Christmas Symbols Worksheets

These Christmas Symbols Worksheets are perfect for your students in Grades 2 through 8 to complete independent research and writing during December while you are busy preparing for the holidays.

Your kids will research and learn about the history of these six traditional Christmas Symbols:

  • Christmas trees
  • Christmas bells
  • Christmas carols
  • Mistletoe
  • Christmas stockings
  • Advent candles
history of traditional Christmas symbols notebooking pages

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Christmas Symbols Resources

Why Do We Have Christmas Trees? & What do we Hang Stockings? from Colossal Cranium

Holly, Reindeer, and Colored Lights: The Story of the Christmas Symbols by Edna Barth OOP (Out of Print) But there are used copies available on Amazon & AbeBooks.

TED-ED Why do we kiss under mistletoe? video FYI: discusses mythological gods and fertility, but very informative

Advent Wreaths video from The Superbook Show

A Read with Lollie reading of the book, The Legend of the Christmas Stocking, by Rick Osborne

Learn about the history of caroling with Read Through History or Liberty Park Music

Fun with Christmas Symbols

How to Make Paper Bells from DIY Paper Crafts

Play Christmas Charades with these printable cards that list traditional Christmas symbols like Santa, mistletoe, reindeer, and more.

See how many Christmas symbols you can spot in a Christmas movie. Here’s a list of Christmas movies to help you select a Christmas movie that maybe you haven’t seen yet and Christmas Symbols Bingo Sheets to use while looking at Christmas lights.

Also, check out the extensive list of more resources about Christmas Symbols on the Christmas Symbols Lapbook post

Download your copy of The Christmas Symbols Worksheets from the Free Resource Library. Look under “Individual Worksheets > Holidays”

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More Christmas Homeschool Resources

For a more in-depth look at even more Christmas symbols, check out the Christmas Symbols Lapbook.

Christmas Symbols Lapbook

Learn more about the history of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) at our sister site, Whole Child Homeschool

history of St Nicholas Santa Claus unit study

Christmas Customs Around the World Lapbook

christmas customs around the world

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Unit Study

how the grinch stole christmas book unit study

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history of traditional Christmas symbols worksheets
traditional christmas symbols worksheet