58 Best Christmas Riddles For A Guaranteed Amazing Holiday Celebration Of All Time

Are you looking for some fun and festive Christmas riddles to get your holiday celebration started?

Here are 58 of our favorites that are sure to bring some laughs (and maybe a few groans) from your friends and family.

1. Where does a reindeer go to get its hair cut? To the deer barber shop!
2. What kind of tree does an elf love to climb? A Christmas tree!
3. What did one snowflake say to the other? Can we have fun now or what?!
4. Why did the snowman want to go to the beach? Because he melted in the sun!
5. Why didn’t Santa’s little helper want to go to school? He wasn’t feeling well enough for class!
6. Why are Christmas trees like crazy old people? They both need lots of help getting around!
7. Who is best for Christmas stockings? A stocking stuffer!
8. What happens when you get an elf stuck in your chimney? You get a stocking full of coal!
9. What do you call Santa”s little helper after he has been around all night? A tired elf!
10. How do you make sure that Santa arrives at your house on Christmas Eve? Use a GPS system (a good neighbor spy).
11. What is white, brown and black all over? A penguin rolling down a hill in autumn leaves!
12. What do you call someone who lives at the North Pole? An Eskimo!
13. How do polar bears keep cool in summer? They stay inside air conditioned houses where it’s always wintertime!
14. What do you call an owl who lives in the North Pole? A polar owl!
15. Why did it take so long for Santa to make it down the chimney this year? He had to wait for Rudolph’s nose to get cold enough for him to slide down it!
16. How do you get reindeer to fly faster? Tell them there’s an ice cream shop at the end of the rainbow!
17. How did Santa deliver presents before he had reindeer? He used donkeys and called them “reindeer” (but they weren’t real reindeer)!
18. What did one snowman say to the other snowman? You have frostbite!
19. How do elves get to work in the winter time? They wear snowshoes!
20. Why did it take seven days for God to create the world? Because he was working on Sunday!
21. What did one reindeer say to the other reindeer? Nothing, they’re both deaf!
22. What do you call a penguin with a beard? A Pingu-nan!
23. What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot!
24. How do you keep an elephant from charging across your house? With an electric fence!
25. How do elves celebrate Christmas in space? By singing “Deck The Halls”
26. What is white and goes up and down? A polar bear on an escalator!
27. What do you call a reindeer that works at a gas station? Rudolf Diesel!
28. How do you know if there is an elf in your house? You can see their footprints in the flour on the countertop!
29. Why did Santa’s little helper have a cold that year? Because he sneezed before he could wipe his nose!
30. Why did the reindeer cross the road? To get to the other side!
31. Why do penguins live at the North Pole? Because they can’t find any ice in Africa!
32. What do you call an elf who is not feeling well? A grinchy elf!
33. Why did Rudolph have such shiny red nose? Because he stole all the presents and ate them for breakfast!
34. Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Not Old Mrs. Claus, because she’s already eaten one
35. What do you call a cat that lives at the North Pole? A polar kitty!
36. Why did the snowman go to the dentist? Because he had tooth decay!
37. What was Santa’s favorite book this year? “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”!
38. How many reindeers does it take to change a light bulb? One reindeer and a thousand elves!
39. What do you call a cow that believes in Santa Claus? Milked twice a day!
40. Why couldn’t Rudolph wear his antlers to the party? He had two left feet!
41. Why was the reindeer so excited about going to the vet’s office? Because it was his first time getting a checkup since he got his shots last year!
42. Why did Santa’s belly jiggle when he walked? Because he ate too many cookies this year and it messed up his digestion!
43. What do you get when you cross Santa Claus with an elephant? A very large stuffed animal that’s hard to wrap up and put under your tree
44. What do you call it when an elf gets scared in the dark? A red-nosed reindeer!
45. Why did the reindeer have to wait so long after eating the cookies before he could go back up to the North Pole? He had to wait until his stomach felt warmer!
46. What do you call it when Santa is going to visit someone who doesn’t get any presents? A no-call, no-show visit!
47. Where is Santa’s favorite place to go on vacation? The North Pole oasis!
48. What is the only thing that can stop Santa from delivering all those presents? He has a bad case of hoof-in-mouth disease and can’t talk anymore!
49. Why did Frosty the Snowman go to the bathroom? Because he was made of snow, not sugar or spice!
50. What do you call a cow that doesn’t give milk? A moo-stakeholder!
51. Why did Santa have to go to court? Because he was charged with assaulting Rudolph with a corn-on-the-cob!
52. Why did the elf cry when it was Christmas Eve? Because they were out of candy canes at home!
53. What’s red and green and hangs on your tree? Your nose when you eat too much fruitcake!
54. Who is afraid of no ghosts? Scrooge McDuck!
55. Why did the snowman say “Bless You” after Rudolph sneezed? Because he wanted to give him a handkerchief!
56. What do you call an elf who can dance in his sleep? A dream weaver!
57. What do you call two elves who like each other? A match made in heaven!
58. Why are there no more Christmas trees in North Pole City, Alaska? Because they were taken out by polar bears