Determine the names of the nine Christmas phobias below.
Then use the nine key words in the clues together with the nine phobias and place them in the boxes below.
1. The fear of ELVES __________________________
2. The fear of CROWDS __________________________
3. The fear of KISSING under the mistletoe __________________________
4. The fear of SANTA Claus __________________________
5. The fear of flashing LIGHTS __________________________
6. The fear of CHURCHES __________________________
7. The fear of RELATIVES __________________________
8. The fear of TURKEY __________________________
9. The fear of CHRISTMAS __________________________
One of Mr. P's grandchildren suffers from the Fear of Santa Claus:
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Place the eighteen words from above in the boxes below:
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Solution to the Problem:
Solution to "Christmas Phobias"---------------------------------
1) Fayophobia
2) Agoraphobia (but Enochlophobia is also correct)
3) Cyssanophobia (Philemaphobia and philematophobia are also correct)
4) Santaphobia
5) Selaphobia (heliophobia and photophobia are also correct)
6) Ecclesiophobia
7) Syngenesophobia
8) Meleagrisphobia
9) Christougenniatikophobia
Correctly solved by:
The following people completely solved the puzzle:
| 1. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
| 2. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 3. Bria Poellnitz | ----------- |
| 4. Heather Widener | McLean, Virginia, USA |
| 5. Ivy Joseph | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| 6. Kelly Stubblefield | Mobile, Alabama, USA |
The following people partially solved the puzzle (listing the nine phobias):
| 7. K. Sengupta | Calcutta, India |
| 8. Seth Cohen | Concord, New Hampshire, USA |