Get the Family Laughing with These Funny Christmas Jokes

Get the Family Laughing with These Funny Christmas Jokes

Christmas is the most joyful time of year. And nothing makes the holiday season more fun than sharing Christmas jokes with your family. If you're looking for some new material, you're in luck! We have tons of funny short jokes and one-liners and even Christmas puns to get you all the way through to New Year's. These jokes are actually funny and will keep spirits bright, but don't worry, they're all kid-friendly too so you don't have to worry about any jokes that are just for adults.

We've got you covered with all of your favorite topics, from Santa jokes to reindeer jokes, and of course we threw in some Christmas dad jokes too. These will keep the whole family entertained during long holiday road trips, waiting to unwrap Christmas presents, or drives to see Christmas light displays. Plus, they make great Christmas Instagram captions.

Christmas Food Jokes

smiling boy about to eat snowman shaped marshmallow while shopping for christmas tree
Thomas Barwick
  • Why did the Christmas turkey form a band? It had the drumsticks!

  • What do snowmen eat for breakfast on Christmas morning? Ice krispies!

  • What do gingerbread men have on their bed? Cookie sheets!

  • What's red, white, and blue at Christmas? A sad candy cane.

  • Who is never hungry on Christmas Day? The turkey—it's stuffed.

  • What makes a candy cane a collector's item? It's in mint condition.

  • What's Santa's favorite snack? Crisp Pringles.

  • How does a gingerbread man get around with a broken leg? He uses a candy cane.

  • Where do you buy a Christmas gift for your pig? Hamazon

  • What's the most festive herb? Christmas thyme

Jokes About Christmas Presents

little girl holding tall stack of christmas presents, standing in living room
Klaus Vedfelt
  • What did Santa say on Christmas morning? That's a wrap!

  • Why is a foot a good Christmas gift? It fits right in a stocking.

  • Why does a broken drum make a good Christmas present? It can't be beat.

  • I can always predict what's inside a Christmas present. It's a gift.

  • How many presents can Santa fit in an empty sack? Just one. After that, it's not empty!

  • What animal is best at wrapping gifts? Velociraptor

  • I tried wrapping gifts all by myself this year, but it's not my gift.

  • Why couldn't the teacher couldn't find anyone to help her with her gifts? No one was present.

  • Buying presents this year is a bit of a tree-for-all.

  • What do you get when Santa brings in the presents and a fire is burning? Crisp Kringle.

  • My wife said if she didn't like my Christmas gift she'd burn it. So I got her a candle.

  • What's the scariest thing about the holidays? The ghost of Christmas presents.

Funny Christmas Jokes

poodle wears christmas costume
GK Hart/Vicky Hart
  • What do you call Santa’s most impolite reindeer? Rude-olph.

  • What does Santa eat for breakfast? Frosted Flakes.

  • What's red, white, and blue all over? A sad candy cane.

  • What do you call Santa when he's wearing ear muffs? Anything, he can't hear you.

  • What do snowmen call their offspring? Chill-dren.

  • Where does Santa cash his checks? At the snow bank.

  • What's Santa's favorite candy? Jolly Ranchers.

  • What's a Christmas tree's favorite candy? Orna-mints.

  • What's red and green and flies? A sleigh-sick Santa.

  • What did one snowman say to the other snowman? Does it smell like carrots?

  • What do you call a pig pen in winter? A pig-loo.

  • Who delivers Christmas presents to cats and dogs? Santa Paws.

close up of african man wearing christmas tree shaped glasses looking away on gray background
izusek
  • What do you call a snowman in the desert? An oasis.

  • What's big and jolly and says, "Oh, oh, oh"? Santa Claus walking backwards.

  • Where does Santa stop for coffee? Star-bucks.

  • What do Christmas trees get when they go numb? Pines and needles!

  • What falls at the North Pole but never gets hurt? Snow!

  • What do snowmen wear on their heads? Snow caps.

  • Where do elves go to vote? The north poll.

  • Why can't Santa say the alphabet? Because there is no L.

  • What does a gingerbread man use to make his bed? A cookie sheet.

  • How do Christmas trees get ready for a party? They spruce up!

  • Where do little trees go to become Christmas trees? Elementree school!

  • Why is a Christmas tree so bad at knitting? They have too many needles.

  • What does a stingy sheep say? Bah-humbug.

  • What does a bunny rabbit hang by the fireplace? Celery stalk-ings.

  • What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck? A Christmas quacker.

  • What's Santa's favorite type of music? Wrap.

Christmas Dad Jokes

little boy having fun decorating his near agony full of despair very overwhelmed by holiday season dad as a christmas tree
CHBD
  • What smells most on Christmas? Santa's nose.

  • Which of Santa's friends is the most chill? Jack Frost.

  • How is Christmas just like a day at the office? You do all the work and a guy in a suit gets all the credit.

  • How much did Santa's sleigh cost? It was on the house.

  • Did Rudolph go to school? No he was 'elf' taught.

  • What does Santa call the reindeer with no eyes? I have no eyed deer.

  • What did Mrs. Claus say to Santa when she looked up in the sky? Looks like rein, deer!

  • Which of Santa's reindeer are dinosaurs afraid of? Comet.

  • Why is Santa scared of chimneys? Because he's claus-trophobic.

  • How you can tell that Santa is real? You can always sense his presents.

  • What nationality is Santa Claus? North Polish.

dad buried in christmas gifts
Adam Hester
  • Why did Mrs. Claus get mad at Santa? Because her husband was a flake.

  • Why are Christmas trees so fond of the past? Because the present's beneath them.

  • What’s a reindeer’s favorite game? Stable tennis.

  • Why was Santa's little helper so sad? He had low elf-esteem.

  • What do reindeer say before telling a joke? This one will sleigh you!

  • Who is Santa's least favorite reindeer? Rude-olph.

  • How do you get into a reindeer’s house? Ring the deer-bell.

  • Why did Santa go to the liquor store? He was looking for holiday spirits.

  • What do you call Santa's little helpers? Subordinate Clauses.

  • What kind of money do reindeer use? Bucks!

  • What do reindeer use to communicate? The antlernet.

  • What do reindeer hang on their Christmas trees? Horn-aments.

  • What do you call a reindeer on Halloween? A cariBOO!

Christmas One-Liners

portrait of toddler girl sticking out tongue wearing reindeer antlers headband and christmas baubles
Westend61
  • Treat yo'elf.

  • We have great chemis-tree.

  • I once made a snowman laugh so hard, he made yellow snow.

  • I’ll never fir-get.

  • Let’s get elf-ed up.

  • Believe in your elf.

  • Have your elf a merry little Christmas.

  • Don't get caught elvesdropping on Santa!

  • That holiday sweater is so ugly, the word "ugly" filed a defamation suit against it.

  • Get the elf out of here.

  • A round of Santa-plause, please.

  • Santa cleans his sleigh with Santa-tizer.

smiling boy wearing christmas wreath while shopping for tree with family
Thomas Barwick
  • You know you overdid it on Christmas when aliens discover our planet, thanks to your light display.

  • Treat yo'elf.

  • Let’s get elf-ed up.

  • Believe in your elf.

  • Have your elf a merry little Christmas.

  • Christmas has me feeling extra Santa-mental.

  • Don't get caught elvesdropping on Santa!

  • Get the elf out of here.

  • That holiday sweater is so ugly, it gives Stephen King nightmares.

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