11 Christmas Games to Play With the Whole Family
Stop staring at screens and spend quality time together with these fun Christmas-themed games.
You know what’s worse than a Grinch? Post-Christmas-meal screen time. Everyone gathers around the fireplace to then immediately ignore everyone and scroll on their phones in silence. Bring the Christmas spirit back to your family and have an old-fashioned, no-screens game night. These board games and activities are packed with fun for the whole family and are sure to create lasting memories.
Help Buddy the Elf find his dad by laying a loopy route from the North Pole to New York City. Play path cards to the board and move Buddy along its crazy curves. Lead him toward your secret goal landmarks along the way to score points. The player with the most points when Buddy the Elf finds his dad wins.
Help Ralphie Parker get the BB gun and decoder ring he covets at Christmastime. Peek at present cards, "triple-dog-dare" other players to make risky trades and beware of the bullies who are lurking in the deck. If you have the infamous leg lamp, you can swipe another player’s card, but act fast because you may not have the prized possession long.
Christmas Bingo is not only perfect for holiday entertaining, but it's also ideal to keep the kids busy over winter break. It plays just like traditional Bingo except with classic holiday objects in place of numbers. This set comes with 32 unique player cards, 24 caller chips and two calling cards.
How many present bags can you get down the chimney? Find out with this Holiday Rooftop Drop Bean Bag Toss Game. A fun holiday twist on the classic bean bag toss game, this set is Christmas themed, down to the game board shaped like a rooftop with a chimney and bean bags that look like the sacks of presents that Santa would toss into his sleigh. Set up a red team and a green team and see who would be the best present delivery person.