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The short answer We have 17 free printable Christmas games, and six of them are on this page: bingo, trivia, a word scramble, a word search, the left-right gift game and charades. Each one takes your party or family name, prints as a PDF on US Letter or A4 with an answer key where there’s something to check, and most can also be played on a phone or TV. There’s no email sign-up. The table below shows all 17, with the crowd and age each one suits.
Christmas Bingo
How to play: Give each player a different card and a handful of markers (candy, buttons or a pen). The caller cuts up the calling sheet, or uses Play mode, and reads out one word at a time. Players mark that picture word if it's on their card. The center square is free.
- Santa
- Reindeer
- Snowman
- Candy Cane
- Stocking
- Mistletoe
- Wreath
- Ornament
- Gingerbread
- Sleigh
- Snowflake
- Hot Cocoa
+ 34 more in the printable.
Bingo is the one to print first. Every card is different, drawn from 46 holiday words, and the Game Maker adds a calling sheet for the host. It works for 4 players or 60, and for a 5-year-old as well as a great-grandmother.
All 17 free printable Christmas games
| Game | Best for | Ages | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas bingo | Any crowd, 4 to 60 | 4+ | 15-30 min |
| Kids’ Christmas bingo | Classrooms, young kids | 4-8 | 15-25 min |
| Christmas find the guest | Big parties, mingling | 10+ | 15-25 min |
| Holiday find a coworker | Office parties | Adults | 15-20 min |
| Christmas trivia | Teams of adults | 12+ | 20-30 min |
| Christmas trivia for kids | Kids’ parties, classrooms | 7-12 | 15-20 min |
| Christmas movie trivia | Movie fans | 12+ | 15-25 min |
| Winter holidays trivia | Offices, mixed traditions | 12+ | 20-30 min |
| Holiday survey game | Two teams, any size | 10+ | 30-45 min |
| Christmas word scramble | Quiet time, waiting for dinner | 9+ | 10-15 min |
| Christmas word search | Quiet time, travel | 7+ | 10-15 min |
| Kids’ Christmas word search | Early readers | 5-8 | 10-15 min |
| Christmas fill-in-the-blank story | Kids and silly grown-ups | 6+ | 10-15 min |
| Left-right gift game | Gift exchanges, 6 to 30 | 5+ | 5-10 min |
| Christmas charades | Families, teams | 5+ | 20-40 min |
| Christmas This or That | Icebreaker, any age | 4+ | 10-30 min |
| Christmas I Have Never | Adults and teens | 13+ | 15-30 min |
The six games embedded on this page are bingo, trivia, the word scramble, the word search, the left-right game and charades. The kids’ bingo, kids’ trivia, kids’ word search and the fill-in-the-blank story are on our Christmas party games for kids page. The office card and winter holidays trivia are with our Christmas party games for work. Find the guest and the survey game are on Christmas party games for large groups, and movie trivia, This or That and I Have Never are with our Christmas party games for adults.
How the printables work
- Pick a game on this page and open it in the Game Maker.
- Type your party or family name if you want it on top, like “The Nguyen Family” or “Room 4 Winter Party.” On bingo and word games you can also change the words.
- Choose US Letter or A4 and download the PDF. Answer keys and calling sheets print on their own pages, so you can keep them away from the players.
- Print as many copies as you need. Bingo gives every player a different card automatically.
- Or skip the printer: bingo, the quizzes, the survey game, the stories, the card decks and the scramble all have a Play mode for a phone, a TV or a projector.
Everything prints fine on plain paper. Card stock holds up better for bingo cards that get passed around, and charades cards are easier to shuffle on heavier paper.
Trivia and quizzes
Four quizzes, all multiple choice, with every answer checked against a published source. Here’s the main one:
Christmas Trivia
How to play: Print one quiz per player or team, or play on a TV and read each question aloud. Players circle one answer per question. No phones. Swap sheets and mark them as the host reads the answer key.
- Who recorded "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 1994?
- Who wrote the song "White Christmas"?
- How old was Brenda Lee when she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"?
- Under what title was "Jingle Bells" first published in 1857?
- Who wrote and recorded "Feliz Navidad" in 1970?
- "Silent Night" was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 in which country?
- Which former Beatle released "Wonderful Christmastime" in 1979?
- Who composed the music for The Nutcracker ballet?
- Which president signed the 1870 law that made Christmas a federal holiday?
- Which country has sent London a Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square every year since 1947?
- In "Xmas," the X stands for which Greek letter?
- The poinsettia is named after the first U.S. minister to which country, where the plant grows wild?
+ 18 more in the printable.
It has 30 questions in a mix of music, history, food and Christmas around the world. How many Yule Lads visit Icelandic children? Who wrote “White Christmas”? Play it in teams of three to five, with one sheet per team. For a full evening of quiz rounds, our Christmas trivia questions and answers post has 150 questions sorted into rounds.
For kids, use the 20-question kids’ quiz, which asks things like what reindeer eat in winter. Movie fans get 25 questions on the Christmas films people rewatch every year. The winter holidays quiz covers Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas and New Year’s traditions around the world, so it’s the one to print for a workplace or a group with a mix of traditions.
Word games
Word games are the quiet ones. Set them on the table when guests arrive, or hand them to kids while the grown-ups finish dinner.
Christmas word scramble
Twenty-two Christmas words with the letters mixed up, from ELVES to GINGERBREAD, and the answers on a separate page. Give people 10 minutes and a pencil.
Christmas Word Scramble
How to play: Hand each player or team a sheet and a pencil. Unscramble each jumble of letters into a Christmas word. Set a timer for 10 minutes, or play until someone finishes.
- ANGEL
- BELLS
- CANDLE
- CAROL
- CHIMNEY
- COOKIE
- ELVES
- FROST
- GIFT
- GINGERBREAD
- HOLLY
- MITTENS
+ 10 more in the printable.
Christmas word search
Eighteen words hidden in a 14 by 14 grid, running across, down and diagonally. It’s a good fit for ages 7 and up; the kids’ version, with shorter words that only run across or down, suits early readers.
Christmas Word Search
How to play: Print one puzzle per player or team and hand out pencils. Words hide across, down and diagonally. Circle each word you find and cross it off the list.
- REINDEER
- SNOWMAN
- MISTLETOE
- ORNAMENT
- GINGERBREAD
- STOCKING
- WREATH
- SLEIGH
- TINSEL
- HOLLY
- CAROLS
- CHIMNEY
+ 6 more in the printable.
Fill-in-the-blank story
One person collects words from the group (“a food,” “a silly name,” “a number”) without revealing the story, then reads the story aloud with those words in the blanks. It’s about an elf who packs Santa’s sleigh all wrong, and it gets sillier with every word.
Party and gift games
The left-right gift game
Everyone holds a wrapped gift while the host reads a story about a family wrapping presents at the last minute. Pass your gift left every time you hear LEFT, and right every time you hear RIGHT. When the story ends, you keep what you’re holding.
The Last-Minute Wrapping: A Christmas Left-Right Game
How to play: Everyone sits in a circle holding one wrapped gift. The host reads the story aloud at a steady pace. Every time you hear LEFT, pass your gift to the person on your left. Every time you hear RIGHT, pass it right.
Print one copy for the reader. Every LEFT and RIGHT prints in bold, so it’s easy to read at a steady pace. Six to 30 people works best; for more, split into circles and give each circle a reader.
Christmas charades
Fifty-eight cards, from “untangling Christmas lights” to “a penguin sliding on its belly.” Print one set, cut the cards apart and drop them in a stocking.
Christmas Charades
How to play: Cut the cards apart and put them in a bowl or a stocking. Split into two teams. One player draws a card and acts it out with no words and no sounds. Their team has 60 seconds to guess.
- Wrapping a present
- Untangling Christmas lights
- Building a snowman
- Ice skating
- Making a snow angel
- Hanging a stocking
- Decorating the tree
- Putting the star on top of the tree
- Sledding down a hill
- Baking cookies
- Frosting a gingerbread house
- Drinking hot cocoa that's too hot
+ 46 more in the printable.
Split into two teams. One player draws a card and acts it out with no words, and their team gets 60 seconds to guess. For kids who can’t read yet, a grown-up whispers the card.
Survey game, find the guest and card decks
The holiday survey game plays like a TV game show: two teams guess the most common answers to questions like “Name something people do after a big holiday dinner.” The points are our editors’ best guess, not a real poll. Find the guest is a mingling card for big parties, and This or That and I Have Never are card decks you cut apart and read one at a time.
How many copies to print
| Game | How many |
|---|---|
| Bingo, find the guest | One per player plus a few spares |
| Trivia | One per team, or one per player for a quiet quiz |
| Word scramble, word search | One per player |
| Fill-in story, left-right story | One for the reader |
| Charades, This or That, I Have Never | One set per group |
| Survey game | One host board |
If you plan to play bingo more than once with pens, print a new card per round, or slide cards into clear sheet protectors and use dry-erase markers.
Print everything a week early and put each game in its own envelope with pencils, markers and the answer key clipped to the front. On party day you just hand an envelope to whoever is running that game.
Picking games for your crowd
Small family gathering
Try the left-right gift game, a round of This or That at the table and the word scramble for anyone who wants something quiet after dinner.
Big party or church event
Start with find the guest as people arrive, run bingo or the survey game as the main event, and finish with the left-right game in circles.
Kids and classrooms
The kids’ bingo, kids’ trivia, fill-in-the-blank story and the easy word search are all written for ages 4 to 12. For a class of 25, print bingo cards the night before and plan three rounds.
Office party
Find a coworker, winter holidays trivia and the survey game all work without anyone needing to celebrate Christmas. Type something like “Finance Team Holiday Party” in the name field, and on the bingo and find-a-coworker cards you can swap any word that feels too Christmas-specific before you print.
Seniors
Bingo, trivia and the word search work well; print bingo one card per page for bigger squares, and call slowly. Our printable games for seniors post has more large-print options.
- Printer paper, plus card stock for bingo and charades cards
- Pencils and a few pens
- Bingo markers: buttons, paper squares or mini marshmallows
- Scissors for the card decks
- A stocking or bowl for drawing cards and bingo calls
- One small wrapped gift per person for the left-right game
- Envelopes to keep each game together
Prize ideas
Most of these games produce a winner every 10 minutes or so, so plan on lots of small prizes rather than one big one.
- Candy canes, hot cocoa packets or a small bag of cookies
- An inexpensive ornament that can go straight on the tree
- Scratch-off tickets for adults
- Stickers or holiday pencils for kids
- First pick from the gift pile, which costs nothing
Every Christmas game we publish, printable or not, is on our Christmas games page.
Questions hosts ask
Are these Christmas printables really free?
Yes. Every game prints free for personal use with no email sign-up. You can also play them on a phone, TV or projector with Play mode.
Do the printable Christmas games come with answers?
Yes. The trivia quizzes, word scramble and word search each print an answer key on its own page, and bingo prints a calling sheet for the host.
What paper size do the printables use?
You can choose US Letter or A4 before you download the PDF. Plain paper works; card stock is sturdier for bingo cards and charades cards.
Which printable Christmas games are best for kids?
The kids' bingo, kids' trivia, easy word search and fill-in-the-blank story are written for ages 4 to 12. Charades and This or That also work for young kids.
Can I use these games at an office party?
Yes. The find-a-coworker card, winter holidays trivia and the holiday survey game work for teams where not everyone celebrates Christmas.
By the Party Game Book editors. Every game here is free to print for personal, classroom and non-commercial use. How we make and check our games.
