These Christmas Party Games Are Sure to Make Spirits Bright This Holiday Season (2023)

Turn your party into a competition inspired by reality TV: Have everyone bring a homemade Christmas cookie or another holiday treat. (Add a layer of challenge by requiring all bakers to use a unique seasonal ingredient.) Designate a judging panel to determine winners.

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This one’s a classic that never gets old. Invite guests to come dressed in their best ugly Christmas sweaters — whether store-bought or a DIY masterpiece. The one wearing the most over-the-top tacky garment wins.

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Each player in this game gets just five seconds to respond to a holiday-theme challenge. For instance, name three Christmas songs, three Christmas movies, or three of Santa’s reindeer. (It’s harder than it sounds when you’re under time pressure!) Each player gets one point for successfully answering in the allotted time.

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Think of this one as a delightful combination of beer pong and corn hole. Make your own playing field by hot glueing cups to a surface. Toss jingle bells into them to score (and make a little festive music while you’re at it).

Get the Jingle Bell Toss tutorial at Playground Parkbench.

To play this clever game, wrap a bunch of prizes and gifts inside of a giant saran wrap ball and have people take turns unwrapping the ball. Just watch out for the coal cards!

Get the Christmas Saran Wrap Game tutorial at Play Party Plan.

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Christmas Taboo Game

Love the game Taboo? Then you're sure to love this Christmas version of the classic game, which includes 72 unique cards and challenges players to give creative and carefully-worded clues.

Get everyone giggling with this Christmas-themed version of Mad Libs, which will help you and your guests put a wacky twist on a letter to Santa.

Get the Christmas Mad Libs Game tutorial at Happiness Is Homemade.

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Santa Cookie Elf Candy Snowman

This Christmas version of the popular game Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza challenges players to work together to get rid of the cards, and it's sure to have everyone in stitches.

In this Christmas-themed version of charades, participants write down a bunch of holiday-centric clues to be put in a Santa hat, and then everyone takes turns selecting one and acting it out.

Get the Christmas Charades Game tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do.

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Roll-A-Tree Game

In this fast-paced game, take turns rolling a die and placing a corresponding candy on your tree. The first to fully decorate their tree with candy is the winner.

Put your Christmas song knowledge to the test by challenging your guests to figure out the holiday tune being described by the "fancified" lyrics.

Get the Guess the Christmas Song Game tutorial at Landeelu.

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Pin the Nose on the Snowman Christmas Game

Everyone will love this festive twist on Pin the Tail on the Donkey, which includes two blindfolds, a poster, and several carrot noses to pin.

Send kids scampering all over the house with this clever scavenger hunt, which includes 24 printable clues you can hide in designated places.

Get the Christmas Scavenger Hunt tutorial at Play Party Plan.

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The Ultimate Adults Only Christmas Drinking Game

Perfect for imbibing adults, this drinking game provides a series of Christmas-themed situations and challenges participants to drink for each situation that applies to them. The best part: everyone's a winner.

Keep everyone amused during downtime with a challenging Christmas-themed word scramble.

Get the Christmas Word Scramble Game tutorial at Landeelu.

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Christmas Scratch Off Card Game

Instead of handing out regular scratch cards at your Christmas party, hand out these holiday-themed scratch-off cards. In the pack of 60, five of the cards are winners, and you can give out prizes to whomever's card reveals "Nice" instead of "Naughty."

Get participants of all ages riled up with a round or two of Christmas bingo, which you can print out to create as many sets as you need.

Get the Christmas Bingo Game tutorial at Happiness Is Homemade.

In each round of this yummy game, one Christmas elf is designated as Pete, and everyone knows which elf is Pete save for one participant. Cover each square with M&Ms and challenge the guesser to eat as many M&Ms as they can without choosing the one from Pete's square.

Get the Christmas Don't Eat Pete Game tutorial at Landeelu.

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Christmas Family Feud Game

Survey says: Things are about to get really competitive in your household with this holiday-themed version of Family Feud.

Aim is essential in this funny reindeer antlers ring toss game (and it becomes even more difficult after you've had a glass of eggnog or two).

Get the Ring the Reindeer Antlers Game tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do.

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Inflatable Reindeer Antler Ring Toss Game

Too lazy to make your own DIY reindeer ring toss game? Then you can simply buy this inflatable version, which comes with two sets of reindeer antlers, 16 colored rings, and an air pump to inflate them all.

Race against the clock (and your family members) to compete various Christmas-themed challenges in just one minute with this fast-paced game.

Get the Christmas Minute to Win It Game tutorial at Kara Creates.

How much do you actually know about Christmas? Split into teams and test your knowledge (as well as your family's) with this challenging trivia game.

Get the Christmas Trivia Game tutorial at Landeelu.

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Christmas Scattergories Game

This game challenges you to list one Christmas item for each letter of the alphabet — but the trick is to think of a different item than everyone else.