12/23/15So I had mentioned this before, but this year my family is making all new traditions for Christmas eve because our extended family is out of town. Because of this my sister and I have been looking for different activities to do that are Christmas themed and that would be fun to do one Christmas eve. Now you could do these at any point in the holiday season, you could even do them on Christmas, but these are just some simple games and activities that are fun for all ages. Most of these are games, and so if your family is like mine and they love playing games together here are some things you can do. Christmas is a time for family for me, so I am planning on playing them with my family, but you can always host a holiday party with your friends and play these games as well. I know many people who host a party soon after the holidays to get rid of excess food and sometimes it will even be a white elephant party to get rid of bad gifts that they don't want. These games would be good for parties like that too.
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Now of course you can play any game during the holidays it doesn't just have to be Christmas related. My family often plays games like apples to apples, because most people enjoy it and it is just fun. Of course many games you could adapt to be Christmas related if you want. You could make apples to apples Christmas related if you had the time. All you have to do is come up with holiday words like joy, naughty, nice, misfit, jolly, chilly, or any words like that. Then you could do all sorts of Christmas characters from movies, or stories, or anything really. And if you make the Character cards for apples you could use those same ones for playing headbands as well, because you ca guess what you are.
If you want to play a game like headbands, but don't want to go through the trouble of making the game, you can play Holiday heads up charades. This app is one that I have played for numbers years on Christmas and it is always a favorite for everyone. Regular heads up charades is fun and you can play that for hours so having it holiday themed is only more fun. This game is great because it can be played with a lot of people, or just a few, so it is very versatile. It is also super easy to learn for all ages. Now before I go onto other Christmas games I should mention sitting down and watching a Christmas movie is always fun. Also if you have any Christmas videos from childhood of opening gifts that is fun as well.
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Last year I turned all of our home videos into DVD's with one just for Christmas, so my family enjoyed watching that. There are so many classic Christmas movies and it is just fun to make some hot coco, pull out the Christmas cookies and enjoy them.
Your family could also make crafts for Christmas. Even if your family is not that creative you can always make simple ornaments that require practically no skill. I really liked these ones from Martha Stewart, but you can find tons of ideas for different ornaments which you can either give away as gifts, or you can use them on your tree. My family for a long time had a tradition of making gingerbread houses. We stopped it a few years ago now that everyone is grown up, but it is always something fun to do especially with many people. The crafts don't have to be super difficult to have fun, and they don't even have to look that great in the end, as long as you are spending time together you will be making memories and having fun. You could even wrap gifts as a family as long as they are not for each other. I find gift wrapping super fun, but I know not everyone does. Each person could have a different job of the wrapping gifts process, so that even if they are not good at tying ribbon they can cut out the wrapping paper or add the gift tags. You will be spending time together and getting a lot done with so many people wrapping gifts all at once. although like I said there are tons of different games that can be made Christmas themed, and I promised I would include some so here are the list of games I have found to play on Christmas.
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Now because I am aiming this post more for family games I am not going to include games that include gift giving simply because my family would not play those sort of games and I don't think others would either. There are a lot of those types of games out there, so all you have to do is a simple google search and you will get tons of ideas. I am not going to explain each game because then this post would go on forever, but I will just link to the different blogs that explain them:
Christmas Family Feud
Christmas Music Games - This post has two different music games with a list of Christmas songs to be used with them
Christmas Party Games using Christmas Cards
Heads Up Charades Game Without the App - it isn't what it is called, but that's basically what it is
Christmas Charades
Holiday Scattergories
Now I know this wasn't too many games, but I want to keep this post somewhat short, because there is only so much you can do on Christmas or even during a party. However if you are looking for more activities here is a list of 50 things you can do one Christmas. I hope you enjoyed this post, and I hope you got some ideas for some activities to do.
Christmas Family Feud
Christmas Music Games - This post has two different music games with a list of Christmas songs to be used with them
Christmas Party Games using Christmas Cards
Heads Up Charades Game Without the App - it isn't what it is called, but that's basically what it is
Christmas Charades
Holiday Scattergories
Now I know this wasn't too many games, but I want to keep this post somewhat short, because there is only so much you can do on Christmas or even during a party. However if you are looking for more activities here is a list of 50 things you can do one Christmas. I hope you enjoyed this post, and I hope you got some ideas for some activities to do.