12 Games of Christmas 2021

An assortment of 12 Christmas-themed games. Most are party-type games of one sort or other. They are

Christmas Pairs- a basic memory matching game using a deck of cards with Christmas themed illustrations

Festive Guesses- a musical game where players try to guess a Christmas song while someone is humming it on a Kazoo

Santa's Letters- Player try to come up with answers that fit a category, with each round requiring use of a particular letter. Scoring is done for answers that no one else wrote down. Think Just One meets Facts in Five

Merry Quizmas- Trivia game with the twist that the answers are multiple choice and players need to contort their bodies into the letter of their choice. Trivial Pursuit and Twister have a baby

Santa's Sports Day- See how many players complete the 10 dexterity challenges.

Panto or Picture- Players guess what someone is either acting out or drawing. Smash up of charades and Pictionary.

Reindeer Hoopla- Dexterity game where players toss rings at another player who is wearing inflatable antlers

Clutch the Kazoos- Players try to collect seats of cards. When someone does they grab a kazoo from the middle of the table and the other players then also try to grab one. There is one kazoo fewer than players and the player who doesn't have a kazoo loses a "life." Play continues until all but one player have lost 5 lives.

Santa's Hat- Players write the name of 3 people or characters on a piece of paper and put them in Santa's Hat. Players are split into two teams. Each team takes a turn drawing a name and trying to figure out who it is. There are three rounds with rules like Time's Up.

White Lies- Bluffing game using the Christmas Pairs card. Each player in turn will discard cards face down saying what quantity and number they are discarding. The next player either "raise" the discard or calls out the previous player. The player who is wrong has to take the discard pile. the object is to be the first to run out of cards.

Christmas Characters- A 20 questions-type game where someone will be asked yes or no questions about who or what they have chosen.

It's Snow Joke!- Two players sit across from each other and try to keep a straight face while each one reads a joke from a card to the other player.