Christmas games?

8 years ago

I am trying to think of something to bring some life to our gift exchange. We have done the Chinese gift exchange but was wondering if you might share suggestions. Since I am no longer able to do much shopping for their variety of tastes, I give cash to my kids and grands, but that does not take long and kind of boring. Ages range from 15 GD, 4 20ish GSs, 6 adults 50-56, and 1 old woman....me! Thanks for your creativity.

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8 years ago

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There are some funny videos of the oven mitt Christmas game. You wrap a gift so it's hard to open--double box it, tape it well, put lots of tape on the wrapping paper, etc. Everyone stands around a table. The first person rolls the dice. When he rolls doubles, he has to put on a Santa hat and a pair of oven mitts and try to open the package as the dice pass to his left. That person tries to roll doubles as the first person works on opening the package. When the second person rolls doubles, the first person passes the hat and mitts to her and then she works on opening the package. It continues around the table until someone gets the box open and wins the gift. It's fast and frantic as long as you're hitting doubles, so you have to keep rolling the dice fast.

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Rita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
8 years ago
For a simple and entertaining board game, it is hard to beat Rummikub. One set allows for four players, so it is probably best to get two sets. We have playing this game. It's great for all ages and it does not take an age to complete.

My children are looking forward to playing this game Catan, fifth edition. It seems like it is a bit more involved of a game- so a bit less social. The game is highly regarded with excellent reviews. The regular game allows for four players - you can get an expansion allowing for up to six players.
Georgysmom
8 years ago
Games to play? or games to buy for the grand kids.
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We just had our "Christmas Tree Cutting" party. My whole family (15 of us) all go to a tree farm and cut down our Christmas trees. Then we go back to my mom and dad's house for lunch and games. This year we played quite a few games. 1. put lots of different objects on a tray, hairbrush, matches, watch, magazine etc. (about 20-25). Cover the tray with a towel. Give everyone a paper and pencil. Now take off the towel and give everyone about 10-15 seconds to look at the tray. cover the tray up again and have everyone write down all the things they remember. The person with the most number of things right is the winner. My sister ran this game this year and she even had some bonus questions to break a tie, like what time was on the watch, what colour was the hat of the guy in the picture. etc. 2. The other one that was lots of fun was to put everyone into teams. Give each team a pair of mittens. The object of this game is for each member on the team to put the mittens on, walk up to a table with a bowl of candy and unwrap a candy from the bowl. When they have unwrapped the candy, they pass the mittens to the next person in line. Put out one candy for every team member. We did it with candies wrapped in cellophane, but to make it harder I would use foil wrapped candies. I hope you have fun, we did. Happy Holidays.
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This year I am making a I-Spy game (large soda bottle filled with trinkets and table sale). I'll give each person a minute in a private area and they'll write down whatever they 'spy'. A few things will be worth more points if they find them. In the past I've done the following: The left/right game (instructions easily found on the internet). Card toss - take 10 to 15 assorted sized Christmas cards and let each player toss them towards a laundry basket about 7 to 10 feet away. Don't let anyone bend the cards. Harder than it looks to get the cards into the basket. Famous people game - Find pictures of famous people (including cartoon characters like Rudolph), print them all out on one sheet then make copies for each player. Give them about 5 minutes to see how many they get right. Stocking game - fill a stocking with small household items, tie the top and have players write down what they can feel.
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My family always plays that game at our Christmas Eve get-to-gather. Always fun and sometimes a lot of trading! A look back: I learned about the game at a church party, 60 years ago and it was called "White Elephant." One of the ladies in the group was a French War Bride and she didn't come to the party. Later when she was asked why she didn't come to the party she said she had looked every where in town and could not find a white elephant, so she didn't want to come without bringing something. No one had given a thought to the fact that this new comer to the States would not understand that term. Lesson learned. Overtime now I have heard the game called Dirty Santa and also recently Chinese Auction. Yanke Swap is brand new to me. What ever happened to White Elephant??
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Georgysmom
8 years ago
To buy, Rummicube or Mexican Train....both take too long to play if you're looking for some fun activity christmas Day. Games to play, Charades, Trivial Pursuit (without the board and game pieces.) Just use cards to ask questions and have teams. Twenty questions......once again, using cards and having teams.
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katlan
8 years ago
Left Center Right. Great, simple, fun game. You can have as many play as you want. It comes with chips, but if you have more people just use pennies or whatever. Everyone who has ever played it with us really liked it.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Trademark-Poker-Left-Center-Right-Dice-Game-Green/21854735?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015951959&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=t&wl3=40837941032&wl4=aud-310687322322:pla-78651594872&wl5=9006621&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=21854735&wl13=&veh=sem

Also Catch Phrase. We have the electronic one. So fun!! Like this...

https://www.google.com/search?q=catchPhrase&start=24&client=tablet-android-verizon&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=800&tbs=vw:g,ss:44&tbm=shop&prmd=sivn&srpd=5069071472218613385&prds=num:1,of:1,epd:5069071472218613385,paur:ClkAsKraX4FnvIqa5JsAuBvcyQ83RPzsrmHIGzAIGIgEkTl9yPJwJUoUkAYczqwFa7n0WhpWSL8jowl-OtFdyU1n7-rQQKclXXw7pPvKOLvvMOXqY-5-bCP3NhIZAFPVH70sTqNIaUjzQS493QLyciOO0MOu1g&ved=0ahUKEwiK-ara2M7XAhXhQt8KHWk9DCo4GBCCNgjFBA
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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
8 years ago
Mayflowers, this reminds me of a game we played at birthday parties when I was a kid in Germany. A bar of chocolate was wrapped in layers of newspaper. You had to put on a coat, scarf and mittens and had to go at it with a fork and knife. Game ended when the chocolate was gone.
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roxanna7
8 years ago
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Last year, my DIL & son brought a soccer-sized ball of prizes wrapped in Saran which we all proceeded to unwrap to find small treasures (tiny candy canes, lottery tickets, dice, $1 coins, lifesaver rolls, lip balm, etc.). The middle (last) prize could be a little more special.

To play, first person unwraps as fast as he can while second person rolls dice as fast as he can until he gets doubles. Then ball passes to second person and third person rolls for doubles. Ball moves every time doubles come up, whether or not a prize has been obtained (sometime you get lucky, sometimes not!).

This was hilarious and so much fun, and we had about 12 people in the group, roughly the ages of your family. Search online for "Saran ball game" for tips. Rolling the dice into a container such as a food leftover rectangle is helpful.

Have fun!
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PKponder TX Z7B
8 years ago
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We LOVE Apples to Apples, it's a fun and fast-paced game to wake everyone from their food-induced coma :-)

That oven mitt and the Saran Ball games sound like fun too!
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