20 Work Christmas Party Games for Adults

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Christmas is a great time for all colleagues to get together at work and spend joyful time and what better way than some fun Christmas games? But organizing Office Christmas party games for adults is not so easy. So in this post, I am sharing with you 20 Work Christmas Party Games for Adults to plan a memorable fun Christmas Party at work. You can also use these as fun Christmas office activities as these are great office Christmas contest ideas too.

Before we get into details of the Office Christmas Games, if you are setting a Christmas party at work, you must check my post on 28 work Christmas party ideas, I will link it at the bottom too.

1. Christmas Holiday Scavenger Hunt

To bring some adventure to the office try a holiday scavenger hunt. Make a list of holiday-themed items like candy canes, Santa hats, and holiday cards. Hide these items around the office and let the team find them. The first person or team to locate everything on the list wins a prize.

Pro Tip: Offer creative hints for each item to keep the game fun and challenging.

2. Christmas Bingo

Bingo never gets old and makes everyone feel nostalgic to play. Make Bingo cards featuring festive icons like snowflakes, reindeer, Santa, and Christmas trees. As the host calls out each symbol, players mark it on their cards. The participant who gets a complete row or diagonal must say “Bingo!” and win a prize.

Pro Tip: Spice it up by adding prizes for runners-up or for people who complete unique patterns.

3. Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest

A fun and simple contest that will take less planning is to have an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest. Participants must come dressed in their wildest holiday sweaters, and everyone is a fashion critic to vote for an ugly Christmas sweater contest. You can  set voting categories as “Most Creative,” “Most Festive,” and “Funniest Sweater.”

Pro Tip: Keep voting light-hearted and friendly, and have prizes for each category to ensure everyone gets a fair shot at winning.

4. Christmas Carol Charades

Play the classic charades with a twist by using Christmas carols. List down popular Carol names on slips of paper, and have participants act them out without speaking. Their team has to guess the song based on gestures alone, which usually leads to laughs all around.

Pro Tip: Pair the game with hot cocoa to keep everyone fueled and let the team sing the carols to bring the festive vibe.

5. “Who Am I?” Christmas Edition

Play the classic guessing game with a Christmas twist. Stick the name of a famous holiday character like Rudolph, Frosty, or the Grinch on each person’s back. They then ask yes-or-no questions to figure out who they are. The first to guess correctly wins a prize.

6. White Elephant Gift Exchange

This is a simple twist to Christmas gift exchange and Secret Santa. A favorite at many office parties, the White Elephant gift exchange has each participant bringing a wrapped gift to place in a central pile. Participants take turns choosing a gift or “stealing” a gift from someone else. The game is full of surprises and often leads to plenty of laughs.

Pro Tip: Keep gift prices affordable to make it easy and fun for everyone to participate.

7. Ornament Guessing Game

Blindfold the participant and make them guess the ornament. Fill a jar with ornaments, candies, or holiday treats, or fill the same ornament in the jar without blindfolding and let everyone guess how many are inside. Whoever guesses closest to the actual number wins.

8. Holiday Pictionary

Split into teams and use holiday-themed words and phrases like “Christmas tree” or “North Pole” for a festive game of Pictionary. Players have to draw clues while their teammates will guess within the time limit.

Pro Tip: Use a whiteboard or large paper so everyone can see the drawings clearly and cheer on their team.

9. Christmas Song Emoji Guessing Game

Prepare a list of popular Christmas songs written in emojis (like 🎶🎄 for “O Christmas Tree”). Display them on a projector for everyone to see and each team needs to guess the song titles from the emojis. The person or team with the most correct guesses wins.

10. Reindeer Antler Ring Toss

For a fun physical activity try this game. Make team in pairs, participants wear antler headbands and their teammates try to toss rings onto them. Whoever lands the most rings on the antlers wins the game.

Pro Tip: Use inflatable or soft rings for safety and play some fun music in the background.

11. Christmas Trivia

Test everyone’s holiday knowledge with a round of Christmas trivia. List questions about holiday traditions, Christmas movies, and even international Christmas customs. Divide into teams and whoever gets the highest score is a winner and an ultimate holiday expert.

12. Wrap Race Challenge

Provide random items like staplers, water bottles, or ornaments for participants to wrap as quickly and as neatly as possible. The one who wraps within the time frame or fastest and most neatly wins the game. To make it extra fun, hand out unusual wrapping materials like newspaper or tissue paper and difficult-to-wrap objects.

13. Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt

Set up a daily Elf on the Shelf hunt in the weeks leading up to the party. Hide an elf figure somewhere in the office each day and leave clues. The first person to find it gets a prize, and whoever finds it the most often by the day of the party wins a grand prize.

14. Christmas Karaoke

Whether people are singers or not, singing karaoke is a great way to get everyone involved and have fun. Encourage employees to sing their favorite Christmas songs, and award fun prizes for categories like “Most Enthusiastic” or “Best Duet.”

15. Candy Cane Relay Race

Divide the participants into teams for a candy cane relay race. Each team member must pass a candy cane to the next without using their hands by hooking it onto the next person’s candy cane. The first team to finish wins the game.

16. Christmas Cookie Decorating Contest

Set up a cookie decoration station with plain cookies and plenty of decorating supplies like frosting, sprinkles, and candies. Give participants set time to decorate, and have a panel of judges (or votes) for categories like “Most Creative” or “Most Festive Cookie.”

P.S. You can also set up a Christmas Desk Decoration contest, you can check my post here for Christmas desk decor ideas.

17. Holiday “Two Truths and a Lie”

This game is a fun icebreaker. Each person shares two true and one false statement about their Christmas traditions or memories, or about themselves, and everyone else guesses which one is the lie. This is also a great way to know colleagues better and bond.

18. Holiday Guess the Scent

Collect a variety of holiday-scented candles or essential oils like pine, cinnamon, or peppermint. Blindfold participants and see who can identify each scent correctly. The person with the most correct guesses wins the game.

19. Christmas Movie Quote Game

Make a list of famous quotes from popular Christmas movies and have everyone guess which movie they’re from. Whoever gets the most correct answers wins. Or you can use this game to warm up the Christmas party and get everyone into a fun Christmas mood

Pro Tip: Add a prize for those who can guess the character who said the quote to whom for an extra challenge.

20. Snowball Toss

Here is a fun game that’s sure to make everyone laugh. Set up a “snowball” toss by using small white balls or even crumpled paper balls. Place bins at various distances and have participants try to toss their “snowballs” into the buckets. The further away the bucket, the more points the participants get.

Conclusion

These work game ideas are sure to set up fun moments at work. Use these to celebrate a week of Christmas at work 12 days of Christmas at work or for some fun activities at the office Christmas party. These ideas can be used in various ways from a large office to a small office setup.I am sure these ideas will help you plan a fun and festive gathering at work.

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