Christmas Party Games

Many gatherings around Christmas, whether it's a family Christmas morning or your office's Christmas party usually has plenty of food, fellowship, and is an enjoyable event for all. But do you have games?

Christmas party games are great not only for getting a little friendly competition going, but also can help people grow a little closer. There's nothing like fun to help break down the walls we put up.

Choose games that will work for adults and some to include the kids (if there's going to be any there). Some games can work for both. Here's a few to get you going.

Adult Christmas Games

Grinch – The object is to end up holding on to the gift you want. Everyone brings a wrapped gift and puts it into a designated area. It's best if they are all in the same price range.

Everybody draws a number from a hat or a bowl. When it's your turn, you can either take a present and open it, or you can take a present from someone else. If you take a wrapped present, you must open it.

The first person to go gets a chance to either keep the gift they have or to take a gift from one of the other players once the last player has had their turn.

The reason this game is for the adults and not for everyone is that in all the years my family has played it, young children don't quite understand that having their gift taken away is part of the game. Nothing puts a damper on a party faster than trying to console a crying child because their present was taken away.

White Elephant Variation - Instead of regular gifts, everyone should bring a gag gift.

Christmas Trivia Games

Group Trivia – Who knows the most about people in the group? Everyone writes down one true thing that happened to him or her and gives it to the person in charge of the game.

The person in charge reads one of the entries and everyone writes down who they think it is. The one with the most correct answer wins.

Name that Christmas Carol – Read, sing, or play a line or two from a Christmas carol. The contestant (or victim as the case may be) must correctly come up with the next line of the song. Start off with well-known carols and progress to harder ones.

Timed Guessing Games – You must come up with the most answers in a certain time frame. Make the time long enough for people to have a chance, but not so long that they sit there bored while waiting for the timer to run out.

Things you can do are naming as many Christmas carols as you can. Name all the gifts in the song 'The 12 Days Of Christmas'. Take a word and rearrange the letters to make as many words from them as you can.

Charades – What's a party without Charades? A person silently acts out the topic and everyone else tries to guess what it is. All of the topics have to relate to Christmas. This can include a cartoon, movie, book, song, or event. If you divide up into teams then the team with the most number of correct answers wins.

Enjoy the fun, laughter and memories that will be made! These are a few of the great Christmas games you can do to keep your guests in stitches this holiday season.

P.S. Some of these games are great for capturing on video and showing later on, especially if these were family gatherings. Use the Canon ZR 500 or the Flip UltraHD Camcorder to capture these moment forever.