Christmas party games for adults, families and work

1. Christmas charades

Write festive films, songs and characters on slips of paper. Teams take turns acting them out without speaking, against a one-minute timer.

2. White elephant gift swap

Everyone brings one wrapped gift under a set budget. Players take turns opening a new gift or stealing one already opened. A gift can only be stolen twice per round, so the best ones get fought over.

3. Christmas Truth or Dare

Classic Truth or Dare with a festive twist. Use the Christmas questions below, or let the PlaySpark app deal them.

4. Name that carol

Hum the first few notes of a Christmas song. First to shout the title wins a point. Harder version: hum it backwards.

5. Who am I? (Christmas edition)

Stick a sticky note with a Christmas character on each player's forehead. Players ask yes-or-no questions to work out who they are.

6. Indoor snowball fight

Everyone writes an anonymous fact about themselves on paper and scrunches it into a snowball. After a 30-second snowball fight, each person picks one up and guesses who wrote it.

7. Pass the parcel

Wrap a small prize in many layers of paper, with a forfeit or a sweet between each layer. Pass it round while music plays. Whoever holds it when the music stops unwraps a layer.

8. Christmas trivia

Split into teams and quiz each other on festive films, songs and traditions. Pair it with our general party trivia questions for longer rounds.

9. Draw the Christmas film

One player draws a Christmas film or song on paper while their team guesses. No letters or numbers allowed.

10. Christmas Most Likely To

'Who's most likely to fall asleep before dessert?' Everyone points on three. See our full list of Most Likely To questions for more prompts.

11. Wrapping race

Pairs wrap a box together, each using only one hand. The neatest, or the funniest, wins.

12. Ornament hunt

Hide small ornaments or chocolates around the house. Great for kids, and surprisingly competitive for adults.

13. Christmas spin the wheel

Fill a wheel with festive challenges, like singing a carol or doing your best reindeer impression, and take turns spinning. Our free online wheel lets you type your own.

14. Christmas Would You Rather

Read festive dilemmas and make everyone pick a side. Questions are below.

Christmas Would You Rather questions10

1. 1.Would you rather have Christmas dinner every day, or never have it again?
2. 2.Would you rather get one big present, or ten small ones?
3. 3.Would you rather spend Christmas on a beach, or in a snowy cabin?
4. 4.Would you rather wear an ugly Christmas jumper all December, or a Santa hat all December?
5. 5.Would you rather listen to the same Christmas song on repeat, or no Christmas songs at all?
6. 6.Would you rather build a snowman, or have a snowball fight?
7. 7.Would you rather be an elf, or a reindeer?
8. 8.Would you rather open presents on Christmas Eve, or Christmas morning?
9. 9.Would you rather have no tree, or no lights?
10. 10.Would you rather cook the Christmas dinner, or do all the washing up?

Christmas Truth or Dare questions10

1. 1.What's the worst Christmas present you've ever received?
2. 2.Have you ever regifted a present? Who to?
3. 3.What's your most embarrassing Christmas memory?
4. 4.When did you find out the truth about Santa?
5. 5.Dare: sing the first verse of a Christmas carol in your best opera voice.
6. 6.Dare: do your best reindeer impression until someone guesses which reindeer you are.
7. 7.Dare: wear tinsel as a scarf for the rest of the night.
8. 8.Dare: give a 30-second speech as Santa explaining why you're late.
9. 9.What's on your Christmas list this year that you'd be embarrassed to admit?
10. 10.Who here would you least like to get a present from?