25 Holiday Riddles for Teens

1. At every relative's house I am the first thing you ask for. Nobody can see me, and I am often taped to the router. What am I?

2. I am three bouncing dots that make you wait for words not written yet. What am I?

3. You can take me at a party without stealing anything, and I stay frozen forever without being cold. What am I?

4. I turn red when your phone is almost dead, usually right as the midnight countdown starts. What am I?

5. I am the one thing everyone forgets to pack, and without me your phone takes a very long nap. What am I?

6. I save the funniest moment from your screen so it can be sent around forever. What am I?

7. I have two ears but cannot hear a thing, and I help you tune out the long holiday drive. What am I?

8. All semester I yell at you every morning. Winter break is when you finally get to ignore me. What am I?

9. Do me until noon during winter break and it feels like the best part of vacation. What am I?

10. I turn an ordinary hallway into a skating rink, but only for socks. What am I?

11. Teachers send me home for the break, and I am usually finished the night before school starts again. What am I?

12. I am empty in late December, packed the first week of January, and quiet again by February. What am I?

13. I have a hood, a front pocket and two strings, and I am basically a blanket you can wear. What am I?

14. I am knitted to look terrible on purpose, and the worse I look, the more likely I am to win. What am I?

15. I copy every outfit and every face you make before the party, but I never say a word. What am I?

16. I am a single board you ride sideways down a snowy mountain. What am I?

17. A breath fogs a cold windowpane. Then a finger draws a clear shape through the mist. What is the result called here?

18. I am smooth, cold and nearly invisible, and I make everyone on the sidewalk walk like a penguin. What am I?

19. I hide inside a sweater, speak only in symbols, and know whether the dryer is dangerous. What am I?

20. I am the go-to choice for anyone who cannot wrap. Drop the gift in, stuff tissue on top, done. What am I?

21. Half of me never makes it into the oven because someone keeps sneaking spoonfuls. What am I?

22. I am a decorative picture made by cutting and layering photos so some overlap. I am not a time-ordered sequence. What am I?

23. I am the pause after the question and before the room learns who won. What am I?

24. I make one friend's noon another friend's breakfast, even while both phones show the same video call. What am I?

25. I have twelve months and fifty-two weeks, and on January 1 everyone calls me new. What am I?