Christmas Games and Other Fun Activities

Maybe no other single activity really embracesand can be awarded a separate special gift or
camaraderie, playfulness and fierce but friendlytoken.
competition as heartily participating in playingThe 'Gift Grab Card Game' needs two deck of
indoor games with friends and family. Christmascards and a few small Christmas gifts that are
games does all those things but also serves thewrapped to look very interesting and enticing. One
purpose of bringing friends and family together todeck of cards is passed out one at a time to
interact directly with each other in a competitiveguests. Each should have an equal number of
and happy way.cards from the deck. The gifts are then placed in
Participating in Christmas games is another waythe center of the group. Someone then calls out
of sharing, but it is also doing something tangiblecards from the second deck. Whoever has an
to get into the festive, jolly and relaxed mode foridentical card gets to choose a gift. When all the
the holidays. Otherwise, its easy to get caught upgifts are taken, everyone can steal gifts from
in all the preparation and shopping and becomeeach other until the deck is finished and those
ridden with anxiety. Here are some holiday andwith gifts get to open and keep them as prizes.
Christmas games that will cause fierce but friendlyThe fun increases when the stealing begins
competition and leave everyone in a jolly mood.because everyone will have different ideas about
For the 'Gift Wrap' game, items needed will bewhich gift looks interesting and try to hang onto it
small gifts, wrapping paper, scotch tape and musicby stealing it over and over if it is stolen. Some
that can be turned on and off at will. Each giftpeople will also try to disguise the fact they have
item is wrapped in several layers of paper. Thea gift, although they should be kept in sight.
number of layers used will depend on the durationA children's Christmas game is 'Pin the Nose on
you want the game to last. A gift is given to thethe Reindeer,' which is the Christmas game
group which should start passing around the giftversion of 'Pin the tail on the Donkey.' The items
when the music starts. Whenever the musicneeded are a drawing of a reindeer's head with an
stops, whoever has the gift should remove oneincomplete drawing of the nose and several noses
layer of gift wrap. This continues until the lastwith the names on one side and tape on the
layer of paper is removed. Whoever has the giftother. The picture should be placed against a wall
unwrapped gets to keep it.so that children can reach the nose. Each child
The items needed for the 'Sock Guessing'then gets a nose. They take turns being
Christmas game are two or three thick newblindfolded spun around a couple times to disorient
thermal socks, items used or seen duringthem a little then told to walk to the reindeer and
Christmas, pens, pencils and paper. Each sock isplace the nose on the picture. The child who
stuffed with 20-25 items that are used or seenplaces the nose closes to the reindeer's nose wins.
during the Christmas season. These can be usefulA delightful Christmas game for work is the
items such as scotch tape, ornaments,'Match the Desk to the Item' game. A day or so
decorations etc. Each sock should have the samebefore the Christmas party at work, someone
items and the opening should be tied with a ribbonneeds to secretly take one item from each
so the contents inside aren't visible. The socks areperson's desk and assign a number to each item.
then passed around for each person to try toAt the party, all the items are displayed for
feel and guess the items then write down whateveryone to guess whose desk the item belongs
they think is in the sock. The person with theto.
most correct guesses of objects is the winner