15 Insanely Fun Christmas Games Your Guests Will Love (2024)

With the right Christmas games, you can transform your holiday gathering from average to LEGENDARY! These Christmas party games are guaranteed to have your guests erupting with laughter and joy.

It’s so difficult figuring out the best Christmas games to play at your party. Simply put, you want your guests to have an amazing time and not suffer through boring games.

Well, you’re in luck! With these insanely fun Christmas games, no matter what type of audience you’re expecting, there’s a Christmas game here they’ll love.

This post is all about fun Christmas games that will liven up any Christmas party.

Insanely Fun Christmas Games

1. Christmas Wild Gab

Starting off this list with one of our all time favorites, Wild Gab consists of a series of puzzles. Each puzzle is a set of unrelated words that sound like an actual word or phrase when sounded out. For example, the puzzle “Rap Pink Prez Hands” when spoken quickly sounds like “Wrapping Presents”. The object of the game varies depending on how you choose to play, but generally, you divide the guests into two teams and the members of each team work together to solve the puzzles. The first team to solve all of the available puzzles wins. For other fun ways to play:

Set a time limit for each puzzle (e.g. 3 seconds) and the team with the most solved after all the puzzles wins.
Set a time limit for the entire game (e.g. 30 seconds for 10 puzzles) and the team with the most solved after the time runs out wins.
Have each team pick a different person to answer each puzzle. The teams can attempt to direct these individuals to the correct answer (For example: Tell them to “say it fast”, “sound it out slowly”, etc.), but they must not give them the answer or say words too closely related to the answer (i.e. If the answer is “Silent Night” don’t say “it’s a night with no noise”).
Play like #2 only instead of having teams, you give the list of puzzles to each guest and the guest with the most solved after the time runs out wins.

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2. Christmas Emoji Game (Emoji Pictionary)

We played this super cute and fun emoji game at my baby shower and it was a hit! And Christmas emoji game versions like this one (pictured above) or this one here are perfect Christmas party games. You can also get Christmas Movie Emoji Pictionary and Christmas Song Emoji Pictionary versions, or grab all of them in this Christmas emoji game bundle (answer sheets are included for all versions). To play, give the guests a game sheet with Christmas-related words or phrases written in emojis. They have to guess what the words and phrases are.

While a blast for adults, this is also a perfect Christmas game for kids and teens! So, no matter who’s coming to your Christmas party, this game is a must!

3. Sweet Christmas Candy Match

Sweet Christmas Candy Match is a simple Christmas game that is sure to get plenty of laughs as guests pair different candies with Christmas-related words. All you need are game sheets, pens, and an answer sheet. Each game card lists Christmas-related terms on one side and various candy names on the other. Guests match each Christmas-related word to the candy that describes it best.

4. Holiday Traditions Around the World

5. Christmas Scavenger Hunt (Snapshot Edition)

Christmas Scavenger Hunt Snapshot Edition is a hilariously fun spin on classic Scavenger Hunt games! Guests do tasks from a list, take pictures of them doing it, and earn points. Whoever gets the most points wins.

To play, you can give out the task sheets at the start of the Christmas party and allow guests until the end or hand them out anytime during the party and allow a certain amount of time to complete the tasks. You can play individually or in teams. Tasks can be simple like snapping a photo with a candy cane or funny like forming a human Christmas tree!

Playing this Christmas game and seeing all the pictures everyone takes will have everyone laughing out loud! Plus, if guests send you their photos, you’ll always have those fun memories.

6. Christmas Would You Rather

Would You Rather is a super fun and popular game! Players are given two challenging or humorous options and must choose which they’d prefer. It’s an amazing game for sparking laughs and silly debates. And this Christmas Would Your Rather version is perfect for fun and festive gatherings. Your guests will not only love it, but they’ll be talking, laughing, and reminiscing about their choices even after the game ends.

**7. p*rn or Present Candy Edition**

p*rn or Present Candy Edition is a unique, mature, and wildly funny Christmas game for adults. Guests are given a list of names. Each name will test your guests’ ability to tell the difference between the name of an adult film or the name of a candy.

After guessing whether each name is a p*rn or a candy (present), whoever has the most correct answers, wins! Surprisingly, it can be difficult to tell them apart. This game is a riot and it’s guaranteed to have your guests laughing out loud as they try to figure these out.

8. What’s in the Bag?

Looking for work holiday party games, Christmas games for preschoolers, or just an overall insanely fun and interactive game?

Then look no further, because What’s in the Bag is the game for you!

To play, get a bag and fill it with 10 unique items. Allow each guest 30 seconds to feel around in the bag without looking. Have them write down their guesses on the game card or a sheet of paper.

After everyone has written their guesses, reveal the contents of the bag. Whoever has the most correct guesses, wins!

The items in the bag can be as interesting as you’d like. You can have normal items, such as a Christmas ornament, or really trip guests up with modified items like a Christmas ornament with a Barbie doll taped to it!

The weirder the items in the bag, the funnier the game will be. Your imagination is the limit on this one! This game also works perfectly for To adjust this Christmas party game for large groups, you can have a bag for each table.

To get What’s in the Bag along with 12 other laugh out loud fun games, check out this awesome Christmas Game Bundle!

9. Christmas Mad Libs

This is a super fun word game that can make any Christmas party unforgettable!

Mad Libs are stories with blanks that need to be filled in with specific types of words. To fill in the blanks and complete the story, one player, the reader, asks the others to provide adjectives, verbs, nouns, exclamations, colors and more.

When the story is complete, the player reads the story aloud, and the results are often hilarious and nonsensical. And since there are no winners or losers with this game (only laughter), everyone’s guaranteed to have a great time!

10. Name that Christmas Movie

Name That Christmas Movie is a fun Christmas movie trivia style matching game. Players are given Christmas movie quotes and must match them with the Christmas movie they are from. This game will have your guests laughing out loud and sharing memories of their favorite Christmas films, making it a perfect Christmas party game (especially for smaller groups).

11. Christmas Carol Match

Christmas Carol Match is a fun and festive Christmas game. Players are given a lyric from a popular Christmas song and must match it to the title of the carol it comes from. Guests will find themselves humming familiar tunes as they try to recall where each lyric belongs.

12. Naughty Minds

Naughty Minds is an insanely fun Christmas game for adults! It’s mature, but hilarious. It consists of misleading riddles. Each riddle has a clean answer, but makes the reader think the answer is dirty. For example: Riddle: People slip their packages inside me, and I’m often sealed tight. What am I? Answer: Gift bag.

13. What’s the Story?

This funny Christmas party game is perfect for kids and adults. What’s the Story requires guests to use their imaginations to write a story using 10 Christmas-related words. To play, hand out cards with 10 words on it that each guest must use in their story. Have guests read their stories out loud. The story that gets the most laughs wins!

To adjust this Christmas party game for large groups, you can have the guests form teams and each team come up with a story.

14. Merry Mix-ups

Grandma accidently let a terrified reindeer into the house and it’s wreaking havoc! Who can come up with the best solution?

In this funny Christmas party game, guests are presented with hilarious scenarios and challenged to come up with creative solutions. Provide guests with a sheet containing various ridiculous situations and have them come up with solutions. Everyone will vote for their favorite response to each problem. The guest with the most chosen responses wins!

15. Name that Cookie

Cute, short riddles are used to describe various types of cookies in this simple, yet super fun Christmas party game. To play Name that Cookie, the guests have to match the riddles with the type of cookie on the game cards. Whoever gets the most correct wins!