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Christmas Games

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With the holidays right around the corner, you're probably planning a Christmas Party for your friends and relatives. And you'll have to keep your guests busy and happy with lots of games and activities! Here are some ideas to help you make your party fun and festive!

Christmas Trivia

Ingredients

• Christmas Tree Cutouts

• Tape

• Pencils

• Paper

To Play

• Write questions related to Christmas on little green Christmas tree cutouts, number them, and tape them to the walls around the party room.

• Provide your guests with pencil and paper, and have them write down their answer to the numbered questions throughout the party.

• At the end of the party, read off the answer and see which guest got the most points for a prize!

Sample Questions:

• What are the names of Santa's eight reindeer? (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.)

• What is a buche de Noel? (An edible yule log)

• What do bad little boys get for Christmas? (Switches and lumps of coal)

• Finish the song line: "All I want for Christmas is . . . (my two front teeth.)

• Who was caught kissing Santa Claus? (Mommy)

• How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish? (Feliz Navidad.) In French? (Joyeux Noel.)

• What did Frosty the Snowman have for a nose? (A button.)

• Who wrote "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"? (Clement Clarke Moore.)

• What is the last line in Moore's poem? ("Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.")

• What is a tannebaum? (Christmas tree in German.)

• What did the Three Wise Men bring? (Gold, frankincense, and myrrh.)

• On the twelfth day of Christmas, what did "my true love give to me"? (Twelve fiddlers fiddling, eleven lords a-leaping, ten ladies dancing, nine pipers piping, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.)

Candy Cane Connection

Ingredients

• Candy Canes

• Christmas Sugar Cookies

To Play

• Buy a collection of candy canes and break them in half.

• Mix out the halves and hand them out to your guests.

• When all have arrived, have them try to find the other half of their candy canes! You can play this game with Christmas sugar cookies, too!

Christmas Hunt

Ingredients

• Paper

• Markers

To Play

• Write out a list of Christmas related items on a piece of paper and photocopy enough for each of your guests.

• Divide guests into teams or couples, and give them a list of Christmas-related items to locate, either in the house or around the neighborhood. Include items like: a candle, a religious Christmas card, some mistletoe, a Christmas cookie, a broken ornament, a burned-out tree light, a Christmas stamp, some tinsel, and a few pine needles.

Santa in the Lineup

Ingredients

• Picture of Santa Claus

• Pencils

• Paper

To Play

• Get a picture of Santa Claus that is not the norm and keep it hidden from the guests until game time.

• Give your guests pencil and paper and have them write down every detail they remember about Santa Claus's appearance.

• After three minutes, call time. Show the picture of Santa and see how many details they got right. The one with the most wins a prize. For added fun, make them draw a detailed picture of Santa, then hold them up for all to see or tape them to the walls!

Christmas Bingo

Ingredients

• Stationery

To Play

• Make up Bingo cards before the guests arrive. Draw a grid.  Then fill in with things related to Christmas, mixing them up for each card. For example, you might include:

"Still hasn't finished shopping."

"Is wearing red tonight."

"Doesn't like eggnog."

"Did the tree trimming."

"Knows what's s/he's getting for Xmas."

"Plans to return at least one gift."

"Ate too much at the last party."

"Bought a new outfit for tonight."

"Knows all the reindeers' names."

"Made figgy pudding once."

"Sang carols this week."  

• Make small cards to match the items on the grid.

• Gather the guests and hand out the cards, along with a handful of small Christmas candies.

• Pick a card from the pile and read the statement. If anyone can answer, "yes" to the comment, they get to put a candy in the square. The first person to connect five in a row wins a prize.

Gift Exchange

Ingredients

• Pieces of Paper

To Play

• Ask your guests to bring an inexpensive wrapped gift (appropriate for both a man or woman), with no gift tag on it.

• Have the guests draw numbers and choose a gift in numerical order. For added fun, let the next player have the choice of choosing a new gift, or stealing a gift from someone who has already opened it.

Cookie Exchange

Ingredients

• Paper Plates

To Play

• Have guests bring three-dozen of their favorite cookies. Place the cookies on a table.

• When all have arrived, give the guests a paper plate and let them go around the table collecting cookies from each platter, until they have three dozen mixed cookies to take home!

Ornament Exchange

Ingredients

• Numbered Pieces of Paper

To Play

• Have guests buy an ornament for the tree and bring it to the party wrapped and unlabeled.

• Pass out numbers and let the guests choose a wrapped ornament in order.

• Each guest gets to keep an ornament.

Let the Games Begin!
The Game Girl