Ready to turn your office holiday party from “meh” to merry?
These hilarious work Christmas party games turn coworkers into teammates and spark laughter that lasts well past the New Year.
From lighthearted icebreakers to friendly competitions, you’ll build connections and make your office the jolliest place this side of the North Pole.
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Laugh-Out-Loud Christmas Party Games For Work
1. Christmas Danger Words Game
Can you get your teammate to guess the target word without saying the “danger word”? In this example, you want your teammate to say “Frosty” without saying “snowman.” Try out this hilarious danger word guessing game this holiday season.
2. Christmas Movie Trivia
This Christmas movie trivia quiz covers the most iconic holiday movies – from The Grinch to The Polar Express. There’s something for everyone!
Who said this? “You might want to take a rain check on that. He’s got a lip fungus that ain’t been identified yet.”
Answer: Cousin Eddie (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
More holiday movie trivia:
3. Guess Who: Hilarious Xmas Party Game
Let’s put your detective skills to the test!
The Guess Who Christmas Party Game brings on a little holiday competition. This festive twist on the classic game will have everyone guessing and giggling in minutes. It’s perfect for breaking the ice as players race to figure out their secret character.
4. Christmas Family Feud
Christmas family feud is a fun teamwork game that brings you together for a jolly good time! This is a clean version, so it’s perfect for work parties. First, the host reads a survey. One person from each team answers. The team whose leader gives the highest scoring answer gets to decide if they want to take the survey or pass it to the other team.
Next, each member of the playing team guesses an answer one at a time (in order). When an answer is incorrect, the team gets a strike.
- If the team gets three strikes before guessing all of the answers, the other team has one chance to guess a remaining answer. If they guess correctly, they steal all of the points that the other team earned.
- If the team gets all the answers right before earning three strikes, they get the total value of the points they guessed.
5. Team Tinsel Reverse Charades
Try classic charades in reverse! Instead of one person acting and the team guessing, the whole team acts out the Christmas charades prompt while one person guesses.
Grab the entire set of game cards in the digital shop!
6. Holiday Jeopardy
First, split into teams and choose a hilarious Christmas team name. Then, play Christmas jeopardy! The objective is to earn the most money answering questions in a “who is_____” or “what is ______” form. Download the free printable game from the post and find the answers on the post too.
More Christmas trivia to use:
7. 5 Second Sleigh Ride
*Super Popular Game
Players have five seconds to name three holiday-related things. Fail, and you’re out! This game is fast-paced, super easy, and downright hilarious. You’ll be laughing in seconds!
Don’t miss the game cards in the digital shop. They make it easy to play in groups!
8. Holiday This or That
Use all of the quirky holiday questions or print this fun Christmas this or that free printable and have guests circle and debate on paper.
You can also pose festive holiday dilemmas like, “Would you rather untangle Christmas lights for 3 hours or wrap 50 oddly-shaped gifts?”
Related: Best Christmas Ice Breaker Questions
9. Reindeer Games
This is a great work party idea if you have kids coming! These reindeer games are silly, easy, and guaranteed to get you giggling. Gather your herd, put on your antlers, and get ready to dash, dance, and maybe even prance your way to victory.
10. Hidden Candy Canes
Hidden Candy Canes is a festive game that tests everyone’s attention to detail! Before the party, hide regular or mini candy canes around the event space. Place some in plain sight and others in trickier spots (like on buffet platters, tucked into floral arrangements, near the entryway, or peeking out from under the tree.)
At the start of the party, tell guests how many candy canes are hidden (a dozen or more works great) and give them a sheet to record their finds. Whoever spots them all first wins a prize!
If no one finds every candy cane, collect the sheets near the end of the party and reward the person who discovered the most.
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11. Ho-Ho-No!
Try this classic Christmas Taboo game. To play, you guess holiday words without using obvious clues. Can you describe “snowman” without saying “snow” or “frosty”? How about “Rudolph” without saying “reindeer” or “red-nose”?
12. Sneaky Little Elves
For this funny game, you give each guest 5–10 Christmas stickers. Their mission? Secretly stick them on other guests without getting caught. If they’re busted mid-stick, they take the sticker back and accept one from the person who caught them. The first person to use all their stickers wins!
13. Who Is Most Likely
*Perfect if your work party is small
Funny who is most likely to Christmas questions will have everyone jingling with laughter. The Christmas version puts all ages in a merry spirit. Like a kid at Christmas!
Who is most likely to say “never again” about something this Christmas?
Pro tip: This game works best if you know your participants pretty well.
14. Let’s Make a Deal – coming soon!
Festive Competitions & Christmas Party Challenges
15. Minute To Win It: Mistletoe Mayhem
Play festive one-minute challenges with candy canes, ornaments, and holiday candy. For this game, players aim to transfer red and green M&M candies from one plate to another using only suction from the straw, without using their hands!
Want to up the challenge? Try using chopsticks instead. For an extra twist, separate the M&Ms by color into two different bowls as you move them.
16. Oven Mitt Madness
The Oven Mitt Christmas Game is equal parts chaos and laughter. Imagine frantically trying to unwrap a gift…
- while wearing bulky oven mitts
- while everyone else cheers and yells
- while the person next to you maybe tries to steal your turn
It’s simple, hilarious, and guaranteed to become a crowd favorite at your Christmas party.
17. Christmas Cocktail Mixology
Corporate Christmas parties are famous for their bars, but why not make it more fun (and interactive)?
Instead of just serving drinks, host a holiday mixology class, or turn it into a competition. Choose a few festive cocktails like peppermint martinis or spiked eggnog, and bring in a bartender to show everyone how to shake, stir, and sip in style. Then, vote on your winners.
It’s more engaging than a traditional bar, helps coworkers bond, and gives everyone a new party trick to impress friends and family at future holiday gatherings.
18. Fa La-La-La-Fabulous! Ugly Sweater Contest
Try a “Who’s who” of ugly sweaters. Ask everyone to submit a photo of themselves in their ugly sweater ahead of time. Then post them on a slideshow or bulletin board without names and faces.
Coworkers have to guess who’s who!
Or just have everyone wear their ugly sweaters to the party. Award prizes for like:
- Most festive
- Most likely made by grandma
- Most likely to blind Santa
- Most inappropriate for HR
- Best team theme
19. Gingerbread House Speed Build
Set out a table of materials. And then give teams 10 minutes to decorate a mini gingerbread house. Creativity counts! (It’s like Lego Masters but for Christmas!)
You could also turn this into a tree decorating competition instead.
20. Indoor Snowball Fight
Snowball fights aren’t just for kids! Bring the fun indoors with a playful, no-mess version your coworkers will love. Grab a few indoor snowball fight sets, split everyone into teams, and hand out an equal number of snowballs per player.
When the whistle blows, it’s game on! It’s just like dodgeball. So, anyone hit is out until one snow-throwing champ remains. You’ll want to be in a wide, open space before the snow starts flying!
21. Name That Holiday Tune
For this game, you play snippets of Christmas songs and have guests guess the title or artist. Bonus points for finishing the lyric or singing the next line of the song!
22. Candy Cane Cash Grab
The Candy Cane Cash Grab game is the perfect mix of competition and mystery! With candy canes wrapped in cash, every round keeps players on their toes as they win and steal their way to the best stash.
23. Ornament Guess
First, fill a jar with mini ornaments, peppermints, or bows. Then have guests guess how many are in the jar. The closest guess wins!
24. Blind Wrap Challenge
One person is blindfolded, and the other can only give verbal directions to wrap a gift. Or you can skip the blindfolds and put your participants back-to-back so they can’t see each other. Expect this to be hilarious!
25. Ho-Ho-Hat Swap
Choose a trigger word or phrase at the beginning of the party. If a player says the trigger word, they have to wear the Santa hat!
Fun trigger words could be: Santa, Jingle, Merry, Elf, Cheers
26. Holly Jolly Telephone Pictionary
- Give everyone a stack of paper and a pencil.
- Start by writing holiday-themed words and phrases like “Santa stuck in a chimney” or “Elf snowball fight.” on the first sheet of your stack. Keep it a secret!
- Pass your stack to the person on your right.
- The next person looks at the word or phrase, flips it to the back of the stack, and draws what they think it means on the next sheet.
- Pass again to the right.
- This time, the person looks at just the drawing, flips it to the back, and writes a new word or phrase based on what they think the drawing is.
- Keep passing, alternating between writing and drawing, until the stacks go all the way around the circle.
- When everyone gets their original stack back, take turns flipping through the pages and reading them aloud.
Get ready to laugh at how far off the final guess is from the original word or phrase!
Gift Exchange Christmas Party Games For Work
Is everyone bringing a gift to your office party? Don’t fret! These work Christmas party games will create the best gift exchange memories.
27. Jingle Bell Steal
Play the classic dice gift exchange game, but spice it up by adding a rule. Before stealing, the player must sing a Christmas carol, wear a silly Santa hat, or answer a holiday trivia question.
28. Favorite Things Gift Exchange Game – coming soon!
29. Never Have I Ever
You’ll need one wrapped gift per participant and Christmas never have I ever questions.
Gather in a circle and place a wrapped gift at each player’s feet. The first player selects a “Never Have I Ever” question and reads it aloud. Anyone who has done the activity mentioned—including the reader—must swap spots with someone at least two spaces away.
The gifts remain in the same spots throughout the entire game.
After reading the question, the player unwraps the gift at their feet, and then returns it to its original spot. Continue this process until everyone has had a turn to read a question and all gifts are unwrapped. At the end of the final round, participants keep the gifts at their feet!
30. White Elephant Exchange
This is like a traditional gift exchange, but instead of normal gifts participants bring funny gag gifts.
Have players draw out a number from a hat. That number will be the order you go in. Each player (in order) can either pick a new present or steal the present from the previous player. The last participant to unwrap a gift can steal a gift from any player.
31. Gift Exchange War
This War Christmas gift exchange adds a festive twist to the classic card game favorite. Instead of just battling it out for the highest card, you’ll be competing for wrapped surprises under the tree!
With every flip, the stakes get higher, the laughs get louder, and nobody knows which gifts they’ll end up with until the very last card is played. It’s simple, fast-paced, and guaranteed to bring out everyone’s playful side this holiday season.
32. Gift Exchange Pong
Do you have a crowd that likes to move? This gift card pong game is hilarious and will have EVERYONE in on the fun. But you can also turn it into a gift exchange! Replace the gift cards with numbers that correspond to gifts. If the player bounces the ball into the cup with the number, they choose to open or steal.
33. Heads or Tails Gift Exchange
Supplies: One wrapped gift per participant, a coin
How To Play: Each guest draws a number from a bowl to establish the order of play. Player #1 selects a gift from the center pile and unwraps it. Then, Player #2 flips a coin to determine their next move:
- Heads: Pick a gift from the pile to unwrap
- Tails: They must steal a gift from someone.
If someone’s gift is stolen, they must flip the coin to decide their next action.
34. Holiday Gift Auction
For this game, participants bring one gag gift and one traditional gift. Each gift should be wrapped differently to keep its contents a secret. Before starting, each guest receives an equal amount of fake money from the host. The host acts as the auctioneer.
Guests can bid on up to two gifts, using only the money they have in hand. The auction concludes when everyone has successfully purchased their two gifts.
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