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December Word Search Printable – National Days Word Find Puzzle

A new month means it’s time for a word search! If you enjoy puzzles, you will love this free December word search printable featuring the national days of the month.

There are 21 national days hidden in this free December printable. They can be found in any direction, including diagonally.

If you need help solving this word find, there is a December word search answer key you can refer to included in this post.

For more free printables this month, be sure to check out these printables for Christmas (word search and word scramble) and winter (word search and word scramble).

Ginger bread man and free December word search puzzle with blue pencil and words get the free word find puzzle of national days in December.

Get the December word search printable of national days

You can either click here to download the December word search or print it out from the project card at the bottom of the page. 

Be sure choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” for the printable area on your printer settings. Printing this way will give you a full page printout.

If you prefer to get the December word search free printable from the project card at the bottom of the page, scroll down and press “print”. It will give you the puzzle in a slightly smaller size.

December word search of national days answer key

Some free printable word searches are easy to solve and others leave you scratching your head looking for that one last word.

If you are having hard time solving this winter word search puzzle, you can click here for the answer key.

A December word search puzzle with a blue pencil underlining words and gingerbread man above it.

National days in this December word find printable

Many of the national days in December are devoted to things having to do with Christmas, Santa Claus, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but that is not all there is to celebrate.

If you are a foodie, there are dozens of food themed national days this month. Gingerbread houses, eggnog, and the foods listed below, each get their own day this month!

  • December 1 – National Pie Day
  • December 8 – National Lard Day
  • December 9 – National Pastry Day
  • December 13 – National Cocoa Day
  • December 15 – International Tea Day
  • December 15 – National Cupcake Day
  • December 18 – Bake Cookies Day
  • December 26 – National Candy Cane Day
  • December 27 – National Fruitcake Day

White bubble letters at the top of the image that says free December word search above three December word search printables fanned out on a dusty green background.

More national days in this December printable word search

The following national days of December are also featured in this custom word find puzzle.

  • December 3 – Disability Day
  • December 4 – Santa’s List Day
  • December 9 – National Llama Day
  • December 10 – Nobel Prize Day
  • December 11 – National App Day
  • December 12 – National Poinsettia Day
  • December 18 – National Twin Day
  • December 19 – Holly Day
  • December 19 – National Emo Day
  • December 25 – Christmas
  • December 26 – Kwanzaa begins
  • 25th day of Kislev – Hanukkah begins

Monthly national days word search printables

We have a free word search printable puzzle for each month of the year! Each one features national days of that month.

For the national days word search printables for the other months, check out these pages:

In addition to our monthly free word search printables featuring the national days of the year, you can also check out these holiday themed word search puzzles. Three free December word searches fanned out across a medium green background.

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For more free printables be sure to check out these collections of word searchesword scramblescrosswords, coloring pages and scavenger hunts.

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Word find puzzle with pine boughs and green banner reading Get the national day word search printable for December.

Admin note: this December puzzle first appeared on the blog in December of 2020. We have updated the post to add all new photos, an updated printable for this year, and a video for you to enjoy.

Yield: 1 word search for December

December Word Search Printable of National Days

Word find puzzle with blue pencil and gingerbread man.

Get a bit of me-time or give the kids a screen-free activity with this December word search printable featuring the national days of the month.

There are 21 national days hidden in this free word search printable.

If you're having a hard time solving this seek and find puzzle, you can refer to the answer key for help!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Difficulty Moderate
Estimated Cost $1

Materials

  • Highlighter
  • Pen
  • Computer paper

Tools

  • Computer
  • Printer

Instructions

  1. Load your computer paper into your printer.
  2. Using the print function on this card will print a December word search puzzle of national days that fills about ¾ of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
  3. Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings. Doing this will fill the entire page. 
  4. Alternatively, you can use this link to print the winter word search puzzle using the print feature in your browser window.
  5. After you print this seek and find puzzle, try to find the December national days in it.
  6. The words in this December word search puzzle are hidden horizontally and vertically, both forwards and backwards in every direction, including diagonally.
  7. After you find the words, highlight them and then cross them off the list at the bottom of this December word find.
  8. See how quickly you can solve this holiday word search printable puzzle!
  9. If you get stuck, you can refer to the December word search answer key.
  10. Please note: Free word search printables take a long time to make. This custom word search printable is for personal use only. If you are sharing this winter word search puzzle (and thank you for that!), please link directly to this post and not to the actual puzzle image. We appreciate your help in supporting the site. This word search December puzzle may not be used for any retail purpose or for mass distribution.

Notes

A December word search printable with the word "December" in white block letters over pine boughs at the top of the image and a free word find puzzle of the national days in December in the middle and a word bank in a green box at the bottom.

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