Free Christmas Cross Stitch Patterns

Stitch festive designs for holiday decor, cards and handmade gifts. Each free Christmas cross stitch pattern is a printable PDF with a symbol chart and the full DMC thread list, built for the paper size you choose.

Cross-stitch pattern of a smiling elf child with a red nose in a red coat and striped scarf sitting beside a wooden wagon full of wrapped gifts
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Christmas Elf with a Gift Wagon

201 x 217 stitches · 14.4" x 15.5"

Cross-stitch pattern of a smiling Christmas elf with a red nose, a Santa hat and a green and red striped sweater hugging a young fawn
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Christmas Elf Hugging a Fawn

115 x 169 stitches · 8.2" x 12.1"

Cross-stitch pattern of a gingerbread cottage with an iced roof and candy-cane fences in a snowy forest of pine trees
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Gingerbread Cottage in a Snowy Forest

200 x 200 stitches · 14.3" x 14.3"

Cross-stitch pattern of a white-bearded gnome in a red hat standing on a stool to hang a bauble on a small Christmas tree in a wooden kitchen
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Gnome Decorating a Christmas Tree

200 x 200 stitches · 14.3" x 14.3"

Cross-stitch pattern of Santa in a red coat holding a plate of gingerbread cookies and candy canes, next to a robin sitting in a holly teacup
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Santa with Cookies and a Robin

191 x 202 stitches · 13.6" x 14.4"

Smiling beeswax candle with dripping wax and a lit flame, on a wooden plate ringed with holly and red berries, cross-stitch pattern preview
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Beeswax Candle with Holly

145 x 143 stitches · 10.4" x 10.2"

Chickadee perched inside a clear glass Christmas ornament topped with pine and red berries, cross-stitch pattern preview
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Chickadee in a Glass Ornament

162 x 183 stitches · 11.6" x 13.1"

Ginger kitten and gray tabby kitten peeking out of a red and green plaid Christmas gift box with red ribbons, cross-stitch pattern preview
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Kittens in a Gift Box

220 x 164 stitches · 15.7" x 11.7"

Two round birds shaped like Christmas baubles, one blue and one red, perched on a pine branch with holly, cross-stitch pattern preview
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Ornament Birds on a Pine Bough

174 x 154 stitches · 12.4" x 11.0"

Cross-stitch pattern of a close-up robin's face framed by a crown of holly, mistletoe, and Celtic-knot leaf patterns
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Celtic Yuletide Robin

207 x 222 stitches · 14.8" x 15.9"

Timing a Christmas project

Christmas stitching runs on a deadline. A small motif for an ornament or a card front can be finished in a weekend, but a large, detailed chart takes months, so count back from the date it has to be framed and wrapped.

Reds and greens can blur together under evening light. Keep your floss sorted by DMC number, work the darkest outline color in good daylight, and compare the finished size on each card with the frame or ornament blank you plan to use.

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