Who's Santa
Rudolph is waiting for Santa so that all the children’s presents can be delivered. He needs to find Santa, who is hiding.

Have all the children sit in a circle. One child is selected to be Rudolph and leaves the room while Santa is selected. One person from the circle is elected to be the “Santa”, and then “Rudolph” is called back to stand in the circle.

Once Rudolph returns Santa can start winking at people in the circle. Anyone who sees that they have been winked at lets out a loud, “HO! HO! HO! –Merry Christmas. Once Rudolph identifies Santa, you start again.

Printable Christmas Games
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Printable Christmas Party Games

Gift Giving
This is a fun and exciting way to exchange gifts. Each person brings a wrapped unmarked gift. (We usually have a $$ limit-ex. $25.00) Or you can bring white elephants gifts for added fun. Everyone sits in a circle and the gifts are placed in a pile in the middle of the circle. Write numbers from 1-??, depending on the number of gifts, on small pieces of paper. Do not number the gifts. Fold papers and place them in a hat or some other container.

Each person randomly picks a paper (number) from the hat. Start with the
person holding number 1. He/she picks a gift and opens it. Number two can either pick a gift from the pile or take the gift from number one. Number one then chooses a wrapped gift from the pile and opens it. Number three can either take a gift from numbers 1 or 2 or pick one from the pile to open. . There is no limit on the number of gifts one person can open if others continue to take the gift they have opened. Each gift can only change hands three times through out the game. The person with the gift on the third exchange keeps it. Each person ends up with only one gift. You may end up with the same gift you brought.

You may also play this game without opening the gifts till the end when everyone has a gift in hand and all the exchanging is over. It's not only funny to see people vie for a gift when they don't even know what is actually in the package but also when the gift is opened..

Santa Hat Game
For festive gatherings with Santa hats. You need everyone to be wearing a hat, so either use the ever popular Santa hats, or otherwise give everyone a normal party hat.  The game is based on observation. the objective is NOT to be the last person left with a hat on.  At the start announce the simple objective, the only rule is that no one can take their hat off until you have.

Let another game or conversation take place, and as time goes by, people will take their attention off you, and even forget the game is happening. Eventually remove your hat and watch as people cotton on. Gradually the hats will come off, amidst sniggers and smirks. Some unsuspecting person (who’s probably busy boring everyone with a hopeless story) will be last to notice, and much to every ones’ mirth, this person is the loser. Serve up an appropriate forfeit, get the hats back on and give the loser the chance to start the next game.