30+ Christmas Party Games & Activities
Santa-riffic Ways to Entertain Guests of All Ages
Embrace the holiday spirit and get ready to jingle all the way – it's time to plan the ultimate Christmas party! Whether you're organizing a festive gathering for your family, friends, coworkers, or kiddo’s class, our jolly list of Christmas party games and activities will help transform your event into a wonderland of merriment and laughter. From classic games that evoke nostalgia to creative DIY activities, we've got your Christmas party fun covered.
Christmas Activity & Game Ideas
Keep guests merrily engaged throughout your holiday celebration with sled-tastic Christmas party games and activities – get idea sparkers below!
Candy Cane Hunt: Similar to an Easter egg hunt, hide candy canes around your home or yard for kids (and adults) to find. Whoever collects the most candy canes wins.
Secret Santa Gift Exchange: Organize a Secret Santa gift exchange where guests draw names and give a small, surprise gift to the person they've selected. Get Secret Santa gift ideas here!
Ho-ho-holiday Costume Contest: Encourage guests to dress up as their favorite holiday characters, like Santa, elves, reindeer, or snowmen. Hold a costume contest with prizes for the best outfits.
Christmas Cookie Swap: Ask guests to bring their favorite homemade holiday cookies to exchange with others. Provide boxes or bags for guests to take home a variety of treats.
Cheerful Charitable Giving: Encourage guests to bring gift donations for a local charity or participate in a charitable activity, like assembling care packages for those in need.
Gift Wrapping Relay: Divide guests into teams and set up a gift-wrapping relay race. Provide the needed supplies and see which team can wrap and decorate a gift the fastest.
Christmas Card Exchange: Ask guests to bring a stack of holiday cards, and everyone can exchange and personalize cards to send to loved ones.
DIY Christmas Craft Station: Set up a crafting station with materials for making holiday-themed crafts, like DIY Christmas cards, wreaths, or ornaments.
Sleigh-larious Charades: A festive twist on the classic charades game, where players act out Christmas-themed words or phrases without speaking while others guess what they're trying to convey – sure to result in some LOLs!
Reindeer Games: Host reindeer-themed games like Pin the Nose on Rudolf, Antler Ring Toss, and Pass the Antlers (played like hot potato). Get more reindeer games ideas here.
Christmas Story Charades: Instead of individual words or phrases, act out scenes from popular Christmas stories or movies, and have guests guess the title.
Christmas Light Tour: Organize a walking tour of local neighborhoods known for their impressive Christmas light displays.
Holiday Bingo: Create bingo cards featuring holiday-related images or words. Use small candies or holiday-themed markers as game pieces, and call out items for players to mark on their cards.
Guess the Number of Ornaments: Fill a clear jar with holiday ornaments and ask guests to guess how many are inside. The closest guess wins the jar of ornaments.
Christmas Carol Karaoke: Set up a karaoke machine or use a karaoke app, and let guests sing their favorite Christmas carols or songs.
Holiday Scavenger Hunt: Create a Christmas-themed scavenger hunt with clues hidden around your home or party venue. Guests can work in teams to solve the clues and find hidden treasures.
Festive Photo Booth: Set up a photo booth with holiday props and backdrops for guests to take festive pictures. You can provide instant prints as party favors.
Holiday Pictionary: Play a holiday-themed version of Pictionary, where participants draw and guess Christmas-related words or phrases.
Mistletoe-rific Mad Libs: Create Christmas-themed Mad Libs with fill-in-the-blank stories. Guests can take turns filling in the blanks, resulting in hilarious and creative tales.
Christmas Cookie Decorating: Set up a cookie decorating station with plain cookies, frosting, a variety of toppings like sprinkles, chocolate chips, and colored icing, and edible ink markers.
Gingerbread-orable House Decorating: Provide gingerbread house kits, plenty of icing, and an assortment of candies for guests to decorate their own gingerbread houses.
Christmas Carol Sing-Along: Gather around and sing your favorite Christmas carols together. You can provide song lyrics for everyone to follow along.
Festive Puzzle Race: Provide guests with holiday-themed jigsaw puzzles and see who can complete theirs the quickest.
Jolly Jeopardy: Set up a Christmas-themed Jeopardy game with categories related to holiday traditions, movies, music, and more.
Christmas Storytelling: Have guests take turns sharing their favorite holiday stories or memories.
Christmas Trivia: Test your guests' knowledge of holiday facts with a Christmas trivia game.
Merry Movie Marathon: Set up a cozy viewing area with blankets and pillows and screen classic Christmas movies. Offer popcorn, hot cocoa, and holiday-themed snacks.
Christmas Movie Bingo: A fun add-on for your movie marathon – create bingo cards with common Christmas movie clichés or scenes, such as someone saying "Merry Christmas" or a character wearing a Santa hat. As guests watch holiday movies, they mark off items on their bingo cards.
Holiday Word Search: Print out Christmas-themed word search puzzles for guests to enjoy during downtime.
White Elephant Gift Exchange: Host the classic holiday game where guests bring wrapped, anonymous gifts, and then take turns selecting and unwrapping them (or stealing gifts from previous openers, adding an element of surprise and competition.) Get White Elephant gift ideas here!
Wine Tasting: For an adult holiday affair, raise your glasses to the season with a merry wine tasting.
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