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Christmas Dinner Table Games

Make dinner more exciting by organizing these simple, yet fun games before of after the meal.

Guess How Many

Put wrapped candy in a jar and leave some pencils and small slips of paper in the center of the table. Let people guess how many candies they think are in the jar.

Christmas Memory Game

The first player says, "In my Christmas stocking there is an ... " and says something that starts with an "A" like apple. The second person then repeats what the first person said and adds something that begins with "B." This continues. When someone can't remember an item they drop out of the game. The last player who can remember all the items wins.

Draw It!

A white board or paper and markers and a timer is needed to play this game. Put Christmas related words or phrases on slips of paper and put them in a bowl. Divide the group into two teams. A phrase is drawn from the bowl and one person from each team must draw until their team guesses what it is.

Reindeer Droppings

To play this game you will need different types of chocolate candy bars. Crush the candy bars and form them into clumps. Put a different reindeer name on each plate. Players are given a piece of paper and pencil and must try and figure out what type of candy bar is on each plate. The person who gets the most right answers wins a prize.

Spell it Out

Find alphabet pasta and divide it into 2 bowls. Each team has a scribe who marks down how many words the team comes up with. The teams are given five minutes to come up with as many Christmas related words as possible.

Q&A

This game is great to play especially with all the family sitting around the table.

Everyone gets 2 pieces of paper and pencil and is asked to write down a general question, such as "what is your favorite color?" or "if you were a cartoon character who would you be?" Everybody then puts the questions into a bowl.

Each person is then assigned a number that can be found on a die. The first player rolls the die and picks a question. They then read the question aloud and everyone writes down the answer they think the person whose number was rolled would answer. For example, if Grandpa is assigned the number two and his number is rolled and the question is "what is your favorite color" everyone would write down what they think Grandpa's favorite color is. Grandpa gets to write down his answer.

Then all the players pass the answers to the person who rolled the dice and reads the answers. It is fun to see who gets the question right or if everyone was wrong. Sometimes the answers can be very surprising.

This article first appeared in the 'Celebrating Christmas PDF Magazine' which is a FREE magazine that you can download and even print out.