Christmas party ideas
Christmas party games for work that the whole room plays
Ten Christmas party games for a company party, from a ten-person team lunch to a 500-guest ballroom. Each one is played from the guests’ seats, shows on the big screen and fits between courses, with how to run it and what to watch out for.
What works at a work Christmas party
Colleagues come in party clothes, sit with their own team and are not all in the mood to perform. The games that work let everyone take part at once, from their phone, and put the fun on the big screen instead of on one nervous volunteer.
- Everyone plays at the same time, not one table after another.
- One round takes five minutes or less.
- Teams by table, so quieter colleagues are carried along.
- A small prize for every round, and a bigger one at the end.
1. Christmas quiz
Five questions a round on Christmas songs, films and traditions around the world, then a round about your own company. Answers on phones, the countdown and the podium on the screen.
- Which country started the tradition of the Christmas tree? Germany.
- In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters flying to? Paris.
- In which country do people traditionally eat KFC for Christmas dinner? Japan.
2. Ugly sweater or Best Dressed vote
Ask everyone to come in a Christmas jumper or a red-and-green outfit. Guests vote on their phones, and the nominees race up the screen. Keep the categories light: most festive, most creative, best team look.
3. Lucky draw
The game everyone waits for. Small prizes during dinner, the big ones at the end, with the names rolling on the screen so the whole room watches. Decide before the night what happens when a winner has gone home: redraw on the spot.
4. Gift rain
Instead of passing presents around, let gifts rain over the big screen for twenty seconds while everyone taps on their phone to catch them. Some catches hold a prize; winners collect at a counter with the code on their phone.
5. Christmas bingo
Every phone gets its own card with words from the night: "someone says Merry Christmas on stage", "the CEO wears a Santa hat", "a song by Mariah Carey". Nobody needs to know the rules; the screen checks the winners.
6. Spin the wheel
A prize wheel with names, prizes or forfeits for the table that loses the quiz. Good for a short gap between speeches.
7. Secret Santa reveal
Draw a card for each guest at random and flip it open on the big screen, so the whole room sees who gets which gift. Works far better than reading names off a list.
8. Photo wall of wishes
Guests send a photo and a Christmas wish from their phone. You approve them and they appear on the screen all night. It keeps going on its own while people eat.
9. Live poll
Quick, funny questions between courses: "best Christmas film ever", "who will fall asleep first after dinner". Results move as people vote.
10. Thank-you moment
End the night with the year's thank-yous on the screen: the teams, the projects, the people who joined this year.
Running order for a three-hour party
- Arrival: photo wall open, guests send their first pictures.
- Starter: quiz round 1.
- Main course: Best Dressed vote opens; bingo starts.
- Dessert: gift rain, then the Best Dressed winners.
- Last half hour: lucky draw, grand prize last.
Try it free
Set up the quiz, the vote and the lucky draw in Yaypick and rehearse with up to 20 people for free. One event runs every game, from the same link and code.