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

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