The holiday season brings lots of opportunities to spend time with family and friends. What better way to spend that time then by playing games together? Make them holiday themed games and everyone gets in the spirit and has a great time. Here is a list of Christmas and holiday games to try out!
Clue: North Pole Holiday Edition Board Game for Kids
This game plays like regular Clue but has a holiday
theme. All the presents go missing and you have to find which elf did it, where
and with what.
Ages 8+
Candy Land Game: Winter Adventures Edition Board Game for Kids
Another classic with a holiday theme. Be the first
to get the winter party at Chillymint Mansion.
Ages 3+
Don’t Step in It! Reindeer Edition Holiday Game for Kids
This is a table top version where player try to hit as many snowflakes with their hands as they can but to avoid the smushy reindeer droppings.
Ages 4+
Outset Media
Outset Media has Christmas versions of Charades, Trivia and Scavenger Hunt. You can check out our review of Christmas Trivia game here.
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Board Game
Christmas
can’t start without all the toys. Move through the game collecting misfit toys
and race back to the workshop.
Ages 8+
Christmas-opoly
A
fun Christmas twist on the classic game. The movers are a teddy bear, candy cane,
train, Rudolph and Scroge. The deeds come with fun facts.
For 2-6 players.
The Christmas Express Game
It’s
a train race to the North Pole. It promise lots of player interaction and fun.
Ages 8+
Christmas Lights Card Game
Be the first to set your string of lights completed first–but with a twist. You play with the cards backwards so you can’t see them! Looks and interesting.
Ages: 6+
UPDATE: Sadly, Christmas Lights seems to be out of print.
However, there is a new Christmas lights themed game called National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – Twinkling Lights Game. Players play tiles to make light combos to score points. With a pesky squirrel to cause trouble it sounds like a fun game.
Looney Labs Holiday Fluxx Card Game
This
holiday game covers from Halloween to New Year’s Eve, including Hanukah.
There’s trading and trick taking.
Ages 8+
This That & Everything: Merry X-Mas Party Game Standard
Teams
have to get their teammates to say the things on a Christmas themed list.
Ages: 12+
12 Days
This Christmas card game has players giving gifts to try to win the day. With beautiful stain glass artwork, this game has a multi-level strategy. It will have you puzzling and singing the 12 Days of Christmas. You can read the full review here.
Ages: 8+
Christmas Game by Family Pastimes
This game you play together to make all the puzzles together before the Manger scene gets clouded over. In the true spirit of things, players have to give and receive presents from each other to win.
Ages 5+
Christmas Trivia
The Christmas Trivia game will have you learning about the traditions in many different countries, recalling Christmas carols and thinking about all those Christmas movies you’ve seen. You can read the full review here.
Spot it Mini Holiday Tin
One of our favorite games with holiday images.
Which of these holiday games have you played? Let me know in the comments below and tell me what you think of them! To buy holiday games click here.
If you’re looking for even more Holiday games see our Santa’s Sleigh dice game, Grinch Dice game, and Santa Uno.
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