4 Hilarious Christmas Games That Will Get Everyone Laughing
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Christmas is just around the corner, and it might be the time you start to think about what game to play on Christmas afternoon, so I’ve put together a list of 5 ideas which might be perfect to get out this year to play with all the family.
Taskmaster: The Board Game
Based on the hit show, this game is full of creative and bizarre challenges. Players must complete tasks set by the “Taskmaster” (one player acts as the judge) to score points. From silly physical feats to creative problem-solving, it’s a laugh-out-loud game that will be a highlight of any Christmas gathering. Suitable for ages 8+ this game needs 3+ players.
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Exploding Kittens
This quirky card game is hugely popular and so funny to play! Made for 2-5 players and suitable for ages 7 and up. The aim of the game is simple: avoid drawing the Exploding Kitten card while using other cards to strategise and sabotage your opponents. There’s even a party pack edition which allows you to play with up to 10 players too!.
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Trivia Pursuit
Put everyone’s festive knowledge to the test with Trivia Pursuit. It is one of those games where you can choose an edition to suit your gathering, from master editions to decades, Disney and even film-specific options available the choice really is yours. Age suitability depends on the edition and if you have more people than pieces then why not create teams?
Buy Trivia Pursuit Master Edition from Amazon.
Buy Trivia Pursuit Party Edition from Amazon.
Articulate!
This fast-talking description game is a classic Christmas favourite. Players must describe as many words as possible from a category without saying the actual word, all within a time limit. It’s easy to learn, fast-paced, and guaranteed to have people shouting and laughing this year. Suitable for groups of 4 to 20+, there are two versions available one for kids and the other for ages 12+
Buy Articulate from Amazon.
Buy Articulate for Kids from Amazon
Bonus Tip: DIY Games
If you’re on a budget or feeling creative, then why not make your own games? A Christmas trivia quiz or “Pin the Nose on Rudolph” are easy and affordable options which are sure to bring smiles and laughter all around.
What’s your go-to Christmas game? Let us know in the comments below!
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We love Monopoly and tried taskmaster
i like monopoly best but scrabble is good too
i like monopoly best although scrabble is good too
I like playing the card game Uno at Christmas because it is fun, easy and portable.
Monopoly 🙂
My family like to play Charades at Christmas x
charades or mario kart
This would be amazing to win – thanks for the chance.
Has to be the classic monopoly if only I could do it for real
family fortunes
My children love sardines although they they’re not very good at it, as they get the giggles!
We love playing Animal Crossing monopoly as my little boy is a huge fan
Scrabble
I really love Charades – but it never went down very well with my family! I was usually the youngest by more than 30 years and the grandparents in particular were never keen lol
I used to be nearly as happy with Trivial Pursuit, which would be my second choice
I love a game of Pictionary at Christmas, it’s a good laugh when you play with all the family.
Charades always gets a giggle out of the children
Charades is our favourite always gets a lot of giggles out of the children
Monopoly is a great game at Christmas
My family’s go to game when we gather together has always been Scattegories – it can get quite competitive!
Trivial Pursuit, we have the family edition so great for Christmas Day with all the kids and adults on teams.
monopoly
We love monopoly!!
Something calm and nostalgic, like a Christmas-themed jigsaw puzzle or quietly reading festive riddles together
We always play Monopoly at Christmas, we all love it
Monopoly
We love playing Monopoly….very competitive though! lol
we love playing Ticket to Ride Europe edition in this household
Uno No Mercy, lots of shouting and hand gestures
I like to play Fuzzy Duck, a drinking game I learned at University.
I like playing trivial pursuit or any quiz like games.
We love doing a Christmas quiz 🙂
We love Pictionary in our house, but a more modern favourite has quickly become Kahoot as it’s so interactive and entertaining,
task master looks great fun
it has to be Monopoly everyone knows how to play and my kids love it
Monopoly
We love Scattergories or UNO if the “non readers” are still up!!
We love a good game of Cluedo! An oldie but a goodie.
We love playing pictionary as we love drawing, and it can get hysterical after a few drinks!
love scrabble
We like playing a family quiz game on Playstation called ‘Knowledge is Power’. Really good fun.
we love to play charades
We have two , monopoly and also Winter Olympics on the Wii
Trivial Pursuit
Ludo is always a favourite – it’s easy and everyone can play, but it can get a bit competitive!
We (adults) love playing beer pong at Christmas, the children join with fruit juice pong.
My game is “how quickly can I tidy up the festive mess” lol
We love playing card games at Christmas, the children love it
We always play our 40 year old Scrabble and Monopoly.
Although we often play many board games, we usually end with a pack of playing cards for a game of Go Fish or Gin Rummy!
We always like to play Charades 🙂
I like Scrabble, but not with my brother because he makes up words 🤣
I like Kerplunk because its easy and everyone can join in.
We love playing Cluedo at Christmas, fun for all the family
Got to be good old Ludo
everybody in the family likes to play cleudo or monopoly
Snakes and Ladders with the grandchildren, so much fun for everyone, and no rgueing.
Snacks and Ladders is such a fun game isn’t it!
It’s always Scrabble for us!
My favourite game is 20 questions. We have had it as an adult board game for many years but with our grandchildren we use hand made cards in a number of categories (according to their age) One of them keeps the score allowing 20 questions (Y or N answers only) for the rest to solve. They still ask to play it even though the youngest will be 13 on Boxing Day and can play the board game now!
I like doing made up quizzes with my family at Christmas.
We love Monopoly Empire. It never takes too long.
we always love to play a game of charades or whatever new game Santa bought.
We don’t really play games at Christmas, but if we were to we’d probably pick Uno or something easy like that ♥
My old 1970s Kerplunk game we always play each year as we are not a tv family.
I like playing Trivial Pursuit or any quiz type game.
Trivial Pursuit or any quiz type game.
our favourite game on Christmas Day is most certainly Charades
Our favourite game to play at Christmas is scrabble, we try to make it festive by adding Christmas related words.
we play monolpy every. year me my dad daughter and hubby my. dad lieks to buy. a different one each year. we. have loads
we always play monopoly at christmas me my. dad and daughter and hubby my dad buys a different set each year we got loads
Love a game of Cluedo or Monopoly x
We always play Pay Day at Christmas. It’s a bit easier for the kids than Monopoly, and great fun!
We always play Scrabble at Christmas
My favourite Christmas game has got to be anything with a quizzy element! We love Linkee
We love to play a game we dubbed the ‘gift bag game’ you have to pick up the gift bag with just your teeth, and each round we chop a bit off. You end up trying to grab the gift bag off the floor with no hands and it gets hilarious!
Our family likes to play scrabble as it is fun
My favourite game to play at Christmas is Trivial Pursuits especially if I get the film or literature questions
We like to play monopoly or a quiz game
We played Taskmaster for the first time last year and it was so much fun. Our favourite used to be Escape Room but I think Taskmaster is our new favourite. You must try it.
Love a good game of Scrabble
I love to play Cluedo because it’s the game I’m best at!
We set up a large jogsaw puzzle on a side table that gradually gets finished over the holiday
My family love Christmas quizzes we compile our own and have a selection of bought ones as well.
favorite boardgame during the holidays is Pictureka. fun and simple enough for all ages, but just totally a fun game to enjoy competing and building skills.
Any cards game that makes the kids upset because i win the whole time
We have a family quiz game that we love to play as the younger children can join in too. We also play a lot of Uno.
UNO is a fantastically fun game to play with adults and older children. Easy to learn and you don’t get bored of it easily.
we love playing monopoly at Christmas!
Its a bit geeky, but myself, my brother, and my nephew like to play a Warhammer game. It can be quite a long game, so perfect over the Xmas holiday period.
I love the idea of Taskmaster games but wonder if it would suitable for the whole family, the silly games are the best ones though
I love to play monopoly at Christmas
uno, lots and lots of uno.
I like to play monopoly, nothing like bonding with the family whilst collecting on park lane
My favourite is Charades because we are so useless at it that it ends up causing a lot of hilarity.
The monopoly board usually makes a reappearance xD
We always play losts of card games to suit all ages
We don’t do games but, if we did, it would be Charades.
I can’t have a christmas eve whitout playing scrabble.
We always enjoy a Christmas themed quiz but in terms of board games Trivial Pursuit is always high on the list.
It might not seem the most exciting but Scrabble is always a family favourite at Christmas!
love monopoly – have done since I was little – great fun for all
Monopoly
a lovely self care treat before Christmas. hope you’re keeping well x
We enjoy playing Yahtzee!
Love a game of Uno, so much fun and so simple to play.
We love boggle. It’s so much fun and easy to play
We like to play strategy games like Carcassonne but we also like card games like Skip-Bo.
Love playing charades with the childrens, always get Jaws…
We all love to play Monopoly over Christmas, also enjoy a game of cards.
Monopoly
We love playing Mario Kart at Christmas, we’ve done it since the first one – must be over 30 years now 😱
when we all get together we like to play family fortunes at christmas
Always love a game of the old favourite– charades.