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Las Posadas Word Search

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Fifteen words for Las Posadas, a Christmas tradition kept for nine nights, December 16 to 24, in Mexico, in other Latin American countries and in many Mexican-American communities in the United States. Posada is Spanish for lodging or inn. Each evening family and neighbors walk in a candlelit procession that remembers Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay in Bethlehem, singing to ask for shelter until a home welcomes them in. Then come prayers, villancicos (carols), warm ponche and a star-shaped piñata. Print it for grades 2 to 8 or Spanish class.

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Las Posadas Word Search

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Word List

  • VILLANCICOS
  • PROCESSION
  • NINENIGHTS
  • NOCHEBUENA
  • BETHLEHEM
  • NEIGHBORS
  • NATIVITY
  • POSADAS
  • SHELTER
  • CANDLES
  • JOSEPH
  • PINATA
  • PONCHE
  • MEXICO
  • MARY
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Free printable Las Posadas word search: find 15 words, from procession and villancicos to piñata and ponche, for December 16 to 24. Answer key. Instant PDF.

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Format: US Letter PDF with answer key
  • Free to download, print, and use
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  2. Scan for first letters. Read down the word list, then look across rows and columns of the grid for the first letter of each word.
  3. Trace in any direction. Depending on the level, words run across, down, diagonally and, on hard puzzles, backward. Once you spot a starting letter, check every direction the level allows.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Las Posadas?›
Las Posadas is a nine-night Christmas tradition, December 16 to 24, that remembers Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay in Bethlehem. Families and neighbors walk in a procession with candles, sing to ask for posada (lodging), and are welcomed into a home to pray around the Nativity scene and share food, warm fruit ponche and a piñata. The tradition began near Mexico City around 1586, and Mexican-American communities across the United States keep it today.
What is in this word search?›
Fifteen words: posadas, procession, Mary, Joseph, Bethlehem, shelter, candles, villancicos, piñata, ponche, Nativity, neighbors, nine nights, Nochebuena and Mexico. Villancicos are Christmas carols, and Nochebuena is Christmas Eve, the last night of the posadas. It is the medium level, for grades 2 to 8, and Spanish words appear without accents in the grid.
Is there a bigger Las Posadas puzzle pack?›
Yes. The $2.99 Las Posadas Puzzle Pack adds a crossword, a cryptogram, a word scramble, a word fill-in and a bigger word search, with thirty new words about the songs, foods, lights and neighborly welcome of the nine nights.
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It depends on the level. Easy word searches hide words across and down, medium ones add diagonals, and hard ones can also run backward and upward. The difficulty is shown at the top of this page.
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What grade level is this for?›
Easy word searches suit kindergarten through grade 2, medium ones grades 3 to 8, and hard ones older students and adults. Teachers use them for vocabulary previews, early finishers and sub days. The page above names the grades this one was written for.
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