The Best Christmas Jigsaw Puzzles 2024

Christmas 2024 jigsaw puzzles are now available!
All sizes including 100, 500 and 1000 pieces. Wooden Shaped Christmas puzzles too.

I’m Geoff, former Director of Product Development at Gibsons Games with over 20 years of experience in Jigsaw Puzzles.

I’m excited to bring you the very best Christmas puzzles below including LEGO and a very special Christmas Advent puzzle calendar!

Also, the very latest official news update on the Waddington 2024 Christmas limited edition puzzle.

Wooden Christmas jigsaw puzzle

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Some of My Favourite Christmas Puzzles

Disney & Thomas Kinkade – what a combination!
Using classic Disney characters for an adult puzzle is something Kinkade have done really well.

Limited Edition puzzles are only produced for one year. When they sell out, that’s it!

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2024 Advent Calendar Gibsons

Gibsons Christmas Advent Calendar puzzle 2024

I can’t believe it but Gibsons have managed to get all their best artists including, Trevor Mitchell, Kate Mawdsley, Steve Crisp, Josie Shenoy, Janice Daughters and many more into one jigsaw puzzle!

24 festive puzzles by 24 different artists!
6 different shapes ranging from 42 – 60 pieces
and glue and ribbon to turn the puzzles into hanging decorations. 

Now available to reserve here!
Enchanted Christmas Gibsons limited edition christmas puzzle

Gibsons Limited Edition Christmas puzzle 2024

The first Christmas puzzle painted by Janice Daughters. As you would expect from Janice, it is a treasure trove of detail and colour.
Look out for Janice’s signature Ralphie Rabbit who hides in all her puzzles!

Now available to buy here
Ravensburger 2024 Christmas limited edition jigsaw puzzle

Ravensburger Special Edition Christmas puzzle 2024

Very, very cute – especially the ice skating penguin!
A unique Christmas puzzle – it looks like a cut-through of a two-storey igloo with a loft conversion.
I counted at least three Christma trees and lots & lots of little men – or are they elves?
There is no chimney, so how is Santa going to get in?

Now available to buy here

The First Ever Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle

Did you know the first ever Christmas jigsaw puzzle is believed to be
“The Christmas Pastime – A Holiday Souvenir” created by John Spilsbury in the 1760s

Waddingtons Limited Edition Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle 2024

*** latest update on Waddingtons Limited Editon 2024 ***

“We normally make a new Waddingtons Christmas jigsaw each year, however, due to COVID-related supply chain and logistical issues, the 2021 version was very delayed in its release and as a result, missed out on the usual marketing and sales opportunities. 
 
As a result, this version was rerun and sold through 2022 and 2023 and is still being sold throughout 2024.
Just so you know, the PDV Team has confirmed that due to the high levels of remaining stock of the 2021 puzzle and declining retailer interest, it is not financially viable to make a new Christmas Puzzle for 2024.”
 

So sadly, no new Waddingtons Limited Editon puzzle for 2024.

The first Waddingtons limited edition Christmas puzzle was published in 1994.
Available now mainly on auction sites, but at the time of writing this article,
there is one ‘Waddingtons Twelve Days of Christmas (1994)’ available at Amazon.

If you are looking for a rare Waddingtons Christmas limited edition 2021,
it is available here from Amazon at a great price, but stocks are limited.

Waddingtons Christmas Ltd Edition Waddingtons Christmas Ltd Edition
£7.98 £6.95

This is the 2021 version, as Waddingtons haven't released a new one for the last two years. The good thing is this version is now available at a great price!


Amazon deal here!
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Wooden Christmas Jigsaw Puzzles

How about the ultimate Christmas wooden jigsaw puzzle which can be handed down through the generations?

Wentworth, Liberty & Nautilus have some wonderful shaped puzzles with whimseys.
What’s a whimsey? A special shaped puzzle piece – see my article on Wooden jigsaw puzzles to find out more.

Wooden Christmas jigsaw puzzle

Beautiful Shaped Wooden puzzle with special pieces

Made by Wentworth Wooden Puzzle company
A beautiful Christmas puzzle to keep forever!
Painted by the talented Debbie Cook – one of my favourite puzzle artists.
Available from Wentworth Wooden Puzzles here. 

White Mountain Christmas Puzzles

White Mountain puzzles were founded in Vermont, USA in 1978 – the same year as Ben & Jerrys ice cream!
I love their style of puzzles – the way they put so much effort into the designs.
Made in the USA, you can see the full range of White Mountain puzzles here.

Puzzle & Advent calendar in one!
Christmas Calendar Christmas Calendar
$19.99 $17.99

I've counted 25 vintage calendars in this colourful collage by artist Steve Cameron, so it could also be an advent calendar!

Note that White Mountain puzzles are generally a little larger with a finished size of 24" x 30".

Available here
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500 piece Christmas Jigsaw Puzzles

Sometimes, we all need a slightly easier & quicker puzzle to do at Christmas!
A 500 piece Christmas puzzle is four  times quicker to do than a 1000 piece puzzle
 (see my article on how long do jigsaws take).

Here are some of my favourite 500 piece Christmas Puzzles

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300 & 400 piece Christmas Jigsaw Puzzles

There aren’t so many 300 or 400 piece Christmas puzzles, but here are three.
Including one I never thought I would see! 

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100 piece Christmas Jigsaw Puzzles

Really pleasantly surprised to see the quality of these 100 piece Christmas Puzzles.
Not just for Kids!

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Lego Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle

Finally, Lego have released a Christmas puzzle!

Inside, there are four interconnecting 100pc puzzles which form a classic train.
Maybe one puzzle each for the Grandparents, Parents and kids!  

100 pieces - four puzzles
Lego Christmas Train Puzzle Lego Christmas Train Puzzle
$16.95 $15.62
A LEGO Puzzle!
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GCHQ Puzzle 2024

Something completely different! GCHQ usually have a Christmas puzzle, but they have released an early one this year!

“The unique visual puzzle (below) is a nod to our historic links with codebreaking and has been designed to appeal to potential new recruits who process information differently and possess strong lateral-thinking skills. Hidden within the puzzle are thirteen clues of letters which can then be brought together to spell out a message.”

GCHQ Puzzle 2024 details here!

Is a Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle a good gift?

 

Absolutely! Puzzles at Christmas have become a tradition and something all the family can do together.
No gimmicks or batteries – just genuine family time & fun.

Some more ideas below including Disney, Roy Trower and new artist Elena Essex

Geoff Lee