Christmas adjectives
Can you think of three interesting adjectives
to describe these Christmas characters?
There are some ideas below to help you.
1. Santa
2. Baby Jesus
3. Mary
4. Joseph
5. Rudolph
6. The three kings
7. The shepherds
8. elves
9. angels
10. oxen
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Add some adjectives to complete this Christmas story.
It was a __________________ road to Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph
were very __________________ . The donkey was
__________________ too.
Mary felt __________________ about the birth of her child.
When there was no room in the inn, Joseph found a
__________________ stable for Mary to rest in. There
was__________________ straw in the stable and lots of
__________________ animals.
Above the stable a __________________ star appeared which
guided the __________________ shepherds to the spot where
Jesus was to be born. The __________________ Kings saw
the star too and travelled from afar.
Mary gave birth to a __________________ baby boy. He cried
__________________ and then settled down __________________ into
his mother’s arms. The Kings offered the newborn baby
__________________ gifts. Everyone knew that the
__________________ angel that had foretold the birth of Jesus, was
telling the truth.
They thanked God for the new Messiah!
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Now make a list of all of the adjectives
you have used in the story.
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The adjectives in the first column are jumbled
up into anagrams and are supposed to
join the words in the second column.
Can you work out what they are meant to say?
jametsci
kings
ginnihs
stars
veryils
moon
litgtering
decorations
cusluctne
turkey
haenevyl
angels
ingjingl
bells
lufl
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Now imagine that you have just woken up and
remembered that it is Christmas day.
In the star, write down 10 adjectives to describe how you feel.
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Answer sheet
majestic kings
shining stars
silvery moon
glittering decorations
succulent turkey
heavenly angels
jingling bells
full stockings
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