Christmas party games

1. Christmas Charades: act out a Christmas film, song or character without a word while your team guesses against a one minute timer.
2. Finish the Lyric: sing the first line of a Christmas song and stop. The first person to sing the next line correctly scores, and humming the tune does not count.
3. Christmas Pictionary: draw things like 'Rudolph with a cold' or 'Santa stuck in the chimney' on a big pad. No letters, no numbers, sixty seconds.
4. Who Am I, Christmas edition: a sticky note on every forehead with a name like Buddy the Elf, Kevin McCallister or Mrs Claus. Ask yes or no questions until you get yours.
5. Badly Described Films: describe a Christmas film as badly as you can, like 'family forgets a child, child sets traps' for Home Alone. First to name it scores.
6. Christmas Trivia: teams of three or four answer rounds on films, songs and traditions, while the host keeps the answers on a phone.
7. Christmas Categories: draw a letter and fill in festive categories like a film, a food on the table and something under the tree before the timer runs out.

1. White Elephant: everyone brings one wrapped gift, draws a number and either opens a new gift or steals one already opened.
2. Snowball Fight: everyone writes a harmless question on paper, crumples it and throws it across the room. Pick up a snowball, read it out and answer it.
3. Office Party Bingo: cards with moments like 'someone mentions next year's budget' or 'a manager attempts a dance move'. First full line shouts Bingo.
4. Guess the Baby Photo: collect a childhood Christmas photo from everyone in advance, number them on a wall and let people write down who is who.
5. Ugly Sweater Awards: secret ballots for most lights, best handmade sweater and the one most likely to be seen from space. The winners get a paper crown.
6. Two Truths and a Lie, holiday edition: tell three Christmas memories, one of them invented. The room votes on the lie before you reveal it.

1. Pass the Parcel: wrap a small prize in many layers of paper with a sweet or a silly task in each layer. When the music stops, unwrap one layer.
2. Snowman Wrap: teams of three wrap one teammate in toilet paper to make a snowman in two minutes. Add a paper carrot nose, and the grandparents judge.
3. Cookie Face: put a cookie on your forehead and get it into your mouth using only your face. No hands, sixty seconds.
4. Candy Cane Hunt: hide candy canes around the house. Red ones are worth one point, and one hidden green one is worth five.
5. Christmas Story Chain: one sentence each around the room. The story must end up including Santa, a lost shoe and the family dog.
6. Pin the Nose on Rudolph: draw Rudolph on a big sheet, blindfold the player, spin them three times and let them stick on a red paper nose.

For adults who opted in. A sip is a small sip, water counts just as much, and anyone can pass.

1. Christmas Kings Cup: play the classic rules, but each king adds a festive rule, like speaking only in carol lyrics until the next king.
2. Christmas Film Drinking Game: pick one film and three triggers, like every scream or every trap in Home Alone. A small sip each time.
3. Twelve Days Relay: sing The Twelve Days of Christmas around the circle, one line each. Every verse counts back down to the partridge, so lose the order and you sip.
4. Never Have I Ever, Christmas edition: 'Never have I ever regifted a present' or 'opened a gift early and wrapped it again'.
5. Naughty or Nice: draw a confession question about your Christmases past. Answer honestly or take a sip instead.

1. Imposter: everyone sees the secret word except the imposter. One clue each, then vote out whoever is faking it.
2. The Bomb: the phone shows a category, you say an answer and pass it on before the hidden fuse runs out.
3. The Quiz: the host shares a pin code, up to 16 guests answer trivia on their own phones, and the podium shows who wins the office.
4. Guess the Song: a real music clip plays and the first one to pick the right title scores.
5. Most Likely To: read a question, everyone points at once, and the person with the most fingers on them owns it.
6. Finger Picker: everyone puts a finger on the screen and the app picks who opens the next present or gives the toast.