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A riddle advent calendar

A riddle a day for kids and families: a door opens on its day once the answer is right. Rather have it all at once? In the editor it becomes a treasure hunt where each answer reveals the next riddle.

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The longer I work, the shorter I get, and my head glows the whole time. What am I?

The 24 riddles

  1. 1 The longer I work, the shorter I get, and my head glows the whole time. What am I?
  2. 2 I have a carrot for a nose and coal for eyes, but no legs. Still, in spring I disappear. Who am I?
  3. 3 In sunshine I follow you everywhere, but in the dark I leave you alone. What am I?
  4. 4 At night I shine high in the sky, and in December I also sit right at the top of the tree. What am I?
  5. 5 I have five fingers but no bones, and in winter I keep your hand warm. What am I?
  6. 6 I hang by the fireplace, empty for most of the year, and wake up full on Christmas morning. What am I?
  7. 7 I hang on the wall with a face and two hands but no arms, and I keep running without going anywhere. What am I?
  8. 8 I live in the mountains and answer you without a mouth — but I only ever say what you just said. What am I?
  9. 9 I appear after the rain when the sun comes out, I wear seven colours, and I weigh nothing at all. What am I?
  10. 10 When you look at me, someone looks back — but it is always your own face. What am I?
  11. 11 I am small and made of metal, I live on a ring with my friends, and without me the door stays shut. What am I?
  12. 12 I fall quietly from the sky, I have six points, and no two of us look the same. What am I?
  13. 13 I travel all around the world while staying in my corner. What am I?
  14. 14 The more you take away from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
  15. 15 Whoever cuts me ends up crying, though I never hurt anyone. What am I?
  16. 16 Sometimes I am round, sometimes half, sometimes a thin sliver, and I only shine because the sun lights me up. What am I?
  17. 17 I am water, but you can stand on me when it has been freezing for a long time. What am I?
  18. 18 I wear paper and a bow, and what is inside me should stay a surprise until the very end. What am I?
  19. 19 I have a bridge but no river, I run without legs in winter, and you wear me in the middle of your face. What am I?
  20. 20 I have a tongue but never speak. Move me, and I ring. What am I?
  21. 21 I have leaves but I am not a tree, and a spine but no bones. Whole worlds live inside me. What am I?
  22. 22 I have twelve months, but I only live for one year. What am I?
  23. 23 Everyone has me, nobody can hold on to me, and just before Christmas I seem to pass extra slowly. What am I?
  24. 24 Twenty-three riddles have been waiting for me, and today I am finally here. What is my name?
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