Christmas word challenges
How many words can you make out
of the word C H R I S T M A S?
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
Now put your words
into alphabetical order.
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
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Christmas challenge!
Write a short festive story including all of the
words you found in the word  Christmas .
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Can you crack the code and
write the Christmas words below?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
n o p q r s t u v w x y z
a) 3 8 18 9 19 20 13 1 19 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
b) 8 15 12 12 25 __ __ __ __ __
c) 9 22 25 __ __ __
d) 13 9 19 20 12 5 20 15 5 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
e) 13 5 18 18 25 __ __ __ __ __
f) 16 18 5 19 5 14 20 __ __ __ __ __ __ __
g) 20 18 5 5 __ __ __ __
h) 20 9 14 19 5 12 __ __ __ __ __ __
i) 3 1 18 15 12 19 9 14 7 5 18 19
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
j) 2 1 21 2 12 5 __ __ __ __ __ __
k) 19 1 14 20 1 3 12 1 21 19
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
l) 1 4 22 5 14 20 __ __ __ __ __ __
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Christmas word challenges
Think of a word for each letter of the word  Christmas .
Make your own acrostic poem.
is for Christmas
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Answer sheet
Some of the words you can make out of  Christmas :
is a mat mast art chat sat hat rat am trim
mist sir his tram has star shirt chair hair stir ash
rash cash crash mash trash arch crass hiss ram mirth march
Crack the Christmas code:
a) Christmas
b) holly
c) ivy
d) mistletoe
e) merry
f) present
g) tree
h) tinsel
i) carol singers
j) bauble
k) Santa Claus
l) advent
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