Christmas Charades – A Fun Christmas Game With 101 Words to Guess

In every family there are special Christmas traditions – in our family playing games was a fixed part of the repertoire of Christmas activities. And one game could never be missing: the Christmas Charades. This proved not only in the circle of family, but also at Christmas parties with friends and colleagues as a mood maker.

Pantomime can (and should ;-)) of course be played at any time of the year, because it is definitely one of those games whose ability to excite enthusiasm is almost inexhaustible. By the way, on Abenteuer Freundschaft you can also find a description of Pantomime with 7 game variants.

However, the popular guessing game, which is also known as charades, is also particularly suitable for Christmas parties, whether in the closest circle of the family or even in a larger group. Here are a few good reasons why:

• Christmas Charades is independent of the size of the group and is fun for two as well as for fifteen.
• It’s easy to organise and saves you both time and money in the hectic (pre-)Christmas season.
• The game is completely freely adaptable and expandable. You can get creative and let your Christmas imagination run wild.
• You can also have Christmas Charades with flexible timing, you can play it for as long as it’s fun, or as it fits into a schedule.
• Not least, Christmas Charades is suitable for almost all ages!

I played Christmas Charades as a child with my parents and grandparents, later as a teenager with my mates and as an adult at various Christmas parties, including one time with colleagues where I suggested the game. It went down great!

But now to the point… 🙂

Christmas Charades – How to Play…

The basic rules of Christmas Charades are almost the same as generalcharades:

1. In turn, one person represents a Christmas term only with gestures and facial expressions. Depending on the game variant, one, several or all other players must then guess the term.
2. Talking is thereby expressly prohibited!
3. Also, it is not allowed to make sounds that might give a clue (for example, whistling a tune, animal sounds, etc.).
4. You may also not use any objects to represent and also not point to any. However, it is allowed to point to yourself or your own body parts.
5. The mime or mimes may also not draw or show any letters with their fingers.
6. But the guessers are allowed to give tips and ask questions at any time, which the mime is allowed to answer, i.e. by nodding, shaking his head, deliberately turning his hand at an answer that goes in the right direction, etc.
7. There is a predetermined time limit in which the term must be guessed.

So much for the basics; in addition to these, there are other rules that you can design more freely and adapt to the requirements of the group.

Game Variants: In Teams or Everyone Against Everyone

This includes, for example, whether you play in teams or simply everyone collects points for themselves. The latter variant makes sense especially if the number of players is very small or if it is not possible to divide into teams of equal size. In the “everyone against everyone” variant, it is helpful to have a stock of terms in the form of cards from the outset, which are then simply drawn in turn.

If you play in two teams, it is also a popular way of playing that one team thinks up the terms for the other team. In each team, there is a rotation of who has to represent a term and who is allowed to write one down for the other team. All the other players on both teams are then allowed to guess, so that both teams have a chance to win a point for eachcharades representation.

However, in the team variant, you can of course still fall back on a supply of terms in the form of a pile of cards. In this case, only the person who prepared it is not allowed to play. This is also suitable if you are playing with more than 2 teams, e.g. with a larger number of players.

To add variety to the Christmas Charades, you can also assign a sub-theme in each round, e.g. “Christmas objects”, “Christmas traditions”, “Christmas food”, “Christmas carols” or “Christmas films”….

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101 Terms for Christmas Charades

No matter how you play, some inspiration for good Christmas terms can’t hurt, so below we’ve gathered a whopping 101 Christmas terms to enact and guess.

1. Christmas tree
2. Christmas tree decorating
3. Fir branches
4. Strump star
5. Christmas tree ball
6. Tinsel
7. Chocolate curls
8. Father Christmas
9. Christmas hat
10. Nicolas
11. House of St. Nicholas
12. Put boots on the door
13. Knecht Ruprecht
14. Christ Child
15. Angel
16. Christmas Eve
17. Gift wrapping
18. Unwrap gifts
19. Baking cookies
20. Open Advent Calendar
21. Advent wreath
22. Singing Christmas carols
23. Bells
24. Egg punch
25. Mulled wine
26. Festive dinner
27. Crib
28. Peel oranges
29. Chocolate
30. Snow
31. Snowflake
32. Build a snowman
33. Snowball fight
34. Skating
35. Tobogganing / Sledding
36. Skiing
37. freeze
38. Cap
39. Scarf
40. Wool blanket
41. Knit socks
42. Light the candle
43. blow out candle
44. Recite a poem
45. Crack nuts
46. Nutcracker (figure)
47. Smoking man
48. Christmas pyramid
49. Fireplace
50. Read
51. Christmas Story / Gospel
52. Maria and Joseph
53. Search hostel
54. Place baby Jesus in the manger
55. Ox and Donkey
56. Star of Bethlehem
57. Holy Three Kings
58. Incense
59. Christmas service
60. Carriage ride
61. Craft a star
62. Christmas wish
63. Wish List
64. Peace
65. Santa Claus
66. North Pole
67. Rentenois
68. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
69. Christmas sleigh
70. Christmas elf
71. Christmas gnome
72. Santa Claus
73. Light chain
74. Oh You Merry
75. Silent Night, Holy Night
76. Little children come
77. Silently trickles the snow
78. Oh Christmas tree
79. Every year again
80. Kissing Under the Mistletoe
81. White Christmas
82. Christ’s birth
83. Christmas Miracle
84. Wonder candle
85. Christian Stollen
86. Gingerbread
87. Christmas roast
88. Christmas Goose
89. Turkey
90. Three Kings Singing
91. Three Wishes for Cinderella
92. Home Alone
93. Little Lord Fauntleroy
94. It’s a Wonderful Life
95. The Last Unicorn
96. Shooting star
97. Christmas card
98. Star singers
99. Midnight Mass
100. Carvings from the Erzgebirge
101. Advent

Have fun performing and / or guessing these and other terms in the Christmas Charades!

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