Best EVER Family Christmas Games

Family Christmas Games

One of the greatest parts about Christmas is the quality family time. Family Christmas parties are some of the most memorable and enjoyable parties of the year. In addition to delicious food and drinks, games can create a few more laughs for loved ones to share. Naughty or nice, here is a collection of Christmas party game ideas. Under each game category you’ll find the materials, instructions and number of players.

 

RULES OF THE DAY:

NO SMART PHONES, 
NO SMART TABLETS, 
NO REMOTE CONTROLLERS;
NO GAME CONSOLE,
NO SMART PEEPS (LOL)

• STOCKING BALLOONS FILL-UP

5+ Players
 
Form two teams and provide Christmas stocking for each team. The players will then fill up the stockings with balloons to form a an antler of a deer. The team who fills up their stocking and place it on grandpa or grandma's head wins the game.

• PIN THE NOSE ON RUDOLPH

   
  
  5+ Players
  
  Draw (or print out a picture) of Rudolph and place it on the wall. And get a red circular piece of paper (for his nose) with a thumbtack or piece of tape. Then blindfold the participant, spin them in a circle, then have them try to pin the nose on Rudolph. Mark their attempt with their name. Give everyone a chance to pin the nose and whoever pins it most accurately, wins. 
  

• HUMAN CHRISTMAS TREE

   

  

  
  

  8+ Players

  
  
  This is a funny game that calls for 2 to 3 peeps to serve as Christmas trees. A team will attempt to decorate each “tree” with different Christmas ornaments. The team which has the best “Human Christmas Tree.” is the winner. 
  

• PINGPONG BALL RELAY

  
  

   
   
  
  
   
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8+ Players

  
  

  Split into teams, setup a relay course with or without obstacles. With an "ornament" on their spoon, the first person will go through the course and return to pass it on. You can only use your spoons when passing the ornament. If someone ever drops the ornament, that person needs to do the course again. Once the ornament is successfully passed off, it's the next person's turn until everyone has completed the course.

• ORNAMENTS COUNTING GAME

  
  
  

  
  
  4+ Players

  
  

  Have everyone guess how many ornaments are inside the stockings or hanging up on the Christmas tree. Give each person a piece of paper so they can write down their guess. Once everyone has submitted their guesses, the closest guess wins!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• RINGING BELLS GUESSING GAME 

  4+ Players
  
  
  Place a number of bells in a box or stocking. Once it's stuffed, tie a ribbon or string around the top of the stocking so that no one can peek. Sit in a circle and pass it around to let everyone hear and feel how many bells are inside. Give them index cards so that they can write down their guesses. The person who guesses the most correct items wins.
  

   

• CHRISTMAS MEMORY MATCH

  
  
  2+ Players
  Pick eight Christmas images (ex. gift, Santa, snow, etc), draw/print two of each, so you'll have a total of sixteen cards. Now place cards on the table in a 4x4 layout. Each player gets a chance to pick a card, then try to find the match. When a player finds the match, they keep it, get a point and get to try for another match. Play until someone reaches the predetermined amount of points to win.
  

• BLINDFOLD CHRISTMAS DRAWING

  
  

  3+ Players

  
  

  Players are blindfolded and hold their paper plate. One person provides the object to be drawn. The most accurate drawing wins! The game and its instructions are provided by Happy Home Fairy.

• DECK THE CUPS

  4+ Players

  
  

  You’ll need a deck of cards and PLAYERS sitting in a circle. Everyone takes turns pulling cards with the goal to be the first to get a "poker", like a four of a kind.The player who gets the poker gets  a candy cane and leaves the game. Do this until everyone gets a candy cane except one. The loser becomes the "IT".
  
  
  

• RED AND GREEN RELAY

  
  

  5+ Players

  
  

  Set up twenty cups per player, 19 red cups and 1 green cup. Cups are stacked up where the green cup is on the very top. The player who successfully stacked the green cup from bottom to top first, without dropping, any wins the game.

• SANTA BELLY

  
  
  

  3+ Players

  
  

  Have participants put a "santa belly" under their shirt using a pillow. Then line them up one by one to limbo underneath (with the Santa belly) the limbo stick. Gradually lower the stick until one winner remains!

• YES OR NO: XMAS-EDITION

  
  

  5+ Players

  
  

  One player picks a Christmas object. All other players ask "Yes" or "No" questions to guess what the object is. If no one guesses correctly after 2 MINUTES, the player gets a price else if someone guesses correctly he gets the price and picks the object for the next round.

• WOBBLE WOBBLE

  6+ Players

  
  

  Separate into teams of three or more. The first player on each team tacks a balloon between their knees and waddles like a penguin down to the cone and circle back. Then. the balloon is passed to the next team member and go like the first. If a player drops the balloon, he has to go back to the starting line! The first team to complete the relay wins.Another version of this is using pingpong balls attached to the players waists and wobbles as shown in the picture.
  
  

  

  
  

• CHRISTMAS CAROL PICTIONARY

  
  

  4+ Players

  
  

  Write down this list of Christmas carols on separate flash cards. Divide players into teams. One person draws from the pile of cards and has one minute to illustrate the Christmas carol. If their team guesses correctly, they get one point. Make sure to alternate the team artist. Teams take turns until one reaches twenty points.

• GIFT WRAPS-UP

  

  6+ Players

  
  

  Have participants pair off. Tie one person’s right hand to their teammate’s left hand. The duos will then attempt to wrap a gift or in this case tissue using their free hands  Have an example gift for everyone to attempt to duplicate — the harder it is to create, the funnier. Give a time limit of 1–3 minutes and then have a judge pick the most accurate gift.
  
  
  
  

• CHRISTMAS OREOS

  

  
  

  Small bites oreos are placed on each player forehead. The first player who gets the oreo on his/her mouth wins the game.
  
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• FAMILY FEUD CHRISTMAS

  
  

  
   
  5+ Players

  
  

  Players are broken up into teams. The first team to fill up the red cups with pingpong balls wins the game.
  
  

• FAMILY STORYTELLING

  
  

   

  
  

  
  GRANDPA/GRANDMA 
  Everyone sits in a circle as an older family member stays in the middle. Each person begins to answer questions about the person, like "how old is grandpa, what is his favorite color, how many brothers and sisters does he has The person who can recall most of the details wins the game.
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

• NAME THAT TUNE CAROL SPECIAL

  

  4+ Players

  
  

  Print out this list of lyrics and song titles. Distribute a list of the lyrics to each team or individuals if there aren’t enough people for teams. Then have each team (or person) guess the song title. Whomever guesses the most correct answers wins. An alternative to printing the lyrics is playing the carol out loud to have people guess by ear.
  
  
  

• TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (CHRISTMAS EDITION)

  

  4+ Players

  
  

  You can transform this classic into a Christmas game by asking players to think of three Christmas gifts. Two of the Christmas gifts must be gifts that the participant has actually received and one of the gifts is a lie. One participant announces their three gifts in a random order and the other players then try to guess which Christmas gift is a lie.
  
  

• WHAT'S MY GIFT?

  
  5+ Players
  
  This game works a variety of group size, 5 to 50 people. Write down a famous Christmas character on a post it note, then stick them on each other's forehead. Once everyone has a post-it note on their forehead they try to guess what character they are by asking other people yes or no questions. The goal is to not be the last person to correctly guess who they are.

• 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

   

  Divide into 12 teams. Each team will act out the things on each day of the Christmas song, like, on the six day of christmas my true love gave to me ... six ladies dancing ... five maids are milking ... four whistling boys ... three biking men ... two flying doves ... and a pingpong on a plastic spoon.
  

• HOLIDAY A-Z

   

  

  4+ Players
  
  Distribute papers with the alphabet written vertically on each paper. Teams must then compete to fill in the entire alphabet list with a holiday word for each letter. The first team to complete their list wins. Have a judge check the winning team’s list and make sure the words qualify as holiday words. If their list isn’t accurate, check the list from the second fastest team.

• TRADITIONAL FAMILY BINGO GAME

   5+ Players

  This is our family traditional game. Kids love to play bingo specially when various prices come from the party host and the caller is an electronic robot or apps. In my husband's family traditions, his families love Manjong and boardgames on noche buena
  

 

   

 

• FAMILY MASCOT




El Cordero: The Lamb

Finally, this is our Christmas Family Mascot. Every Christmas, he joins the White Elephant game. We wrap him as a gift and mix him among the other gifts. The person who picks him up during the exchange gifts becomes the host/hostess the next Christmas Family gatherings.This mascot is passed on from generation to generation so that its history will live forever in the family.

 





 MERRY CHRISTMAS 
AND 
A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!