Christmas Party Games for Adults: 10 Easy Printable Games
The best adult Christmas party games are the ones nobody has to learn. Hand out a card, read the rules out loud, and people are laughing inside two minutes. Every game below prints on regular paper, works for 6 to 40 people and costs less than a bag of ice.
The Left Right Christmas Story
Everyone sits in a circle holding a wrapped gift. You read a silly Christmas story, and every time you say "left" or "right" the gifts pass that way. Whatever you're holding when the story ends is yours. It's the fastest way to do a gift exchange without the stealing.
Christmas Left Right Game: 4 Pass-the-Gift Stories (Family, Kids, Office Party & Cookie Story)Who's Most Likely To
Read a card ("Who's most likely to regift a fruitcake?") and on three everyone points at a person. The one with the most fingers on them reads the next card. Great for coworkers and family who think they know each other.
Who's Most Likely To: Christmas Edition, 48 Printable Party Game CardsChristmas Would You Rather
Pass the stack around the table. Each person reads one out loud and has to pick, no "both." Works as an icebreaker while food is coming out.
Christmas Would You Rather Game: 40 Printable Question CardsFind the Guest Bingo
Each square says something like "has been to the North Pole (Alaska counts)." Guests mingle to find someone who matches each square. First full row yells BINGO. Perfect when half the room doesn't know the other half.
Christmas Find the Guest Bingo: Printable Icebreaker Game (2 Card Versions)White Elephant (with real rules)
Everyone brings one wrapped gift, draws a number and either opens a new gift or steals one. Printing the rules and a steal tracker ends the "wait, can I steal that?" arguments before they start.
White Elephant Gift Exchange Rules Printable: Rules Sign, Number Cards 1-40, Steal Tracker & Frozen TagsGift Exchange Dice Game
Roll a die and do what it says: swap with the person on your left, steal from anyone, unwrap one. Rounds are timed, so it moves fast even with a big group.
Christmas Gift Exchange Dice Game: Roll & Swap Party Game + Steal-Style Gift Swap Rules (Printable)Christmas Charades & Pictionary
Split into two teams. One player draws or acts out the card ("Rudolph with a cold") and their team guesses before the timer runs out.
Christmas Charades & Drawing Game Cards: 96 Printable Act It / Draw It Cards (Kids & Adults)Ugly Sweater Contest
Put up a "Vote Here" sign, hand out ballots and give real awards: Ugliest, Brightest Lights, Most Creative. The certificates end up on fridges for years.
Ugly Sweater Party Contest Kit Printable: Voting Ballots, Award Certificates, Contest Sign, Name Tags & ScorecardChristmas Trivia
Read questions round by round and let teams write answers on scrap paper. Mix movie, music and history questions so everyone has a shot.
Christmas Trivia: 100 Questions for Grown-Ups, Kids & SeniorsChristmas Word Scramble
A good quiet game for the table: unscramble holiday words before anyone else. Hand out the sheet as people arrive.
Christmas Word Scramble Game: 20 Printable Word Puzzles with Answer KeyGet them all
Want the whole set? These bundles include several of the printables above in one download.
Christmas Game Night Bundle: 6 Printable Party Games (Left Right, Most Likely To, Dice Gift Exchange, Charades & More)
Christmas Games Bundle: 6 Printable Party Games (Would You Rather, Most Likely To, Find the Guest & More)Need lots of printables? All-Access membership unlocks every printable on the site, including new ones every week.