These Christmas party games are guaranteed to make even the lamest Christmas party entertaining! With 65 of the absolute best Christmas games for adults and kidsthere’s really something for everyone and every type of party! Fun Christmas gamesfree Christmas gamesand even Christmas games to play with big groups!
the Best Christmas Party Games
With all of the holiday partiesyou’re bound to need at least a couple of fun Christmas games to play! Lucky for youI’ve gone through the trouble of putting all of the best Christmas party games right in one place so you can choose what works best for you!
There are Christmas party games for kidsadultsoffice partiesand even the entire family! I’ve split them into sections for you to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. Click on the link below to jump right to that section!
Christmas Party Games Index
- Family Christmas Party Games
- Gift Exchange Christmas Games
- Gift Giving Christmas Games
- Christmas Games for Adults
- Printable Christmas Games
- Other Christmas Party Games
Family Christmas Party Games
Having a Christmas party with the entire family (or a bigger group of friends)? These are some of the best Christmas games that work for all agesall group sizesand all levels of participation! Many of these are also great for Christmas classroom parties!
1 – Christmas Minute to Win It Games
Twenty-five different Christmas inspired minute to win it games that will have you ringing bellsrocking around Christmas treesand rolling with laugher! Get all the Christmas games here.
2 – Pop a Prize Game
In this hilarious gameplayers have to pop balloons to try and win prizes! But before they can popthey must roll the right number. It’s kind of like the saran wrap game but a lot funnier to watch!
Get the pop a prize game rules here.
3 – Candy Cane Olympics
Get your friends and family together for a candy cane Olympics! Ten fun candy cane games that players of any age can play! Play in teams and the team who wins the most events wins it all!
Get all the candy cane game ideas here!
4 – Nutcracker Games
Host your very own nutcracker games using nutsnut containersand nutcrackers! Similar to the candy cane Olympics except with a nutcracker theme! We did our own nutcracker games this yearand I haven’t laughed so hard in a really long time!
Get the instructions and all of the nutty nutcracker games here.
5 – Reindeer Games
Santa’s reindeer never let Rudolph join in any of the reindeer games but that doesn’t mean that you and your family can’t! This set of 12 reindeer games is hilariousgreat for any ageand for any size group!
Get the instructions and all the reindeer games here!
6 – Christmas Floor Game
This Christmas floor game is an at-home version of the game show The Floor where two people compete head to head to shout out Christmas inspired images they seen on the screen!
We’ve created 24 different Christmas floor game slideshows for you to play with your family at home – if I was going to play one Christmas game this yearit’d be this one!
7 – Grinch Games
Play your own version of Whoville games with these Grinch games! There are games like stealing Christmas39 1/2 foot pole racesand more! With over 20 fun Grinch gamesthey’re a great option for anyone celebrating Grinchmas or having a Grinch themed Christmas party!
8 – Holiday How Do You Doo
In this songyou have to doo your way to holiday victory by singing popular Christmas songs (use this Christmas playlist or the printable in this Christmas name that tune game) and getting your team to guess them. But bewareyou can only use the word doo when you sing!
Get the instructions and more awesome party games for adults here.
9 – Lump of Coal Christmas Saran Wrap Game
In this hilarious gameyou wrap up a bunch of small prizes and gifts (quarterscandygift cards) in a big ball of saran wrap.
What makes this game way more fun than a typical saran wrap ball game is the addition of coal cards that make people do things like wrap the ball behind their backname five of Santa’s reindeer before they unwrapand so on.
It’s hilarious and one of our new favorites! Get the coal cards and Christmas saran wrap game rules here.
10 – Christmas Name That Tune
This game is fun for anyone who loves music but may not be able to sing (even in doo form)! See who can guess popular Christmas songs first in this Christmas name that tune game.
Or try one of these two other Christmas name that tune variations that have people singing their Ho Ho Ho’s and trying to get teammates to guess Christmas songs!
11 – Higher or Lower Christmas Game
This fun Christmas game puts a spin on a Christmas trivia gamea spin that allows everyone to play! Players have to guess whether or not the number included in a Christmas statement is higher or lower than the actual answer – everyone has a 50/50 shot every time!
Everyone from my boys to my grandparents loved this one! Get the Christmas higher lower trivia questions.
12 – The First Noel
In this hilarious gameteams compete to be able to come up with items in different categories that don’t have the letter L. It’s harder than it looks and hilarious to watch people try and figure out things that work while the time is running down!
Get the first noel game instructions here!
13 – Christmas Charades
In this fun gameplayers have to act out Christmas words and get their team to guess them before the time runs out.
Or try one of these five different Christmas charades games – different than the classic Christmas charades! Or if you’d rather draw than actChristmas pictionary works with the words too!
Get all the Christmas charades and pictionary words here!
14 – Christmas Kisses Game
This is my new favorite Christmas game! Ask true or false Christmas trivia questions to cover your tree! First one to cover the tree wins and with true or false questionsyou never know who is going to win!
Get the game card and over 300 trivia questions in this family-friendly Christmas trivia game here!
15 – Let’s Make A Deal
In this fun Christmas edition of the popular game showplayers get the chance to win cashgift cardsand prizes but only if they’re willing to risk it all! It’s a fun risk and reward type game that’s a blast for the holidays!
Get the full Let’s Make A Deal game rules here.
16 – Christmas Recall
How good is your memory? This Christmas game will test people’s memories but not in a traditional Christmas matching game. Insteadplayers will have to look at familiar Christmas images and try to recall things from those images to win points!
Get the Christmas recall game and free slideshows to play.
17 – Christmas Family Feud
Okay so this game isn’t technically just for adultsbut you’re going to want some adults involved when you’re playing it to be able to get all the answers.
Inspired by the game show Family Feudthis game has you competing as teams (or families) to guess the most popular answers to questions like Name a Popular Christmas song.
Get the free printable family feud game here. And if you’ve played beforethere are all new questions for this year! And if you don’t want to print something outyou can also buy our done for you PowerPoint templates in my shop.
18 – Twelve Days of Christmas Minute to Win It Games
If those minute to win it games weren’t enoughtry these ones inspired by the twelve days of Christmas song. They include everything from tossing bears to laying goose eggs! They’re hilarious and so much fun.
Get the 12 days of Christmas game ideas here.
Gift Exchange Christmas Party Games
These games aren’t your typical white elephant gift exchange; they’re unique and creative gift exchange games. The only other thing you’ll need are some great white elephant gift ideas!
19 – Red Light Green Light Gift Exchange
In this unique gift exchangeeveryone will bring stocking stuffers to exchange! Players have to roll to try and win gifts from the pile without rolling a red lightwhich will keep them from stealing what they really want! It’s fastfunand family-friendly!
Get the red light green light gift game rules here.
20 – The Brick Gift Exchange
In this fun gift exchangeplayers get the option to choose a gift from the tableto swap a gift with someone elseor to choose a brick! It’s a risk or reward gift exchange game that is a super fun variation on your normal gift exchange!
Get the full rules for the brick gift exchange.
21 – 6 7 gift exchange
If you’re looking for a gift exchange for teens (or your entire family)this is it. It was designed to be a play on the 6 7 trend of 2025 but in reality it’s just a really fun game where you have to try to roll certain numbers to steal and freeze prizes! Everyone is involved throughout the gamemaking it even more fun for the whole group!
Get the 6 7 gift exchange rules.
22 – Holiday Hustle
This hilarious gift exchange game is going viral all over social media right now for good reason! It’s the fastest and funniest gift exchange you’ll ever do because it’s played with an hourglass timer!
Get the full rules and instructions for holiday hustle.
23 – Deck the Cards Gift Exchange
If you like gift exchanges where gifts move around a lottry this one this year! Everyone starts with a gift and the gifts moveget openedand even stolen as people flip over playing cards!
This is the gift exchange we did this yearand it’s an absolute blast! Get the deck of cards gift exchange here!
24 – Chews your gift exchange
This gift exchange game is extra sweet! Everyone chooses a Tootsie Roll CHEWS candy that helps them choose what happens with their gift! The luck of the draw will have gifts passing leftpassing rightand swapping between people throughout this hilarious game!
Get the rules and free printable chews your own gift exchange game.
25 – Santa’s Helper Gift Exchange
This may be my favorite gift exchange idea ever. Instead of fighting for a gift for yourselfyou get to play the part of Santa’s elf and fight for a gift for someone else.
It’s amazing how one simple switch can change everything. Get the full rules and printables for this Santa’s Helper gift exchange here.
26 – Switch Steal Unwrap Dice Gift Exchange Game
In this simple dice gift exchange gameeveryone rolls a dice to see what happens with their gift – unwrapswitchor steal! It’s one of my most viral games ever and still one of my favorites!
Get the rules and printable or this dice gift exchange game here.
27 – Another December Dice Exchange
Similar to the switch steal unwrap game abovein this game you use dice to determine what happens to the gifts. But instead of actions happening to one giftthey’re happening to everyone in the circle. Round and round the gift goeswhere they’ll stop nobody knows!
This is a simple and fun one and great if you have a group who might get offended by stealing. Get the rules and printable gift exchange games here.
28 – Card Gift Exchange Game
In this non traditional gift exchangeyou pick a 12 days of Christmas inspired card and it tells you what to do. Switch gifts leftsteal a gift from someone elseunwrap two giftsand so on.
Get the 12 days of Christmas party ideas and printable cards here here.
Or if you want a set of cards that are not 12 days of Christmas inspiredhere’s a great set of gift exchange card ideas that are just generally Christmas themed.
29 – Heads or Tails Gift Exchange
Don’t want to decide whether to steal a gift or not? Let a coin decide in this fun gift exchange idea.
Get the heads or tails gift exchange instructions here.
30 – Scrooge Your Neighbor Game
This is another Christmas party game that includes cards but instead of using cards to tell you what to do – the Scrooge Your Neighbor cards give you special actions you can take during the exchange.
Scrooge blocks a stealTiny Tim unfreezes a gift that’s been frozenand so on.
Get the free scrooge your neighbor gift exchange here.
31 – Left Right Christmas Game
In this fun gift exchange gameeveryone sits in a circle and starts with a gift in their hands. As you read a poem that’s filled with the words right and leftyou pass the gifts right or left. It’s crazyfunand absolutely hilarious!
We did this for our mug exchange this yearand it was the perfect way to switch gifts!
Get four free printable left right Christmas game poems here – a Disney onea girls night onea nativity (Christ centered one)and a North Pole Santa story.
32 – Rock Paper Switch Gift Exchange Game
Who doesn’t love a good game of rock paper scissors? This game combines a traditional gift exchange game with the classic game of rock paper scissors. It’s epic and amazing.
Get full instructions for the rock paper switch game here!
33 – Christmas War Gift Exchange
This fun variation on a gift exchange incorporates the classic card game of war with a gift exchange! Challenge people to a war to try and steal gifts but whoever wins get to keep the best gifts! It’s a fun one for any age that’s easy to learn and play!
Get the rules for the Christmas war gift exchange.
34 – Never Have I Ever Christmas Gift Game
If you’ve ever played never have I everthis is a version of that game except with gifts. It’s hilariousfunand a great way to get to know a little bit more about each other.
It’s also good if you don’t want to deal with any stealing or hurt feelings!
Get the never have I ever questions and game instructions here.
35 – Grinch Gift Exchange
This fun Grinch gift game is like a left right game a Grinch inspired one! Pass the presents around the circle while you read the bookyou never know where they’re going to end up!
Get the Grinch gift exchange details here!
36 – Vegas Gift Exchange
This Vegas inspired gift exchange incorporates hands of Black Jack and dice rolling in a really fun gift exchange that’s perfect for office partiesadult partiesand more! Or turn it into a family game by switching out the Black Jack for games of War!
Get the Vegas gift exchange rules.
Gift Giving Christmas Party Games
Sometimes you don’t actually want people to bring gifts for a gift exchange (like in the games above). Sometimes you just want to give people gifts – or you want to have people chip in so you can buy all the gifts.
These gift giving games are perfect for those times. And honestlyit’s the season of giving so these are some of my favorite games of all!
37 – Grinch Grab Punch Game
Make this quick and easy Grinch inspired Christmas punch game (or this DIY advent calendar) then let people punch out a prize either just because or if they complete a challenge! Make it a great game for teens and adults with the addition of stealing hearts! This is one you’ll play for years to come!
38 – Santa’s Grab Bag
In this hilarious gameeveryone passes around a bag of wrapped gifts like you would if you’re playing hot potato! When the music stopsthe person holding the bag picks out a gift and has to complete a challenge to win the gift!
It’s a game of luckskilland just a lot of fun! Get the Santa’s Grab bag game rules (and challenge ideas) here.
39 – 12 days of Giftmas
In this fun gameeveryone will roll the dice to try and move their playing piece down the path to win prizes! Each line on the path comes with a prizebut it’s also a race so if you’re the last one thereno prize for you. This was easily my family’s favorite game we played this year!
Get the rules for the 12 days of Giftmas game.
40 – Christmas Price is Right
You can either play this Christmas price is right game as a prize winning game or a gift exchange game! In the gamepeople have to guess the price of Christmas items without losing their cash! Whoever has the most cash at the end of the game wins the prize (or first pick of gift).
Get all of the rules for this Christmas price is right game.
41 – Ping Pong Prize Game
In this hilarious gameyou put a bunch of prizes out on a ping pong table (if you don’t have a tablethis kit turns any table into a ping pong table). Players answer Christmas trivia questions and if they answer correctlythey get a chance to try and hit a prize!
Get all the rules for these fun ping pong games here.
42 – Pass the Gift Game
In this game you wrap up one gift (typically something good like a gift card) a whole bunch of times with lines of a poem in between layers. Start the gift with someone in the room and they unwrap a layer then read the note on the card telling you where to pass the present.
Keep passing the gift around until some lucky winner unwraps the final gift! Get four free poems and pass the gift game instructions here.
43 – Don’t Eat Santa
This fun press your luck game will have players trying to win prizes while trying to avoid Santa who will make them lose all of their gifts! It’s hilarious to watch and so much fun to play!
Get the don’t eat Santa game instructions here.
44 – Reindeer Hunt
In this fun gameplayers have to find all of the reindeer to win a prize! It’s an active hunt that will keep kids and adults searching for magical reindeer! This is a fun and interactive way to give out a little Christmas magic!
Get the rules and printable reindeer hunt cards here.
45 – Stack Attack
This is one of our new favorite party games! The basic idea is that teams have to try and answer Christmas trivia questions of some sort – movie quotesname that tuneregular Christmas trivia – to win the chance to place disks in a connect four game. Last one to fill the column wins the prize!
It’s another you’ve gotta take some risk to winbut it’s a lot of fun! Get all the rules for this Stack Attack party game here.
46 – Musical Gifts
Play this as a gift giving game or as a gift exchange game! Everyone sits in a circle and passes a gift aroundwherever it lands determine if you’re in or out! It’s a play on musical chairshot potatoand a gift exchange all in one fun and easy game!
Get the musical gifts game rules and ideas.
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Fun Christmas Games for Adults
These Christmas games for adults (or teens) are great for large groupsoffice partiesor Christmas Eve activities! Don’t forget to pick up some gift cardsChristmas candy, or Christmas movies as prizes for the winners!
48 – Christmas Movie Bingo
Buy some Christmas movies as prizes and get ready for a round of Christmas bingo! In this Christmas movie edition of the classic bingo gameyou either have to match movies or popular movie quotes with holiday classics!
Get the free printable Christmas movie bingo cards here.
49 – Christmas Jeopardy
This Christmas version of the classic game show is great for teens and adults! See how many Christmas questions you can get right then wager it all in final Jeopardy! The game comes with four full sets of questions plus tips on how to make your own Jeopardy board!
Get the Christmas Jeopardy game here if you want to make your own board or use our Christmas Jeopardy PowerPoint templates to play a digital version.
50 – Christmas Rhyme Time
In this fun gameplayers have to come up with new rhyming versions of Christmas lyrics! But watch outdon’t match someone else’s rhyme or yours doesn’t count! A printable game PLUS two additional interactive versions that would be great for the entire family!
Get the free printable Christmas rhyme game here.
51 – Christmas Movie Games
Three fun Christmas movie games that have people guessing popular Christmas movies based on quotesplot sub-titlesand even names you might’ve found in the thesaurus!
Adults and teens will absolutely love these Christmas movie trivia games!
52 – Christmas Emoji Game
How well do you know your Christmas movies? Enough to know how they’re written in emoji form? This Christmas emoji game is a lot of fun and great for adults or teens who will know these Christmas movies!
Get the free printable Christmas emoji game here.
53 – Christmas Trivia
See how well you know popular Christmas facts with these fun Christmas trivia questions! Over 75 Christmas trivia questions ranging from easy enough for kids to ones that’ll challenge even trivia buffs!
Get all the printable Christmas trivia questions here.
54 – Christmas Scattergories
A Christmas version of one of my favorite board games for adults – in Christmas scattegorieseveryone has to come up with Christmas answers for individual categories without matching someone else’s answer.
It’s trickyfunand great for teens and adults! Get the Christmas scattergories cards here!
55 – Christmas Price is Right
See who can guess the prices of popular Christmas items like stockings and ornaments in this fun holiday themed version of the game show! This printable game is simple to play and great for adults who will likely have a better grasp of prices than younger friends!
Get the printable Christmas price is right game here!
56 – Christmas Carol Chaos Game
See if you can figure out the real names of these mixed up Christmas carols. Some of them like quiet after duck are easy and some are definitely more challenging!
Get the free printable Christmas carol chaos game here. Or make it a little easier with this fun Christmas carol game that involves matching songs instead!
Printable Christmas Party Games
These are the simplest of all of the Christmas party games. Just downloadprintand play. If you’re gonna try out bingothese bingo stampers are a hit with the kids and holiday candy is a hit with the adults for markers.
57 – Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Kids always love scavenger hunts where they have to solve different clues and riddles to find a treasure at the end!
This Christmas one will have them trying to chase down a sneaky elf who leaves them a fun Christmas themed surprise.
Get the free printable Christmas scavenger hunt here.
58 – Christmas Seek & Find Hunt
This fun Christmas scavenger hunt will have kidsteensor adults running around trying to find items on this Christmas list! This one is great for playing at homeat a partyor around the neighborhood!
Or skip the regular scavenger hunt and send them around the neighborhood looking for Christmas light instead with this Christmas light scavenger hunt!
59 – Roll a Christmas Tree (or snowman) Game
Don’t want to roll a snowman? You could try this roll a Christmas tree game instead – same idea just rolling a Christmas tree instead of a snowman.
Get full instructions and the free printable roll a Christmas tree dice game here.
Or if you want to take it a step further? Try this roll a snowman game instead where you’re not only building a paper snowman (although there is that option) but also a marshmallow one! Kids will love this!
Get the printable roll a snowman game.
60 – Christmas Danger Words
Can you get your teammate to guess a specific word or phrase without them guessing the danger word? It sounds easybut it’s not as easy as it sounds! This fun Christmas game is great for smaller groups and families!
Get the Christmas danger words here.
61 – Christmas Bingo
Use these cute Christmas bingo boards to play everyone’s favorite game! With over 40 unique Christmas bingo cards availableit’s a set that’s big enough for any size Christmas party!
Get the Christmas bingo cards here!
62 – Christmas Music Bingo
Switch things up from regular bingo and try a little Christmas music bingo this year! Play a Christmas songmatch it on your cardand be the first to get five in a row to win!
Get the printable Christmas music bingo cards here.
63 – Christmas Would You Rather
This isn’t just your traditional would you rather game! Three different games all using hilarious Christmas would you rather questions will have your family and friends’ stomachs rolling with laughter just like Santa!
Get all the Christmas would you rather questions here.
64 – Christmas Outburst
This fun Christmas version of one of the most classic board games for adults will have everyone hollering out words to try and guess everything on a card for a particular category! It’s hilarious to play and even more hilarious to watch as people always tend to forget the most obvious answers!
Get the printable Christmas outburst game here.
65 – Go Caroling Game
This fun Christmas version of the classic Go Fish game is a great Christmas matching game for kids to play at schoolat Christmas partiesand just at home!
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More Christmas Activities
Need some fillers in between Christmas party gamestry one of these fun printable activities!
- Christmas i-spy – a printable hidden pictures that’s perfect for Christmas parties!
- Christmas word search – see how many words you can find and how fast!
- Christmas mad libs – make silly stories by filling in the blanks!
- Christmas color by number – the cutest Christmas coloring pages that you color based on the number in the shape!
- Printable letter to Santa – let kids write out letters to Santa in between games!
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