Six of the Best Christmas Games for Groups



Posted: Thursday, November 04, 2010

by Andrew Low
http://www.family-games-treasurehouse.com

Christmas! The season which celebrates the birth of Jesus; when we spend time with family and friends, indulging in too much good food, and attending endless parties. It's a time of great joy yet it can also be a time of great stress. One of these stresses may be the organisation of a church, office or club Christmas party. Here are six of the best Christmas games for groups, if you have the task of planning a party for a large group.

A good introductory ice-breaker game to help everyone learn each other's names and enter the party mood is "All I Want for Christmas". Players are seated in a circle. One player begins by saying, 'My name is ... All I want for Christmas is ...' The player to their left then says, 'My name is ... All (name of first player) wants is ... All I want for Christmas is ...' Each player around the circle then states their name and repeats the growing list of gifts with the names of the other players. Anyone who cannot repeat the list is out. It may be easier to start the list again once it grows to about 10-12 gifts.

Group Christmas games will often include a time where each person exchanges a gift they have brought to a pre-arranged value (say $5). A simple raffle can be conducted, but it is a lot more fun to make it into a game. One example of these fun Christmas gift exchange games is "Left Right Christmas Game", where players are seated in a circle holding a gift (not necessarily the one they brought). The games leader reads a story. As the word 'Left' or 'Right' is mentioned, players pass the gift in the corresponding direction. When the story finishes, players open the gift they are holding.

An active Christmas game for groups is "Balloon Relay". Players form two even teams. One team has a wooden ruler and a red balloon while the other team has a wooden ruler and a green balloon. Each team must bat the balloon to the other end of the room and back in a relay, using only the wooden ruler.

Younger children may enjoy "Christmas Card Hunt", where each child is given half a card. They must find the matching halves of the Christmas cards which have been scattered around the room. The first child to find three matching halves wins the game.

A Christmas carol game is an interesting way of testing your knowledge of Christmas carols in a team game format. There are a number of games you could play. One example involves one player from the team who is given the name of a carol and must draw a picture. The rest of the team must guess the carol and sing the first verse within a one minute time limit.

Finally, one of the best Christmas games for groups is another active team game called "All Tied Up". Two teams form separate circles, each with a ball of twine (one green, one red, if available). The first player on each team winds the twine once around their waist and then passes it to the player on their left who does the same, and so on a round and around the circle until one team wins when they are wrapped completely in their ball of twine.

For more details on these and many more Christmas games for groups, please visit our website.

Andrew owns Family Games Treasurehouse which has over thirty ideas for Christmas party games . Visit http://www.family-games-treasurehouse.com and sign up for our free newsletter to download our ebook, "25 Family Dice Games". This article is copyright but may be freely republished provided the text, author credit, site links and this copyright notice remain intact.
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» left by Jennifer Stewart
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Your Christmas games sound like a lot of fun, thanks for sharing!
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