Christmas Party Games Fun Ideas

Writen by Gail Leino

After the cookies are baked and frozen; after the party goods are ordered off the internet; when the guest list has been made out and invitations are addressed and sent then the question arises: what Christmas party games are there to play?

That's when the party planning gets tough! It might help to ask the guests ahead of time what sorts of games they like to play. The answer may be as simple as looking at the game shelf. A small gathering might be happy playing old games before the new ones are unwrapped. It's a perfect occasion to get some more use out of favorite games that were gifts on Christmases past.

Another possibility would be to play games like BINGO which allow for several players. It might be possible to make up a variation of this favorite especially for the holiday. With the use of a home printer several cards can be printed with the custom made BINGO words. Cards with the letters XMAS! or NOEL! could be used for example. Use green and red markers and printer ink for the occasion.

There's a danger in overlooking the obvious. Simple outdoor play is a winter favorite. Snowy places offer many options for outdoor Christmas party games and hotter climates are pleasant enough for outdoor activities reserved for summer in other places.

In any climate a Christmas party game can be made out of handmade ornaments with a letter on one side and a number between one and six on the other. These are then placed on the tree. Dice can be thrown on alternate turns and the corresponding ornament is turned without the other players seeing. The letters eventually spell out a Christmas message. The first person to guess what the message is would then be declared the winner.

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