Bring holiday cheer to the workplace with these fun and engaging Christmas games that are perfect for colleagues. Whether you’re planning a casual office party or a virtual celebration, these games will add laughter and team bonding to your festivities! 🎅🎁🎄
1. Holiday Trivia Showdown 🎤🎄✨
Test your colleagues’ knowledge of Christmas traditions, movies, and songs.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A list of holiday-themed trivia questions
- Small prizes for winners (e.g., gift cards or candy canes)
How to Play
- Divide players into teams.
- Take turns answering trivia questions.
- Award points for correct answers, and the team with the most points wins! 🎁🎉✨
2. Ugly Sweater Contest 👕🎅✨
Show off the best (or worst) holiday sweaters in this hilarious competition.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Participants wearing ugly sweaters
- Ballots for voting or a panel of judges
How to Play
- Let everyone model their sweaters.
- Vote on categories like “Ugliest Sweater,” “Most Creative,” or “Funniest Sweater.”
- Announce winners and hand out prizes! 🎁🏆🎄
3. Office Snowball Toss ⛄✨🎄
A simple and fun game to liven up your office party.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- White foam balls or crumpled paper (as snowballs)
- Buckets, baskets, or waste bins (as targets)
How to Play
- Set up targets at various distances.
- Players take turns tossing snowballs into the targets.
- Award points based on difficulty, and the highest scorer wins! 🎉🏆🎅
4. Secret Santa Gift Exchange 🎁🎅✨
A classic holiday tradition for any office.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A list of participants
- A price limit for gifts
- A random draw for assigning Secret Santas
How to Play
- Participants buy gifts within the price range for their assigned person.
- Exchange gifts during the party and guess who their Secret Santa is! 🎄🎁✨
5. Virtual Christmas Bingo 🎲🎄🎅
Perfect for remote teams or hybrid workplaces.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Printable or virtual bingo cards
- Tokens or markers for players
How to Play
- Distribute bingo cards.
- Call out holiday-related phrases or items.
- The first player to complete a row or column shouts “Bingo!” and wins a prize. 🎉🎁✨
6. Holiday Karaoke Challenge 🎤🎅🎄
Show off your singing skills (or lack thereof) with this fun activity.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A karaoke machine or music playlist with Christmas songs
- Microphone
How to Play
- Take turns singing holiday classics.
- Judges or colleagues vote on the best performance.
- Prizes for categories like “Best Singer” or “Most Entertaining.” 🎉🎁✨
7. Desk Decorating Contest 🎄✨🎅
Transform the office with creative holiday decorations.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Decorations (lights, ornaments, garlands, etc.)
- A judging panel or voting ballots
How to Play
- Each participant decorates their desk in a festive theme.
- Judges vote on categories like “Most Festive” or “Most Creative.”
- Winners receive holiday-themed prizes! 🎁🏆✨
8. Christmas Photo Booth 📸✨🎅
Capture the holiday spirit with a festive photo booth.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Holiday props (Santa hats, reindeer antlers, etc.)
- A camera or smartphone
- A festive backdrop
How to Play
- Set up a booth for individual or group photos.
- Award prizes for categories like “Silliest Photo” or “Best Group Picture.” 🎄🎉✨
9. Ornament Guessing Game 🎄✨🎁
A quick and easy game to get everyone involved.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A jar filled with mini ornaments
- Notepads and pens for guesses
How to Play
- Have everyone guess the number of ornaments in the jar.
- Closest guess wins a small prize! 🎅🎄✨
10. Office Gingerbread House Contest 🍬✨🎄
Unleash your inner architect with this sweet competition.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Gingerbread house kits or homemade pieces
- Candy and frosting for decorating
How to Play
- Each participant or team builds a gingerbread house.
- Judges vote on categories like “Most Creative” or “Best Overall Design.”
- Winners take home festive prizes! 🎁🏆✨
11. Holiday Charades 🎭✨🎄
Get everyone laughing with this classic party game.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Slips of paper with holiday-themed phrases or movies
- A bowl or hat for drawing
How to Play
- Players take turns acting out the phrases while their team guesses.
- Most correct guesses within the time limit wins! 🎅✨🎁
12. Christmas Word Scramble 🔀✨🎅
A fun brain teaser for colleagues.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Printable word scramble sheets
- Pens or pencils
How to Play
- Distribute word scramble sheets.
- Players race to unscramble holiday words.
- The fastest or most correct answers wins a prize! 🎉🎁✨
13. Candy Cane Relay Race 🎄✨🎅
A hilarious relay game that’s great for team bonding.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Candy canes
- Spoons
How to Play
- Players race to carry a candy cane on a spoon without dropping it.
- The fastest team wins a holiday prize! 🎁🎉✨
14. Name That Christmas Tune 🎶✨🎅
Put your holiday music knowledge to the test.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A playlist of Christmas song snippets
How to Play
- Play a few seconds of each song.
- Players guess the song title and artist.
- Award points for correct answers, and the highest score wins! 🎉🏆🎄
15. Virtual Holiday Scavenger Hunt 🎄✨🎅
Perfect for remote teams to join in the fun.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A list of holiday-related items for players to find at home
- A virtual meeting platform
How to Play
- Call out items one at a time (e.g., “a red ornament” or “holiday mug”).
- Players race to show the item on their screen.
- Most items collected wins! 🎉🎁✨
16. Christmas Icebreaker Questions ❄️✨🎄
Get to know your colleagues better with festive icebreakers.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- A list of Christmas-themed questions
How to Play
- Go around the room or virtual meeting, and have each person answer a question like “What’s your favorite holiday tradition?”
- Great for warming up the group before other games! 🎅✨🎉
17. Jingle Bell Bowling 🎳✨🎅
Turn the office into a mini bowling alley.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Empty water bottles decorated as snowmen
- A small ball (like a foam ball)
How to Play
- Set up the bottles in a bowling formation.
- Players take turns rolling the ball to knock them down.
- The highest score wins! 🎁🎉✨
18. Hot Cocoa Bar & Trivia ☕✨🎅
Combine delicious treats with fun facts.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Ingredients for hot cocoa (milk, cocoa, marshmallows, etc.)
- A list of holiday trivia questions
How to Play
- Set up a hot cocoa bar for everyone to enjoy.
- Host a trivia session alongside the cocoa for a relaxed yet fun activity. 🎄🎉✨
19. Reindeer Ring Toss 🦌✨🎄
A simple and entertaining game for all.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Inflatable antlers or reindeer headbands
- Plastic rings or glow sticks
How to Play
- One person wears the antlers while others toss rings.
- Most rings on the antlers wins! 🎅🎁🎉
20. Christmas Team Bingo 🎲✨🎅
Work together to win in this team-based version of bingo.
Before You Start: Materials You’ll Need
- Bingo cards
- Tokens or markers
How to Play
- Each team gets a bingo card.
- Players take turns answering holiday trivia or completing challenges to mark a square.
- First team to complete a row wins! 🎄🎉✨
