Christmas is finally here, and so is all the fun associated with the festival. Apart from curling up in a cozy blanket, sipping hot chocolate, and tearing open the presents, it’s the fun-filled, hilarious games that truly get us in the Christmas spirit.
Today, we have curated a list of some hilarious Christmas Party Games for adults that you can play at your next Christmas gathering for pure fun! Ready? Let’s go!
1. Christmas Alphabet Drinking Game
You can play this game with your friends physically or even virtually. Here’s how to play it:
1. The first person starts by naming something related to Christmas that begins with the alphabet ‘A’, like angels.
2. The second person says something that begins with the alphabet ‘B’, for example- bells, and so on.
3. The player can use a name, song, or an item related to Christmas. Anyone who takes too long or hesitates to answer has to drink, drink, drink!
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2. The Shots Dialogues Game
Switch your television on and play any Christmas movie of your choice. Here’s how you can play it:
1. Choose any popular Christmas movie that everyone enjoys.
2. Prepare drinks and distribute them to the participants. You can choose between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
3. Then you can ask the participants to drink when a character says ‘Christmas‘, they spot holiday decorations, or the characters do something Christmas-related on the screen.
4. Play the Christmas movies and have participants follow the drinking rules throughout and enjoy.
3. The Santa Hat Drinking Game
Oh, so you are one of the lazy kinds? Well, no worries. We have something for you too.
1. Grab a Santa hat and hang it on one of the corners (or both corners) of your television screen.
2. Gather the participants around and hand them the drinks of their choice.
3. Put on a classic Christmas movie. Every time someone wears a Santa hat on the screen, everyone has to drink. Sounds easy yet fun, right?
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4. Inflatable Reindeer Antler Ring Toss Game
Add an extra dose of fun with the inflatable reindeer Antler ring toss game, here’s how to play it.
1. Gather people around and divide them into groups.
2. Each person in the group has to come forward and wear the reindeer headgear. The other people in the group would take turns throwing little rings at these inflatable antlers.
3. If one of the rings lands on the headgear, the person wearing the reindeer hatchas will drink. If not, then the person throwing it would’ve to chug their drink down.
5. Drink If Game
It’s time to get creative, y’all, with the ‘Drink If Game’. Here’s how:
1. Arrange some fancy paper and some colorful pens. Using them, write down fun situations like ‘drink if you are wearing a red sweater’ or ‘drink if you have kissed someone under the mistletoe’. Make chits out of it and keep it in a bowl.
2. Gather the participants and ask them to the chits one by one.
3. The participants then have to drink or not drink based on the situation written on the chits.
6. Christmas Charades Game
No matter what the occasion is, we have all played charades with our friends and family. To add a dash of festiveness, keep all the clues, phrases, and movie titles Christmas-themed.
1. Gather family and friends around and create a list of Christmas-themed phrases, words, or movies.
2. Prepare chits or cards and write the phrases or movies on each one of them. Fold the chits to conceal the words.
3. Set up teams and ask each of them to choose a player from their teams who’ll pick a chit and act out the word written on it. The player will change in every round.
4. At the end The team with the most correct guesses wins the Christmas charades game.
7. The Carolling Challenge Game
This is an easy Christmas party game for adults that can be played anywhere, from a home get-together to a virtual party.
1. Everyone sits in a circle and one person starts the game by singing a line from a holiday song (you can also sing Bollywood songs instead of Christmas Carols).
2. The person sitting next to the right has to sing the next line of this song and so on.
3. The person who forgets the next line or takes a long pause, drinks their entire drink down.
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8. Two Truths And A Lie Game: Christmas Edition
In this popular ice-breaker game, one person would tell two truths and one lie about their festive experiences. Everyone would then guess which one is real and which one isn’t. If they don’t guess, they have to drink their entire cup.
1. Invite friends and family members to join the game. Each person will share three statements about their experiences–two true and one false.
2. The other participants try to guess which statement is the lie.
3. Once guesses are made, the person who shared the statements reveals the lie.
9. Five-Second Rule Game
This is a super fun game that you should play with your gang.
1. In this game, each player gets just five seconds to answer a holiday-themed question.
2. These questions can be like naming three popular Christmas movies or three Christmas songs.
3. Participants who are unable to answer the questions have to take a shot of alcohol.
10. Most Likely To Game
This is a game best played with a group of friends who know each other quite well.
1. For this game, make everyone sit in a circle and one person from the group asks a ‘most likely to’ question.
2. The questions can be something like ‘Who is most likely to marry their high school sweetheart?’ or ‘Who is most likely to pass out on the floor tonight?’.
3. Everyone would now point to who they think is most likely to do what was mentioned. That person, who is being pointed at, has to take a drink.
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11. Flip, Sip, Or Strip The Game
This game is ideal for couples or friends you are extremely comfortable with.
1. Start by gathering coins and loads of booze.
2. Take turns flipping a coin and guessing what side it is.
3. If you guess wrong, you either have to take a sip or take off a piece of clothing. Playing this game on a chilly Christmas night sounds fun, right?
12. Musical Shots Game
Remember how we used to play musical chairs during our birthday parties in our childhood? Well, that game now has a grown-up kick to it and it’s super fun as well.
1. Gather people around and hand them shot glasses filled with alcohol.
2. Start playing the Christmas songs.
3. Then abruptly stop the song. The player who happens to be holding the glass when the music stops has to take a shot.
13. The Witch’s Brew Game
Well, the name of this game says it all. Here’s how you can start playing the game.
1. Gather participants and divide them into groups.
2. Now every player in the group prepares a concoction of weird things mixed with alcohol in a cup, like chocolate powder, ketchup, or mayonnaise, they have to give these drinks a Christmas-y names.
3. The special drink is then passed on to the person sitting on your right. If they manage to stomach the witch’s brew, then everyone else does a shot and if they can’t, then they chug a shot.
14. Never Have I Ever Game
You can never go wrong with this iconic game. It’s the same fun-filled game that Bunny plays with his friends in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Let us explain how to play this game.
1. All you need to do is gather participants and make them sit in a circle.
2. The person who would be starting the game, needs to say ‘Never have I ever’ followed by a statement describing what they haven’t done.
3. This could be something like never having a one-night stand or having sex in a public place. 4. Anyone from the group who has done that thing will chug their drink down.
15. Christmas Trivia
Play Christmas trivia to test everyone’s knowledge and spread some competitive holiday cheer. Here’s a small guide.
1. Gather people and set them up in teams or ask them to play individually. Select a host or a trivia master.
2. Prepare trivia questions which can be a mix of different Christmas-related categories like songs, movies, traditions, etc.
3. Start asking questions and let each player answer them correctly by either raising their hands or pressing a buzzer. At the end of the game, tally the scores and declare the winner.
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16. White Elephant Gift Exchange
White elephant gift exchange or Yankee Swap is a fun and popular game where participants exchange whimsical and often impractical gifts.
1. Set a budget for the people and explain to them the rules.
2. The key rule includes the option of stealing gifts, the order of gift selection, and any specific rules you want to enforce.
3. Have participants draw numbers to determine the order in which they’ll select or “steal” gifts.
4. Continue the exchange, allowing participants to either select a new gift or steal an unwrapped one from someone else. Participants can limit the number of times a gift can be stolen, depending on the agreed-upon rules.
17. Christmas Movie Bingo
Give your Christmas Bingo night a playful twist by making it more festive and filmy. Here’s how-
1. Prepare bingo cards with different events, phases, or items written on them, that will be related to the movie you’ll be watching.
2. Hand out bingo cards to participants but make sure that each card has a different arrangement.
2. The participants have to mark off squares on their bingo cards when they spot the corresponding events happening in the movie. If a participant completes a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, they call out “Bingo!”
4. The participant with every square marked off will be declared the winner.
18. Name That Christmas Song
Play snippets of holiday tunes and challenge guests to guess the song.
1. Gather people around and make a list of Christmas-related songs.
2. Start by playing the tune of the song or a snippet from the middle of the song.
3. Let the game begin with people guessing the name of the song. The participant who guesses the wrong name must chug down a beer.
19. Christmas Pictionary
No Christmas party can ever be complete without a friendly match of Pictionary. Here’s how to play it.
1. Arrange all the necessary materials like a whiteboard, markers, a timer, and a list of words.
2. Gather the participants and divide them into teams. Players from each team will take turns picking up a chit and drawing what’s written on it without telling anyone.
3. The team of that person then has to start guessing. The ones with the highest scores are declared winners.
20. Jingle Bell Jam
If you think that jingle bells can only be used as an ornament, think again. They can be used to play a fun-filled game called Jingle Bell Jam.
1. Collect jingle bells and tie them around each participant who is willing to play.
2. The rule is that the moment someone’s bells jingle, other people have to take a sip.
3. Continue playing this game till you want. You can even combine them with other games of your liking.
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21. Secret Santa
Secret Santa is a classic and popular game where participants draw names to determine who they will be giving a gift buying.
1. Write the names of participants on individual chits and put them in a bowl. Make sure you don’t repeat the names.
2. Ask each of the participants to pick a chit. Whosoever’s name is on the chit, the player has to get them a gift on Christmas. Ensure that they don’t reveal the chit and also don’t pick their name.
4. Gather the participants again on Christmas and host a gift exchange session.
5. At the end, people will try to guess who their secret Santa is based on the gifts received.
22. Stocking Guessing Game
Use stockings other than keeping gifts and sweets for a stocking guessing game as a festive and entertaining activity. Here’s how to play:
1. Gather stockings, holiday-themed items, and small gifts. Make sure that each item can fit inside the stockings.
2. Fill each stocking with the items.
3. Allow each participant to feel the outside of the stockings without peeking inside. They should try to guess what’s inside based on touch.
4. Set a time limit for participants to make their guesses. After the allotted time, collect the answer sheets from each participant.
5. Go through the answer sheet and score points for each correct guess. Declare the winner with the maximum points
23. Christmas Carol Power Hour
The Christmas Carol Power Hour Drinking Game is a festive twist on the classic Power Hour game, by incorporating holiday music and cheer. Here’s how to play it:
1. Start by creating a playlist of your favorite Christmas carols. Each song should be at least a minute long. Try to find ready-made Christmas Power Hour playlists online.
2. Begin playing the Christmas Carol Power Hour playlist. The rule is that the participants will take a shot or sip of their drink every time the song changes, which is every minute.
3. Continue the game for an hour or until the playlist is finished
24. Dice Gift Exchange
Add a surprise element to your gift-exchanging tradition with the dice gift-exchange game. Here’s how to play it.
1. Arrange all the gifts on a table in a way that they are visible to everyone.
2. Add a unique number to each wrapped gift using a sticker or a sticky note.
3. Make participants sit in a circle. Now pass a six-sided dice around the circle. Each participant will take turns rolling the dice.
4. Add these rules to make the game interesting. If a participant rolls a-
1 or 6: Choose a gift from the table.
2: Swap gifts with the person on your left.
3: Swap gifts with the person on your right.
4: Exchange gifts with the person sitting across from you.
5: Everyone passes their gift to the left.
5. The game continues until everyone has had several chances to roll and exchange.
25. Holiday Scavenger Hunt
If you are hosting a large gathering this Christmas then add a holiday-themed scavenger hunt for some excitement.
1. Choose a location and create a list of all the holiday-themed items or clues.
2. Hide the items around if you are using physical items. If using clues then place them strategically leading participants from one clue to the next.
3. Divide the participants into teams and briefly explain the rules.
4. Start the scavenger hunt and let each team find items or solve clues. Ask teams to bring the items to a designated area.
5. Declare the team with the most points or successful finds as the winner
26. Ornament Decorating Contest
Bring out your creative side with an ornament decorating contest. Here’s how-
1. Arrange different ornaments and decorating items like paints, markers, glitter, ribbons, and other craft materials.
2. Divide people into teams.
3. Set up a designated decorating station. Specify the time limit for decorating and other rules.
4. Appoint judges or have participants vote for their favorite ornaments. Add categories like ‘Most Creative’, ‘Most Festive’, or ‘Best Use of Colors’.
27. Candy Cane Hunt with Shots
Take the Candy Cane Hunt game to the next level by mixing it with some booze. Here’s how to play:
1. Hide candy canes around the playing area and make sure that they are visible but not obvious.
2. Fill shot glasses with drinks.
3. Start the Candy Cane Hunt where participants search for hidden candy canes. When they find one, they bring it back to a common location to exchange it for a shot.
4. Give a prize to those who find the most candy canes.
28. Gift Auction
A Gift Auction is an entertaining gift exchange game where people use play money or tokens to bid on wrapped gifts. Here’s how to play it:
1. Collect different gift items from the participants that they might be interested in bidding on.
2. Provide participants with bid numbers upon arrival. These numbers will be used to identify who is placing the bids.
3. Ask the participants to purchase tickets or tokens that’ll be used to bid on the gifts. Keep the budget as economical and affordable as possible.
4. Set a starting bid for each item and start the bidding. Participants can raise their bid numbers to indicate their interest in winning the item. The highest bidder when the auctioneer calls ‘Sold’ wins the item
29. Gift Wrap Relay
Set up a relay race at your Christmas gathering where members race to warp a gift. Here’s how to play it:
1. Arrange all the gift-wrapping materials like wrapping paper, tape, scissors, ribbons, and other miscellaneous decorating items. Create wrapping stations with each station having the material.
2. Divide the participants into teams or let them play individually, depending on the number of people. Explain the rules–each team member will take turns running to a wrapping station, wrapping a box, and then returning to tag the next team member.
3. Begin the relay by having the first member of each team stand at the starting line. Give a signal to start the game. Upon your signal, they run to a wrapping station, wrap the designated box, and return to tag the next team member.
30. Guess the Christmas Smell With A Shot
Fill jars with seasonal scents and challenge participants to identify each one.
1. Start by collecting different holiday candles with fun scents.
2. Blindfold people and ask each participant to guess the scent.
3. The person who makes a wrong guess has to take a shot.
31. Christmas Poker Night
Poker nights are not just reserved for Diwalis. You can make them a part of your Christmas parties as well. Here’s how to play it.
1. Have poker sets with cards and chips ready.
3. Use a 52-card deck and each player gets two private cards. Five community cards are dealt face-up in the center.
4. Players aim to make the best five-card hand. It starts with betting rounds using chips.
5. The player with the best hand or the last remaining one wins after other players have folded.
32. Christmas Mad Libs
Create funny and festive stories by filling in the blanks with holiday-themed words. Here’s how to play it
1. Gather a Mad Libs story or create your own with blank spaces for different types of words (noun, verb, adjective, etc.).
2. Ask participants to provide words corresponding to the specified categories without revealing the context.
3. Once all words are collected, insert them into the corresponding blanks in the story.
4. Read the completed Mad Libs story aloud for humorous and unexpected results.
33. Pin the Nose on Rudolph
This classic Christmas game is the perfect way to ring in the festive spirit.
1. Arrange material like a large poster of Rudolph without a nose, a cutout or a sticker of red noses, and a blindfold.
2. Hang the poster on a wall at an appropriate height.
3. Start blindfolding players before their turn and ensure that they can’t see anything.
4. Have each participant, while blindfolded, take a turn trying to pin the red nose onto Rudolph. After pinning, mark the spot where the nose landed. The closest to Rudolph’s actual nose wins.
34. Musical Chairs Gift Exchange
Give the classic musical chair game an even more fun twist by mixing it with a gift-exchange game. Here’s a guide to help you with it:
1. Arrange chairs in a circle facing outwards. Make sure the number of chairs is one less than the number of participants. Place the wrapped gifts in the center of the circle.
2. Start playing holiday songs and let the participants walk around the chairs while the music is playing.
3. Stop the music abruptly at intervals. When the music stops, the participants must quickly find a seat to sit on. The one who is unable to find a seat gets eliminated. However, the person selects a wrapped gift from the center which is now theirs.
4. Repeat the process, eliminating one participant each time the music stops, until all the gifts are claimed.
35. Sip and Paint Christmas Edition
Turn a painting night into a holiday masterpiece.
1. Set up a designated painting area with easels, canvases, paint, brushes, and water cups.
2. Begin the painting session, following the chosen tutorial step by step.
3. Take breaks to sip on the chosen beverages and socialize with others.
4. Encourage creativity by allowing participants to add personal touches to their paintings.
FAQ – Christmas games for Christmas party
1. How can I make my Christmas party fun?
You can make your Christmas party fun by adding fun Christmas games for friends, family, or colleagues. You can choose between Never Have I Ever, the classic Christmas Pictionary game, or just a wholesome sing-along session of Christmas carols.
2. What is the Christmas Santa game?
There are various Christmas Santa games– a gift-exchanging game called Secret Santa, Sanat’s Workshop Realy, a Santa Hat Ring Toss, or Santa Limbo
3. How do you play Dirty Santa?
Dirty Santa is a gift-exchanging game that’s often played during Christmas. Start by setting a budget for the gifts and inviting participants. Assign each participant a number. The first selects a wrapped gift. The subsequent participant then can either choose a new gift or steal an already opened gift. The game ends when the last person has chosen a gift.
4. Are there easy-to-organize Christmas party games for large groups?
There are many easy-to-organise Christmas party games for large groups like cocktail-making sessions, the Santa hat-drinking game, Beer pongs, and more.
5. Are there Christmas party games that don’t require a lot of preparation?
Some Christmas party games don’t require a lot of preparations like the Reindeer Antler Ring Toss Game, Drink If Game, Christmas Charades Game, Five-Second Rule Game, etc.
Which game sounds the most fun to you? We hope you have a good party, folks! 😉