Christmas is one of the biggest and most relished holiday seasons around the world. A lot of merrymaking activities happen during this time of the year. But have you ever taken time to think about the words that describe this holiday season and its activities? Below is a long list of Christmas words that start with each letter of the alphabet.
Christmas Words That Start With Each Letter of the Alphabet (A to Z)
Letter A
• Angel
• Advent
• Antlers
• Assemble
• Away in a Manger
• Announcement: The angels announced the birth of Jesus
• Aroma
• Artificial: A type of Christmas tree
• Angelic
• Advent calendar
• Appreciate
• Attend: Attending church and Christmas parties
• Acknowledge
• All: Everything is Calm or all is bright
• Anticipation
Letter B
• Bethlehem
• Believe
• Bring: Gifts, or good tidings of great joy
• Bells
• Boots: They are worn in snowy weather
• Blessings
• 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
• Blitzen: One of Santa’s reindeer
• Bows
• Boxes: Used for wrapping gifts
• Belief
• Baking
• Birth
• Buche de Noel: French Christmas cake
• Boughs
• Balsam: A type of Christmas tree
• Beauty
• Born
• Blessed
• Best
• Beaming: Beaming with Christmas happiness
• Buying
• Buddy: The name of the main character in the movie “Elf”
Letter C
• Christ
• Cherubs
• Calling birds: The fourth gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Cookies
• Candy
• Cake
• Candles
• Candy canes
• Cards
• Candlelit
• Cozy
• Carve: What you do to the turkey
• Cranberry sauce
• Clarence: A character in the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life”
• Clark: The main character in the movie “Christmas Vacation”
• Cousin Eddie: The character in the movie “Christmas Vacation”
Letter D
• December
• Drinks: They are served at Christmas parties
• Drummer boy
• Dressing
• Dasher: One of Santa’s reindeer
• Dancer: One of Santa’s reindeer
• Decorations
• Dashing: Moving through the snow
• Decorated
• Dressing
• Deliver
• Deck: Decorating the halls
Letter E
• Epiphany: Three Kings Day; commemorating the kings visiting baby Jesus
• Emmanuel: “God is with us;” the name given to Christ
• Eggnog
• Evergreen: Type of Christmas tree
• Ebeneezer Scrooge: A character in a Christmas Carol
• Elves
• Entertain: Hosting Christmas parties
• Embrace
• Expectations
• Elf: Santa’s helpers
• Exchange: Trading Christmas gifts
• Eat
• Excited
• Eve: The day before Christmas
• Events
Letter F
• Faith
• Four: The number of calling birds gifted in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Fruitcake
• Family
• Frosty: From “Frosty the Snowman”
• Friends
• Father Christmas
• Feast
• Fireplace
• Festive
• Freezing
• Festival
• Fir: A type of Christmas tree
• Frankincense
• French hens: Third gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Flock
• Fun
• Fellowship
• Figurines
• Forgiveness
• Fireside
• Folklore
• Feelings
Letter G
• God
• Gabriel: The angel that tells Mary she will have a son, Jesus
• Grace
• Gifts
• Greetings
• Green
• Goodies
• Garland
• Grinch
• Guests
• Gather
• Gingerbread
• Gratitude
• Gold: The color of the fifth gift, rings, in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Goose: The traditional Christmas dinner
• Gourmet
• Grace
• Greenery
• Gravy
• Gift-wrapped
• Gracious
• Giving
• Goodwill
• Glad tidings
• Gift exchange
• Gloria
• Give
• Go: Going to church, Christmas parties, and visiting Santa
• Glory
• Games
• Glitter
• Gloves
• Glow: Christmas lights, firesides, and children’s faces
• Geese a-laying: The sixth gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
Letter H
• Holy
• Hymns
• Holiday
• Hustle and bustle
• Ham
• Holly
• Home
• Hugs
• Humility
• Heavenly
• Happy
• Hark
• Honor
• Host
• Hang
• Ho Ho Ho: The signature words of Santa before “Merry Christmas!”
• Heritage
• Harmony
• Hot chocolate
• Hot cider
• Home cooking
• Herald
• Hospitality
• Helping
• Hope
Letter I
• Invitations
• Ivy
• In a pear tree: Where the partridge is in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Icicles
• Innocence
• Ice
• Inn: Mary and Joseph couldn’t find an inn
• Infant
• Incarnate
• Illumination
• Indulgence
• Ice castle
• Ice skates
Letter J
• Jesus
• Jerusalem
• Joy
• Jingle bells
• Joseph: Mary’s husband
• Jack Frost
• Journey: Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem
• Jolly
• Joy to the World
• Jingle Bell Rock
• Jubilation
• Jessica: Mrs. Claus’ first name in the Christmas TV special “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”
Letter K
• Kris Kringle: Santa Claus in “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”
• Kids
• Kin
• King
• Kindness
• Kiss: What you do under the mistletoe
• Kevin McAllister: The main character in “Home Alone”
Letter L
• Lamb of God
• Love
• Lights
• Little Drummer Boy
• Lords a-leaping: The 10th gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Laughter
• Lavish
• Letter to Santa
• Lists: Santa’s record of “naughty” and “nice”
• Lump: The coal left in a stocking
• Leave: Setting out milk and cookies for Santa
• Let It Snow
• Ladies dancing: The ninth gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Libation: Holiday drinks
• Logs
• Loved ones
• Luminosity: Christmas lights
Letter M
• Manger
• Mary
• Magi: Wise men; three kings
• Mail
• Maids a-milking: The eighth gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Myrrh
• Music
• Mrs. Claus
• Mittens
• Mistletoe
• Miracles
• Minister
• Midnight: Time of Christmas mass at different churches
• Mincemeat
• Majesty
• Magical
• Mom
• Meaningful
• Merry
• Miraculous
• Mirthful
• Make a toast
• Making spirits bright
• Max: A dog in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
• Meal
• Memories
• Meaning
• Mercy
• Milk: Left out with cookies for Santa
• Mood
Letter N
• Nativity
• Newborn
• Noel
• North Pole
• Nutcracker
• Nutmeg
• Nostalgia
• Night Before Christmas
• Newly fallen snow
• Nap
• Nuts
• Naughty
• Night
• Neighborly
• Nice
Letter O
• Ornaments
• Holy Night
• Oven
• Observance: Celebrating the holiday
• Occasion
• Open: What you do with Christmas gifts
• Olive: The “other reindeer”
• Ox
• Objects
Letter P
• Peace
• Praise
• Popcorn string
• Packages
• Partridge: The first gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Poinsettia
• Pie
• Prayer
• Prancer: One of Santa’s reindeer
• Peppermint
• Parade
• Plum pudding
• Post Office: You use it to send mail letters and gifts to your family and friends
• Pageant
• Proclaim
• Punch: A drink served at Christmas parties
• Peace dove
• Pine
• Prophecy
• Presents
• Pumpkin pie
• Purity
• Philanthropy
• Pickles: A traditional Christmas ornament
• Potatoes
• Preparation
• Polar Express
• Pipers piping: The 11th gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Plenty
• Pear Tree
• Phone calls
Letter Q
• Quail
• Quality
• Quince pie: A traditional Christmas dessert
• Quantity: Amount of food and presents at Christmas
Letter R
• Rudolph: Santa’s red-nosed reindeer
• Ribbon
• Red
• Reconciliation
• Reflection
• Reverence
• Reindeer
• Religious
• Rooftop
• Rejoice
• Reflect
• Roasted nuts
• Relationships
• Reunions
• Rituals
• Reception
• Reciprocity
• Relish
• Respect
• Regalia: A traditional clothing worn by the Pope during Christmas Mass
• Ralphie: The main character in “A Christmas Story”
Letter S
• Stuffing
• Sleighbells
• Sacred
• Scrooge
• Sales
• Season
• Spirit
• St. Nick: Santa Claus
• Snowball
• Snowbound
• Star
• Serve
• Share
• Shop
• Shortbread: A type of cookie
• Sing
• Snooze
• Snow
• Surprise
• Symbols
• Sugarplums
• Sweets
• Silver bells
• Snacks
• Snowflake
• Snowfall
• Snow angel
• Sleigh Bells
• Snowman
• Star
• Stockings
• Stocking stuffer
• Sack
• Scents
• Spices
• Stable
• Stress
• Seconds: A second serving at Christmas dinner
• Swans a-swimming: The seventh gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Sleep
• Skate
• Santa
• Santa’s helpers
• Santa’s Workshop
• Secret Santa: The anonymous gift exchange
• Snow globe
• Sparkle
• Songs
• Snug: Being cozy in bed
• Shepherd
• Shine
• Sentiment
Letter T
• Three kings
• Tinsel
• Tradition
• Turkey
• Triumphant
• Toys
• Tree
• Tree skirt
• Tree stand
• Trimmings
• Trumpets
• Thanks
• Trim the tree
• T’was the Night Before Christmas
• Trips: To visit family and friends
• Togetherness
• Traffic
• Tiny Tim: A character in “A Christmas Carol”
• Toboggan
• Tranquility
• Twinkling
• TV: A device to allow you to watch Christmas specials and movies
• Turtle doves: the second gift in The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Trinkets
• Toyland
• Tin soldier
• Thoughtfulness
• Tannenbaum: A fir Christmas tree
• Tolerance
Letter U
• Unity
• Understanding
• Unique
• Unwrap
• Unbox
• Up on the Rooftop
• Unselfish
• Universality
Letter V
• Vixen: One of Santa’s reindeer
• Vacation
• Vanilla
• Values
• Virgin: Mary, mother of Jesus
• Virtue
• Vocalists
• Volunteers
• Visions: Visions of sugarplums
• Visits
Letter W
• Wreath
• Worship
• Wrapping paper
• Winter
• Wine
• Walnuts
• Waiting
• White
• Warm
• Wondrous
• Wise men
• Wrapping
• Wreath
• Wenceslas: A character in the traditional carol “Good King Wenceslas”
• Whimsy
• Wassail: A hot spiced cider
• Whoville: A town in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
• Welcome
Letter X
• Xmas
Letter Y
• Yule
• Youth
Letter Z
• Zest: The citrus flakes added to Christmas recipes
• Zealous: Feeling enthusiastic for Christmas time