Christmas quiz
Play in teams of four to six. Read the questions from the Christmas quiz page, or run them as a live quiz where everyone answers on their phone and a leaderboard shows the scores after each round. Faster right answers earn more points.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 20 to 40 min
Christmas bingo
Print a card for everyone from the free bingo generator, using the Christmas list, or show them on phones. Call items out one at a time with the built-in caller. The first person to complete a line shouts bingo.
- Group size
- 5 to 100
- Time
- 15 to 30 min
Christmas would you rather
Ask a festive would you rather question, such as snow on the day or sunshine at the beach, and let the room vote. Show how the vote split, then ask one person from each side to say why, if they want to.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 10 to 15 min
One word for this year
Ask everyone to send one word that sums up their year at work. Answers are anonymous, and the words people send most grow biggest on the screen. It makes a calm, honest start before the games get loud.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 5 min
Prize draw on the wheel
Put every name, or every table number, on the wheel spinner and spin it on the big screen for each prize. Remove a winner after each spin so the prizes spread around the room.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 5 to 10 min
Guess the baby photo
Before the party, ask people who want to join to send a baby or childhood photo. Show one photo per slide in an interactive presentation, add a poll with four names, and let everyone vote. Only use photos people chose to send.
- Group size
- 8 to 50
- Time
- 15 to 20 min
Rank the Christmas songs
Pick eight Christmas songs and ask everyone to rank them from favourite to least favourite on their phone. The combined ranking appears on the screen. Then play a few seconds of the winner.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 10 min
Where in the world is Christmas?
Show a world map and describe a Christmas tradition, such as the straw goat in Gävle or Christmas Eve carols by candlelight in Melbourne. Everyone drops a pin where they think it happens. The closest pins win the round.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 10 to 15 min
Guess the film from emojis
Show a Christmas film as three or four emojis, such as a snowman, a boy and a plane. Teams write their guess on paper or send it as an open answer. Reveal the title after each one.
- Group size
- 6 to 100
- Time
- 10 to 15 min
Name your quiz team
Give each table a few minutes to pick a festive team name before the quiz starts. Read the names out and let the room vote for the best one in a quick poll. It gets tables talking before round one.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- 5 min
Gift swap
Everyone brings one wrapped gift under an agreed, small budget. People draw numbers, and in turn each person either opens a new gift or swaps for one already opened. A gift can only be swapped twice, so it doesn't drag on.
- Group size
- 6 to 30
- Time
- 20 to 30 min
- Runs on
- No tech needed
Build a paper Christmas tree
Give each team the same pile of paper, tape and pens. They have ten minutes to build the tallest tree that stands on its own. Measure each one at the end.
- Group size
- 8 to 60
- Time
- 15 min
- Runs on
- No tech needed
Two truths and a festive fib
Each team writes three statements about their own holiday traditions, two true and one made up. The other teams guess the fib. Nobody has to share anything they would rather keep private.
- Group size
- 6 to 40
- Time
- 15 to 20 min
- Runs on
- No tech needed
Christmas charades in teams
Write Christmas films, songs and books on slips of paper. A team acts one out together, with no words, while their own table guesses. Acting as a group means nobody is on stage alone.
- Group size
- 8 to 40
- Time
- 15 to 20 min
- Runs on
- No tech needed
Thank-you card table
Set up a table with blank cards and pens. During the party, people write a short thank-you to a colleague and post it in a box. Hand the cards out at the end of the party, or the next working day.
- Group size
- Any size
- Time
- Throughout
- Runs on
- No tech needed
