8th Grade Christmas Worksheets

Finding Christmas activities for 8th graders is hard, because most holiday printables are made for younger kids. These 8th grade Christmas worksheets keep the festive theme and ask for real 8th grade thinking. Students solve multi-step equations in a Christmas math escape, analyze irony and theme in The Gift of the Magi, and explore the symbolism of Marley's chain in A Christmas Carol. Detailed coloring pages are ready for the last afternoon before break. Every worksheet is assigned to 8th grade.

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8th Grade Christmas Math Escape

The Christmas math escape turns equation practice into a challenge: students solve multi-step equations, including equations with variables on both sides and equations with no solution or infinitely many solutions, to unlock each lock in Santa's workshop (8.EE.C.7). It works as a team review before a unit test or as a fun warm-up during the last week of school. For more holiday math, see the 7th grade Christmas math worksheets.

8th Grade Christmas Literature

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry is a classic holiday story that 8th graders can analyze in depth. The worksheet asks students to identify situational irony, explain the theme and cite evidence from the text (RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.6). A Christmas Carol lesson asks students to explain what Marley's chain symbolizes and how it connects to the novel's message about greed and generosity. Together they make a short literature unit for the weeks before break.

Skills Covered

• Linear equations: solve multi-step equations, including variables on both sides (8.EE.C.7).
• Special cases: recognize equations with one, none or infinitely many solutions (8.EE.C.7.A).
• Literature: theme, irony, symbolism and text evidence (RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.6).

Discussion Questions for The Gift of the Magi

• Why did Della and Jim each sell their most valuable possession?
• How is the ending an example of situational irony?
• Why does the narrator call them the wisest of all who give gifts?
• What does the story say about the value of a gift compared with its price?

Ideas for the Last Week Before Break

• Math escape room: put students in teams of three and time how fast they unlock Santa's workshop.
• Literature circle: read The Gift of the Magi aloud, then discuss whether Della and Jim made good choices.
• Writing response: students write about the best gift they ever gave and why it mattered.

The same holiday theme is available one level down on the 7th grade Christmas worksheets page. High school teachers can use these pages for 9th grade review, and you can browse every Christmas worksheet by subject and grade.

All worksheets print in black and white on US Letter paper and use US spelling.

The math escape and both literature pages include answer keys with model answers, so you can check work quickly before break. The coloring pages are a good reward after students finish the escape, and they give quieter students a calm way to end the semester. Because every worksheet is assigned to 8th grade, the skills match what your students are learning now, and several pages also work for 9th grade review. If you teach several grades, the same holiday theme continues on the 7th grade page with proportions, percents and probability, so the whole department can plan one festive review week.

Every page is free to print or to assign online.

Detailed Coloring Pages

Zentangle Santa pages, geometric Christmas trees, ornament patterns and poinsettia borders give 8th graders a calm activity after exams or on the last afternoon before break. Many students also turn them into holiday cards.