Fun-Not Cheesy, Holiday Party Games

We played the game "apples to apples" the other night at a party and it was fun! Also like Kate said with the box of wrapping paper-we played a different version-wrap the box with all kinds of tape-electrical, duct, masking stiff like that, the people around one at a time roll 2 dice and the person unwrapping has to try to open it until the other person rolls doubles, then switch. We all piched in a certain amount of money and the one who opens it gets the pot.

Everybody seems to like this game:

Christmas song quiz:

1. The apartment of 2 psychiatrists.
2. The lad is a diminutive percussionist.
3. Decorate the entry-ways .
4. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis.
5. A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
6. Present me naught but dual incisors for this festive Yuletide.
7. The smog-less bewitching hour arrived.
8. Exuberation to this orb.
9. 288 Yuletide hours.
10. Do you perceive the same longitudinal pressure which stimulates my auditory sense organs.
11. The red-suited pa is due in this burg.
12. Stepping on the pad cover.
13. Uncouth dolt has his beezer in the booze and thinks he is a Dark Cloud's boyfriend.
14. Far back in a hay bin.
15. Leave and do an elevated broadcast.
16. That exiguous hamlet south of the holy city.
17. Behold! I envisioned a trio of nautical vessels.
18. Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully.
19. A joyful song relative to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and bring forth a ringing sound when struck.
20. As the guardians of little woolly animal's protected their charges in the shadows of the earth.
21. Frozen precipitation commence
22. Monarchial triad
23. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas
24. Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres
25. Vehicular homicide was committed on Dad's mom by a precipitous darling
26. Wanted in December: top forward incisors
27. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole
28. Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element
29. Oh small Israel urban center
30. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season
31. Parent was observed osculating a red-coated unshaven teamster
32. May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue to mild male humans
33. Natal celebration devoid of color, rather albino, as a hallucinatory phenomenon for me.
34. Obese personification fabricated of compressed mounds of minute crystals.
35. Tranquiltiy upon the terrestrial sphere.
36. Have hitherward the entire assembly of those who are loyal in their belief.

Answers to Christmas song quiz:

1) Nutcracker Suite
2) Little Drummer Boy
3) Deck The Halls
4) Silent Night
5) Noel
6) All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
7) It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
8) Joy to the World
9) 12 Days of Christmas
10) Do You Hear What I Hear?
11) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
12) Up On The House Top
13) Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
14) Away In A Manger
15) Go Tell It On The Mountain
16) Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
17) I Saw 3 Ships
18) Hark The Herald Angels Sing
19) Carol of the Bells
20) As Shepherd's Watch Their Flocks At Night
21) Let It Snow
22) We Three Kings
23) Oh, Holy Night
24) Jingle Bell Rock
25) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
26) All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
27) We Three Kings
28) Silver Bells
29) O Little Town of Bethlehem
30) We Wish You A Merry Christmas
31) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
32) God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
33) I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
34) Frosty the Snowman
35) Peace on Earth
36) Oh Come, All Ye Faithful

I've been using the following website for ideas this year: santalady.com

I found the website by searching "Christmas games for adults". Have fun!

"guess who' for adults, write a name of a famous person on a post it, stick it someones head, that person asks yes or no questions till they guess it., its a blasty blast

We did this at a party last year and everybody LOVED it. OK, maybe it's a teensy bit cheesy, but it was awesome.
The hostest wrapped a box (containing a gift card) in about ten layers of wrapping paper. One person had to put on a Santa Hat and oven mitts and try to get into the box. At the end of the allotted time (I think 30 seconds or a minute), we had to pass to the next person and they had to try. It took probably a half an hour before anybody got the gift open and by then we were practically peeing our pants from laughing at how mad we were all getting!

Have everyone write down four things on a note card about themselves that not everyone knows. Three things must be true, one must be a lie. Put them all in a hat and draw them one at a time and read them. First guess is whose card it is. Once you know who wrote that card, then guess which is the lie. Great getting to know you game!

We love pictionary but divide into your 2 teams and everyone write down 5-10 things for the other team to try to draw. It's really funny!

Bh's idea was cute! It made me think a little too hard though! ;) I don't know if it's too "college-y", depends on the crowd for sure, but the game "I Never" is certainly ornery. You could also do pictionary and focus on all winter/holiday things. They sell giant post it notes now that would be great for that. Black Jack or Tripoly or poker are always hits too. Otherwise, I'm out of ideas that aren't cheesy! Hah! Have fun!

I attended a party yesterday that the host had all the guests invited write down a funny story from their life, childhood etc.. omitting names. The host then read each story aloud to the group leaving us to guess the writer, thus winning a prize. It got everyone involved and some stories had me laughing so hard I almost cried. Also was great to hear the "personal fun facts"