Christmas Games and
Other Fun Activities
Maybe no other single activity really embraces
camaraderie, playfulness and fierce but friendly
competition as heartily participating in playing
indoor games with friends and family. Christmas
games does all those things but also serves the
purpose of bringing friends and family together to
interact directly with each other in a competitive
and happy way.
Participating in Christmas games is another way of
sharing, but it is also doing something tangible to
get into the festive, jolly and relaxed mode for the
holidays. Otherwise, its easy to get caught up in
all the preparation and shopping and become ridden
with anxiety. Here are some holiday and Christmas
games that will cause fierce but friendly
competition and leave everyone in a jolly mood.
For the 'Gift Wrap' game, items needed will be small
gifts, wrapping paper, scotch tape and music that
can be turned on and off at will. Each gift item is
wrapped in several layers of paper. The number of
layers used will depend on the duration you want the
game to last. A gift is given to the group which
should start passing around the gift when the music
starts. Whenever the music stops, whoever has the
gift should remove one layer of gift wrap. This
continues until the last layer of paper is removed.
Whoever has the gift unwrapped gets to keep it.
The items needed for the 'Sock Guessing' Christmas
game are two or three thick new thermal socks, items
used or seen during Christmas, pens, pencils and
paper.
Each sock is stuffed with 20-25 items that are used
or seen during the
Christmas season. These can be useful items such as
scotch tape, ornaments, decorations etc. Each sock
should have the same items and the opening should be
tied with a ribbon so the contents inside aren't
visible. The socks are then passed around for each
person to try to feel and guess the items then write
down what they think is in the sock. The person with
the most correct guesses of objects is the winner
and can be awarded a separate special gift or token.
The 'Gift Grab Card Game' needs two deck of cards
and a few small Christmas gifts that are wrapped to
look very interesting and enticing. One deck of
cards is passed out one at a time to guests. Each
should have an equal number of cards from the deck.
The gifts are then placed in the center of the
group. Someone then calls out cards from the second
deck. Whoever has an identical card gets to choose a
gift. When all the gifts are taken, everyone can
steal gifts from each other until the deck is
finished and those with gifts get to open and keep
them as prizes. The fun increases when the stealing
begins because everyone will have different ideas
about which gift looks interesting and try to hang
onto it by stealing it over and over if it is
stolen. Some people will also try to disguise the
fact they have a gift, although they should be kept
in sight.
A children's Christmas game is 'Pin the Nose on the
Reindeer,' which is the Christmas game version of
'Pin the tail on the Donkey.' The items needed are a
drawing of a reindeer's head with an incomplete
drawing of the nose and several noses with the names
on one side and tape on the other. The picture
should be placed against a wall so that children can
reach the nose. Each child then gets a nose. They
take turns being blindfolded spun around a couple
times to disorient them a little then told to walk
to the reindeer and place the nose on the picture.
The child who places the nose closes to the
reindeer's nose wins.
A delightful Christmas game for work is the 'Match
the Desk to the Item' game. A day or so before the
Christmas party at work, someone needs to secretly
take one item from each person's desk and assign a
number to each item. At the party, all the items are
displayed for everyone to guess whose desk the item
belongs to.
