Fun Christmas Party Games for Work Everyone Will Love

This collection of 20 Christmas games, some printable and some active, is sure to keep guests entertained, no matter who they are.

Type: Printable and active games | Printable: Yes, for most of the 20 | You’ll need: small items for some games, like gifts, plastic wrap, cups, or dice

Bobbing for candy canes is a fast-paced, high energy office game that will definitely bring the fun.

Plus it’s not nearly as messy as the classic bobbing for apples.

Type: Active | Printable: No | You’ll need: wrapped candy canes, a table, a bowl for each player, and a timer

Charades is a great Christmas party game for work, since it’s pick up and play.

Christmas parties are no exception with these fun printable Christmas song charades cards.

Type: Acting | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: at least 4 players

Secret Santa is more fun when your giver actually knows what you like.

This free printable questionnaire lets coworkers share their favorite treats, stores, and movies, so nobody ends up with another mug.

Type: Gift exchange | Printable: Yes

Here is a list of multiple different party games that are fun for adults without getting too wild.

Each one is available on Amazon, so it can easily be ordered in time for Christmas.

Type: Ready-made games to buy | Printable: No

This is such a fun idea, and everybody gets a prize or two.

Wrap various small prizes (plus the printable coal and challenge cards) into a big plastic wrap ball and people unwrap to try to get whatever they can.

Type: Prize game | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: 3-4 rolls of plastic wrap, cheap oven mitts, a pair of dice, and small prizes

Pass the gift left, pass it right, and try not to lose track of the story.

The host reads along, the gifts keep moving at every cue word, and whoever holds the gift at the end gets to keep it.

Type: Gift exchange | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: one wrapped gift per table

This simple printable is a party game all in itself; you just need pens or pencils and paper.

These Christmas pictionary clues will have guests drawing and guessing in no time.

Type: Drawing | Printable: Yes (paid download)

Minute to Win It is a smash hit everywhere, with its simple, fast-paced challenges.

These ones are all designed with a Christmas theme, for a fun, competitive work party.

Type: Active challenges | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: a timer (a phone works) and cheap household items like plastic cups, candy canes, and marshmallows

This printable pack has almost everything needed to set up a classic “guess how many” game with a Christmas twist, perfect for the office.

Just provide the jar and something small to fill it with.

Type: Guessing | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: a jar with a lid and candy

This is an interesting idea that will keep guests guessing.

With the printables, the whole mystery bag game only takes about 15 minutes to set up.

Type: Guessing | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: boxes or brown bags and mystery items

White elephant gift exchanges make it less about the actual gift, and more about who can find the wildest thing to bring.

Add another layer of chaos with this printable dice rolling pass the presents game.

Type: Gift exchange | Printable: Yes | You’ll need: a die or numbered spinner and a wrapped gift for each person

Christmas movies are a time-honored tradition in many families.

These fun printable bingo cards, loaded with classic Christmas movie tropes, add a competitive element to the office Christmas party.

Type: Bingo | Printable: Yes

Just press print for party fun this year.

This one pack gives you 10 free Christmas games to print.

You get Christmas Around the World, Christmas Movie Trivia, Finish the Christmas Song, and Read My Mind.

There are also two emoji pictionary games, Movie Characters Christmas Trivia, Christmas Gift Bingo, a Word Scramble, and a Word Search.

Mix and match them for an easy office party, since most of them work just as well for a small team as for a big crowd.

I use the emoji and word scramble games at my Christmas Eve party, and my friends team up to solve them while they eat.

Type: Printable pack | Printable: Yes

Christmas crackers are a fun holiday tradition, but not everyone knows that they are meant to be a sort of game as well.

Check out the post for tips on how to liven this tradition up a little bit, for a fun Christmas party game.

Type: Tradition | Printable: No | You’ll need: Christmas crackers and two people per cracker