Fun Games For Your Xmas Gathering
Just because the gifts are opened and the paper strewn about the living room doesn't mean the fun of Christmas is over
. Add some fun party games to Christmas day to extend the fun of Christmas.
If you have a gigantic gathering on Christmas day, have fun with the hat game. When they arrive, give everyone a Santa hat.
These are inexpensive and can be purchased for $1 at the dollar store, or even less in bulk, if you plan ahead. As everyone goes about their business of getting food, chatting with others and the like, the room will look very festive with everyone wearing their Santa hats.
However, the object of this game is to not have your hat on. As people forget about the hats, the object is to get rid of your hat and not be the final one wearing a Santa hat. Inevitably there will be one person so wrapped up in a conversation or the buffet table, they forget to take off their hat and will be left the games loser. This is a game that might be played again and again as you head forward with the days festivities.
One fun memory game that kids particularly like is to make everyone pay careful attention to all the gifts that are opened on Christmas day. After the gifts are removed from the room (or you remove yourselves from the gift room) have everyone try and remember every single gift everyone got. Include stockings and food gifts. Tell people they only must remember the items that were opened that day, not gifts they received and opened prior to Christmas day. This can be a fun game that's particularly popular with kids because they love to relive the gift magic. In addition, if they were so immersed with their own gifts they didn't notice anyone else's this is a good chance for them to educate themselves about what everyone got that day.
If you need a game to keep everyone busy before dinner, try the "guess me" game. Buy some gigantic heavy socks, not low-rise, but the type that are worn outdoors in the winter that are thick and come at least to the calf. Put several items in the socks.
Make sure identical items are in each sock. These items should be related to Christmas in some way. You might include a small ornament, scotch tape, a pinecone, a Hershey's kiss, as well as the like. Have each person feel the socks (having two socks just makes the game go faster, but you can play with just one sock), as well as write down their guesses about what's in the socks.
Be sure to tell everyone how lots of items are in each sock. The winner gets, you guessed it, one of the socks!
If you have a bunch of want to be performers in your group on Christmas day, how about playing a little game of "Christmas Idol"? Set up a small table for the "judges" and have teams of two people (or individuals, if they want) sing a Christmas carol.
Tell them to have a bunch of fun with the song, as well as believe it or not even add a Santa hat or other dress-up items if they wish. The winners can take home CD of Christmas music.
This game is particularly fun if just the children want to perform and be judged next to the adults, or if, conversely, the adults perform and are judged next to the children.
by: Michael SeoVida Francis
The Simpsons Game - A Family Favorite Fun Kids Halloween Classroom Games Kids And Brain Games Mind And Memory Games Playstation 3 Vs Xbox 360 Analysis Of The Two Best Games Console Flash Memory Camcorders Watch Todays Nfl Games Free On Your Pc-unlimited Lifetime Access China's Footwear Industry And The World Shoe Game Barbie Dress Up Games - Hidden Edges Barbie Dressup Games - The Best Game For Daughters Dress Up Games For Individuals Who Love Fashion Dress Up Games For Ladies - A Artistic Instinct Dress Up Games Online - Bratz Fashion Designer