said, “I know Christmas isn’t about gifts, but this (gift) is for someone very special.”

The cashier understood, and in the Christmas spirit, gave Timmy the hoard of treats and let him keep his (gift).