Christmas Party Games: Fun For All
Because the gifts are opened and the paper strewn about the living room, does not imply the fun of Christmas is over. Add some fun party games on Christmas day to extend the fun of Christmas.
If you have got a big gathering on Christmas day, have fun with the hat game. When they arrive, give everybody a Santa hat. These are cheap and can be purchased for $1 at the dollar store, or even less in bulk, if you plan ahead. As everybody goes about their business of getting food, speaking with others and the like, the room will look extraordinarily festive with everyone wearing their Santa hats.
However, the object of this game is to not have your hat on. As people forget the hats, the purpose is to get rid of your hat and not be the last one wearing a Santa hat.
Unavoidably there will be one person so wrapped up in a dialogue or the buffet table, they forget to take off their hat and may be left the game’s loser. This is a game that can be played again as you head forward with the day’s festivities.
One fun memory game that kids especially like is to make everyone pay careful attention to all the gifts that are opened on Christmas day. After the gifts are removed from the room ( or you remove yourselves from the gift room ) have everybody try and remember every single gift everybody got. Include stockings and any food gifts.
Tell people they only have to remember the things that were opened that day, not any gifts they received and opened prior to Christmas day. This can be a fun game that’s especially popular with kids because they adore to relive the gift magic. Additionally, if they were so submerged with their own gifts they did not notice anybody else’s, this is a good chance for them to educate themselves about what everybody got that day.
If you need a game to keep everybody busy before dinner, try the “guess me” game. Buy some giant heavy socks, not low-rise, but the type that are worn outside in the winter that are thick and come at least to the calf. Put several items in the socks. Confirm identical items are in each sock. These things should be related to Christmas in some way.
You might include a small ornament, scotch tape, a pinecone, a Hershey’s kiss, and such. Have each person feel the socks ( having 2 socks just makes the game go quicker, but you can play with only 1 sock ), and write down their guesses about what is in the socks. Be sure to tell everybody how many items are in each sock. The winner gets, you got it…one of the socks!
If you have a bunch of wanna-be performers in your group on Christmas day, what about playing a little game of “Christmas Idol”? Set up a small table for the “judges” and have teams of 2 folks ( or people, if they need ) to sing a Christmas carol. Tell them to have a large amount of fun with the song, and even add a Santa hat or other dress-up items if they wish.
The winners can take home a CD of Christmas music. This game is very fun if just the kids need to perform and be judged by the adults, or if, conversely, the adults perform, and are judged by the children.