Draw the Carol

Things Needed:

• Sketch Board
• Pen
• Make chits of Christmas Carols that can be chosen according to the level of difficulty that you choose

How To Play:

• Group your guests into two or more teams.
• One person is designated as the Game Master and manages the game.
• A representative of the first team is sent to the Game Master and choose a chit.
• Only the Game Master and that person see the chit and it is then thrown away.
• Now this representative tries to make his/her team understand which carol he/she has chosen by drawing symbols on the paper.
• As soon as the team guesses the carol, they sing its first stanza.
• The game continues with the next team and so on.
• Each team gets 2 minutes to guess the right carol.
• The team that guesses the first five carols wins the game.

The Sandwich and Cinderella game

The Sandwich Game: Choose 4 people to compete. Have them wash their hands. In the middle of the room so all can see have a table with plates of different cuts of meat left over from dinner, sauces and garnish? Now blindfold each contestant. Number all plates. Supply each person with plastic cutlery and an apron. Have contestants call out a number and whatever meat graces that plate - have someone be their eyes and pass the plate to them to start making sandwiches. There is no set time on this game. As the host when you see enough sandwiches made to feed all later in the evening, stop the game and thank them for helping out. Sneaky I know but "funny clever" you must agree.

Cinderella Game: Although a time for season of goodwill not everyone see`s it that way and especially more so if they have to give up something, like their time. This game includes a party guest having to give up their time to wash dishes, make coffee for all or whatever you believe a good forfeit. No one wants to skivvy on Christmas day so it will be all systems go to win the game. To make it fair let us not have one Cinderella but several Cinders. Purchase special bingo tickets with the same numbers on 1-90. You be the caller. When the winning number is called all players will shout "house" at the same time, unknown to them at the beginning of the game each had the exact duplicate of each other's bingo ticket. Outcome: dishes disappear in a flash and coffee poured in no time at all.

Name That Item

Ingredients

• Bag

• Shaving cream, Black Book, Baseball Cards, TV Remote, Money Clip, Dirty Socks, Baseball Cap, etc.

To Play

• Place the above items in a bag

• Seal the bag.

• Then pass it around the group and have each person feel the items through the bags.

• Have the guests write down their guesses.

• Then open the bags to see how many are correct. You might give the person with the most correct guesses the entire bag (of worthless male items). To increase the usefulness of the "bag of prizes", and increase the raunch factor of the game, you might want to substitute sex toys (purchased from your local adult store) for the "male items" in the bag. You could probably even hold each sex toy in the air (without the cover over it), and have a guessing contest as to the name and function of each toy.

Board Game Tournament

Ingredients

• Monopoly

• Scrabble

• Chutes & Ladders

• Candy Land

• LIFE

• Other Board Games

To Play

• About 20 to 25 folks attend and everyone participates in the various board games. (Usually about 4 or 5 different games). You get points based on where you finish, i.e. 4 points for 1st, 3 points for 2nd, etc.

• Once all the games are played, a king, or a queen is announced.

• Complete with pictures and the passing of the crown! It's absolutely a blast! I highly recommend this type of event for someone looking for something out of the ordinary.

Guess Whose Resolution

Ingredients

• Pieces of Paper

• Hat

• Scissors

To Play

• Cut out slips of paper.

• Make each of your guests write down 5 resolutions, each on its own slip of paper.

• Pull one slip of paper out of a hat at a time and read it out loud.

• Everyone has to write down who they think made each resolution. At the end of the readings, the person who guessed the most correctly wins a prize. Read some of the wrong guesses out loud for fun!

Guess the Month

Ingredients

• Old Magazines

To Play

• Go through old magazines from the past year, or to your local library (this is fun research though) to search through old news articles.

• Find many events that took place in the past year.

• Make a list of these events, and have your guests guess which month the event took place in. For example- "During what month did Gwynneth Paltrow win her best actress award?" Whoever guesses the most right wins a prize.

Gift Exchange

Ingredients

• Pieces of Paper

To Play

• Ask your guests to bring an inexpensive wrapped gift (appropriate for both a man or woman), with no gift tag on it.

• Have the guests draw numbers and choose a gift in numerical order. For added fun, let the next player have the choice of choosing a new gift, or stealing a gift from someone who has already opened it.

Christmas Bingo

Ingredients

• Stationery

To Play

• Make up Bingo cards before the guests arrive. Draw a grid. Then fill in with things related to Christmas, mixing them up for each card. For example, you might include:

"Still hasn't finished shopping."

"Is wearing red tonight."

"Doesn't like eggnog."

"Did the tree trimming."

"Knows what's s/he's getting for Xmas."

"Plans to return at least one gift."

"Ate too much at the last party."

"Bought a new outfit for tonight."

"Knows all the reindeers' names."

"Made figgy pudding once."

"Sang carols this week."

• Make small cards to match the items on the grid.

• Gather the guests and hand out the cards, along with a handful of small Christmas candies.

• Pick a card from the pile and read the statement. If anyone can answer, "yes" to the comment, they get to put a candy in the square. The first person to connect five in a row wins a prize.

Santa in the Lineup

Ingredients

• Picture of Santa Claus

• Pencils

• Paper

To Play

• Get a picture of Santa Claus that is not the norm and keep it hidden from the guests until game time.

• Give your guests pencil and paper and have them write down every detail they remember about Santa Claus's appearance.

• After three minutes, call time. Show the picture of Santa and see how many details they got right. The one with the most wins a prize. For added fun, make them draw a detailed picture of Santa, then hold them up for all to see or tape them to the walls!

Christmas Hunt

Ingredients

• Paper

• Markers

To Play

• Write out a list of Christmas related items on a piece of paper and photocopy enough for each of your guests.

• Divide guests into teams or couples, and give them a list of Christmas-related items to locate, either in the house or around the neighborhood. Include items like: a candle, a religious Christmas card, some mistletoe, a Christmas cookie, a broken ornament, a burned-out tree light, a Christmas stamp, some tinsel, and a few pine needles.

Candy Cane Connection

Ingredients

• Candy Canes

• Christmas Sugar Cookies

To Play

• Buy a collection of candy canes and break them in half.

• Mix out the halves and hand them out to your guests.

• When all have arrived, have them try to find the other half of their candy canes! You can play this game with Christmas sugar cookies, too!

Christmas Trivia

Ingredients

• Christmas Tree Cutouts

• Tape

• Pencils

• Paper

To Play

• Write questions related to Christmas on little green Christmas tree cutouts, number them, and tape them to the walls around the party room.

• Provide your guests with pencil and paper, and have them write down their answer to the numbered questions throughout the party.

• At the end of the party, read off the answer and see which guest got the most points for a prize!

Sample Questions:

• What are the names of Santa's eight reindeer? (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.)

• What is a buche de Noel? (An edible yule log)

• What do bad little boys get for Christmas? (Switches and lumps of coal)

• Finish the song line: "All I want for Christmas is . . . (my two front teeth.)

• Who was caught kissing Santa Claus? (Mommy)

• How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish? (Feliz Navidad.) In French? (Joyeux Noel.)

• What did Frosty the Snowman have for a nose? (A button.)

• Who wrote "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"? (Clement Clarke Moore.)

• What is the last line in Moore's poem? ("Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.")

• What is a tannebaum? (Christmas tree in German.)

• What did the Three Wise Men bring? (Gold, frankincense, and myrrh.)

• On the twelfth day of Christmas, what did "my true love give to me"? (Twelve fiddlers fiddling, eleven lords a-leaping, ten ladies dancing, nine pipers piping, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.)