Fun Christmas Games That You Can Try With Your Family

These exciting gaming ideas will make your Christmas merrier, even indoors. 

Christmas is a time when families often come together for that annual meet and greet. Apart from all those food-laden tables, mirth and laughter, a mix of family games could add to the joy and fun. Here’s a list of fun Christmas games for the family.

Christmas Trivia: 12+ 

Minimum no. of players: 4

If you want to have a light-hearted family game where everyone can participate, this one's for you. The website you can use to host this game is Kahoot. Kahoot will allow you to create your own online trivia game where you can create multiple-choice questions. If you aren't up for creating a game Kahoot already has a varied array of pre-built Christmas games which you can host. Kahoot is free to use. Once you have started a game, Kahoot will send you a pin that you can share with all your family members. Once they open the Kahoot website and enter the given pin, you can begin the game. Have Covid related travel restrictions meant a Christmas party on Zoom? Kahoot can help with that too! 

Where to find: https://kahoot.com/ 

Heads Up: 10+ 

Minimum no. of players: 2

This game can be played with stick notes or with the Heads-Up app. The game is simple: two players sit opposite each other. One person has a sticky note placed on his forehead with a name on it. The other person must give clues to the person to guess the person’s name who's on the sticky note. The roles are then switched, and the person who guessed the name the fastest wins. If you don't have sticky notes at home you can play the game using the Heads-Up app available in the App Store and Google play store. The app is free to use but has a few in-app purchases for specific themes.

Where to find: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/heads-up/id623592465

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wb.headsup&hl=en_IN&gl=US

Head or Tails: 1+ 

Minimum no. of players 6

For this game, all you need is a quarter. One family member will be the coin tosser and all others will surround him/her in a circle. Then the coin will be flipped and everyone has to either touch their head or their back to indicate whether they think the coin will land on heads or tails. Whoever guessed wrong will be eliminated and the game will continue until one person remains.

Bingo

10+

Minimum no. of players 6

Using https://myfreebingocards.com/numbers/1-75/edit to generate free online tickets, Bingo can be played at home if you can print these out. There can be four levels: vertical row, horizontal row, diagonal and blackout( full house). A player who has won one round cannot play again.

Carolling challenge 5+

Minimum no. of players 4

This is a fun game that needs no props and can be played with friends and family while streaming on Zoom or Google Meet. The game begins when one person starts singing a line of a song, then the person to their right has to sing the next line and this continues until a person can sing his line. To keep the song competitive and ongoing it is recommended to sing Christmas themed songs known to many.

Never have I Ever Christmas Edition: 18+

Minimum no. players 2 but recommended 6+

This game is very simple, all members should sit in a circle. All players should have a glass of hot sauce (or something else that suits your spice tolerance level safely) in hand. One player begins by saying ‘Never have I ever — ‘. If a person in the circle had done what was said then they must take a sip from their cup, continuing the game on to the person on the right. The game ends when one person has finished his or her glass.

(E.g) Never have I ever - been snorkelling or Never have I ever - made besan ladoos.

Name the Christmas song: 8+

Minimum no. of players 6+

This is a very simple game that just requires a phone and speaker. All players are divided into two teams. There is one moderator who has the phone and is tasked with playing the Christmas songs. When the game begins, the moderator will play five seconds of the song chosen. The teams will then shout out if they know the song, if the correct song is guessed the moderator moves on to the next song, otherwise he will play another 5 seconds and continue this process until one team guesses the song. The game can be played with any amount of songs, and the winner will be determined by the team who has the most number of songs.