42 Christmas riddles with answers

I wear a star on my head all through December, but I've never been famous. What am I?

I'm a big sock, but nobody ever puts a foot in me. On Christmas morning I'm full of treats. What am I?

Everyone is excited to rip me to pieces on Christmas morning. What am I?

I have 24 little doors, but nobody ever walks through any of them. What am I?

Shake me and it snows, but nobody in my tiny town ever gets cold. What am I?

I have runners, but I never run anywhere. In the story, reindeer pull me across the sky. What am I?

My walls are cookie and my roof is frosting, but nobody lives in me, and everybody wants a bite. What am I?

I twinkle like a star, but you have to plug me in. What am I?

I'm round like a ring, but I hang on the front door instead of on a finger. What am I?

I'm a gift under the tree, and I'm also a word that means right now. What am I?

I visit almost every house in one night, but I never use the front door. Who am I?

I'm a cane, but nobody leans on me when they walk. I'm usually striped red and white, and I taste like mint. What am I?

My first half falls from winter clouds. My second half is a grown-up boy. Together I stand in the yard with a carrot for a nose. What am I?

My first half is a direction on a compass. My second half is a long stick. Together I'm where Santa lives in the story. What am I?

I'm a ball, but nobody ever kicks me or throws me. I hang on a branch and shine. What am I?

I hug your neck all winter long, but I don't have a single arm. What am I?

I grow from the top down. I get longer when it's freezing and drip away when it warms up. What am I?

You make me by lying in the snow and sweeping your arms up and down, but I can't fly. What am I?

We knock on doors in December, but instead of asking for candy, we sing. Who are we?

Put one letter in front of ELF, and you get a word for your own self. What is it?

Change the first letter of GIFT, and you get what you do to a heavy box. What is the new word?

Change the first letter of TREE, and you get a word that means it costs nothing. What is the new word?

Change the last letter of BELL, and you get something you wear around your waist. What is the new word?

Take away my first letter and I mean "at this very moment." Put it back and I fall from winter clouds. What am I?

Which number is hiding in the word MITTEN?

Which body of water is hiding in the word SNOWFLAKE?

Which word for what people call you is hiding in the word ORNAMENT?

Which word for what you do with a book is hiding in GINGERBREAD?

Which word for what you do at dinner is hiding in the word WREATH?

Which royal is hiding inside the word STOCKING?

Which part of your body is hiding in the word CHESTNUT?

Santa walks out of his front door at the North Pole and goes one mile in a straight line. Which direction did he walk?

Swap two letters in something that often sits on top of a Christmas tree, and you get what a protractor measures. What are the two words?

Remove one letter from a prickly Christmas plant with red berries, and you get a word that means sacred. What is the plant?

Four stockings hang in a row for Ava, Ben, Cora and Dan. Cora's is at one end. Ben's is next to Cora's. Dan's is not next to Ben's. Whose stocking hangs at the other end?

Rearrange the letters of TINSEL to get a word that means to join the army.

Rearrange the letters of CAROLS to name living things found in warm, shallow seas.

Rearrange the letters of DASHER, one of Santa's reindeer, to get a word that means split between people.

Rearrange the letters of MANGER to get a word for someone from Berlin.

Take the P off PRESENT, and you get a word for feeling bitter about something. What is it?

Which Christmas word sounds exactly like a short way of saying "you will"?

Three gifts, a book, a scarf and a game, are wrapped in red, green and gold paper. The book is not in red. The scarf is in gold. What color is the game's paper?