It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and these perfect Christmas puns and jokes make it tree-mendously punderful.
The holiday season is busy. Between trimming the tree, baking cookies, and wrapping presents, thinking of clever photo captions or Christmas jokes is probably not high on your holiday to-do list. Before you know it, Christmas Eve is here!
These holiday puns make for cute Instagram captions, a clever saying for your Christmas card, some merry one-liners, or just some clever Christmas dad jokes. These funny puns are sure to get you in the holiday spirit and get a laugh.
Take a Santa pause to look through these funny Christmas puns. Spice up your holiday festivities with a little holiday humor and step up your dad joke game.
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Christmas Puns
The best Christmas puns for your holiday cards or Christmas Instagram caption. Spread a little holiday cheer with these corny jokes!
- Fleece Navidad.
- It’s in (pepper) mint condition.
- Drop it like it’s hot (chocolate).
- Your presents is requested.
- Good things come to those who bake.
- From your head to your (mistle) toes.
- I’d like to make a mistle-toast.
- Here for the White Claus.
- Saved by the (jingle) bell.
- You (candy) cane do it!
- Yule be sorry.
- All the jingle ladies, all the jingle ladies.
- Resting Grinch face.
- There’s no time like the present.
- Sleigh it ain’t snow.
- Love you from my head to my mistletoe.
- Gin-gle bells.
- Gotta post this on Ista-graham.
- Wreath it and weep.
- Having mistletoe much fun.
- Santa’s helpers are getting lit!
- It’s the most wine-derful time of the year.
- Jingle bells, single bells…
Reindeer Puns
Santa Clause couldn’t do his Christmas magic without his trusty reindeer! These puns based off Santa’s reindeer will get you in the Christmas spirit.
- Happily ever antler.
- Hanging on for deer life.
- How rude-olf!
- Let’s get blitzened.
- Oh, deer.
- Find your (blit)zen.
- Let’s play truth or deer.
- Absence makes the heart grow Donner
- I don’t want to rein on your parade.
- Don’t play Cupid.
- Deer to dream.
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Elf Puns
Santa’s little helpers make Christmas dreams come true! Spread some love from the North Pole with these cute elf puns.
- Treat yours-elf.
- Have your elf a merry little Christmas.
- Felt cute, took an elf-ie
- Get the elf outta here.
- I have high elf-esteem.
- Let’s get elf-ed up this Christmas!
- Take a cute elfie with me.
- Elfish has left the building.
- He’s an elf-made man.
- Love your ‘elf.
- Elfin’ hilarious.
- The elf-hant in the room.
Snow and Winter Puns
These winter puns are perfect to use all Christmas season.
- Snow time like the present.
- Love at frost bite.
- Snow fear of the future.
- I’m (s) mitten for you.
- Say it ain’t snow!
- Snow on and snow forth.
- Snow thank you.
- There’s snow place like home.
- Sleigh it ain’t snow.
- Charlie’s (snow) Angels.
- Up to snow good.
- Icy what you did there.
- Snow way!
- A sight for sore ice.
- I only have ice for you.
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Christmas Tree Puns
The perfect captions for your photos at the Christmas tree farm! Sip a hot chocolate as you put up your Christmas decorations and get some laughs with a great one-liner.
- Trying to branch out
- This is tree-mendously fun.
- We’re (orna)ment to be.
- We have perfect chemis-tree
- Gettin lit this Christmas!
- Birch, please.
- Tree’s a crowd.
- Gotta spruce things up.
- Lookin’ good, feelin’ pine.
- Fir sure.
- Tree-mendously merry.
- All that and bal-sam.
- Go on, spill the tree.
- Logging off for the holiday.
Santa Clause Puns
These lighthearted puns all relate to good ol’ Saint Nick.
- Red soots you.
- I always get the final sleigh.
- See something, sleigh something.
- Sleigh the competition.
- Rebel without a Claus.
- Soot yourself.
- Sleigh, what?
- Just in the (Saint) Nick of time.
- Give me a round of santa-plause
- Never sleigh never.
- Feeling Claustrophobic.
- Feeling extra santa-mental this year.
- Ready for the holiday party with extra Santa-tizer.
- It’s Claus and effect.
- Sleigh-ing this outfit.
- Claus I told you so!
Animal Christmas Puns
Calling all animal lovers! These Christmas puns are all animal and pet-themed.
- We fish you a Merry Christmas.
- Meow-y Christmas.
- Happy Howlidays.
- Have a bear-y merry Christmas!
- It’s cold outside, alpaca my sweater.
- I hope Santa Paws brings me something good this year.
- Owl be home for Christmas.
- Have a purr-fect Christmas.
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Christmas Jokes
For an extra dose of ho-ho-hilarity, try one of these hilarious Christmas jokes for kids.
What do you call a Santa chip? Crisp Kringle.
What do Santa’s helpers learn in preschool? The elf-abet.
Where does Santa keep his money? The snow bank.
What is Santa’s favorite subject In school? Chemis-tree.
What happens if you tell too many Santa jokes? Yule laugh.
What do you call a snowman party? A snow ball.
What’s an elf’s favorite kind of music? Wrap music.
What do snowmen eat for breakfast? Snow flakes.
Where do reindeer go for coffee? Starbucks.
What is an elf’s favorite kind of photo? An elf-ie.
What do you call people afraid of Santa? Claustrophobic.
Who brings presents to baby sharks? Santa jaws.
Why did the turkey join the rock band? He was the only one with drum sticks.
What letter is missing from the Christmas alphabet? There’s Noel.
What do gingerbread men put on their beds? A cookie sheet.
How much did Santa pay for his sleigh? Nothing, it was on the house!
What do you call a reindeer ghost? Cari-boo!
How did the Christmas tree get ready for the Christmas party? He spruced up.
What did one Christmas tree say to the other? Lighten up!
What’s it called when Santa takes a break? Santa pause.
Why is Christmas Eve so cold? It’s in Decembrrrrrr.
What subject did Rudolph fail in school? He went down in history.
What’s a Christmas tree’s favorite kind of candy? Ornamints.
How do you heal someone’s Christmas spirit? Nurse them back to elf.
How do you know when Santa is around? You sense his presents.
How does the Christmas tree pay for his lights? Jingle bills.
I hope these Christmas puns and jokes get you and your loved ones in the holiday spirit! Merry Christmas!
These are hilarious!! So glad I found this list, I’m totally using these on my Christmas cards & gift tags😂 Thanks for sharing these Lindsey!
I’m glad you liked them, Britt! 🙂