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The 10 Best Christmas Board Games Of All Time (Ranked)

Holiday party hits that bring everyone together

Looking for an easy way to ꧋break the ice at your next holiday gathering? All the Christmas board games that we’re highlighting in this list do a great job of bringing everyone at your party closer together. Plus, they also make for great gifts, for both children and adults.

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10. Last Christmas

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Looking for a Christmas-themed themed board game that’s guaranteed to make everyone at your holiday party laugh? If so, you’ll love , a fill-in-the-blanks card game that’s incredibly enjoyable and doesn’t take more than a minute to learn. Everyone finishes the sentence on a card, and the players take turns guessing who wrote what. The goofier the better, and the more players the merrier, since this makes it more diffi𒁏cult to figure out who wrote the answ🐲ers. It can be a completely innocent game, but then again, it definitely doesn’t have to be either.

9. Santa Claus Charades

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takes the classic acting game and gives it a dose of holiday-themed fun. It’s a good fit for families with younger children, since the rules focus on the images on the cards rather than the words. The game works best for four or more players, since you’ll need to divide everyone into teams. However, the box is small and p🦩ortable, so yo💧u can take it with you to parties and pretty much anywhere else you’re going this December.

8. Reindeer Poop: The Card Game

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The goofy party game is all about collecting sets of gift items to match what’s on your wish list, before anyone else can do the same. Though drawing the titular ‘Reindeer Poop’ card might sound ✱like a bad thing, it’s actually just the opposite, since it works as a wild card. You can also use elf cards to steal a gift from another player, which might alter their plans. Two to four players can join the fun, and it only takes about fifteen minutes𝔉 to finish a game. It’s the perfect thing to break out while you’re waiting to open gifts.

7. Santa Claus Go Fish Card Game

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is a great stocking stuffer for kids, and comes in a portable container that ꧙you can take just about anywhere. It lets you and your kids play and learn all kinds of classic card💝 games, not just Go Fish. You’ll find special cards for Slap Jack and Old Maid in the box, and rules for all the games, which are playable with the same deck. The cards are slightly smaller than your average playing cards, and have all kinds of adorable holiday-themed pictures on them.

6. Monopoly: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

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There are a ton of unique and exciting Monopoly editions out there, but few are as silly and quirky as . The board and its components highlight the best moments from the classic Christmas film, and will take you on a journey from Uncle Eddie’s trash heap to the Griswold family Christmas tree site. Dry turkey, Snots, and the chainsaw all make 🅰an appearance in the form of metal tokens. Add this board game to your collection and you’ll be practically guaranteed to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas yet.

5. The Santa Claus Game

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If you’re looking for a straightforward board game that will get your kids even more excited for the holiday season, might be a good fit for you. Each player takes on the role of Santa Claus himself, and works to give away presents while moving around a snowy winter wonderland. In🎐 the box you’ll find a pop-up Christmas tree, four small sleighs for storing pieces, and a number of gift tokens that everyone needs to give away. Speaking of gifts, this might be the perfect one for your family.

4. Clue: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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Who stole the last can of Who-hash? Well that would of course be the mean one, Mr. Grinch. But where did he steal it, and who’s going to be the first one to figure out all the details of the crime? The has all the exciting action of the classic mystery-solving board game, but with a few twists that perfectly suit the theme. This time, if you step on a question mark, you’ll have to draw an intrigue card. This will have a novel effect that matches one of the movie🌠’s most iconic scenes. The layout of the board makes it easier to move between locations, and the metal tokens are s🅺urprisingly high-quality.

3. Christmas Categories

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In , your goal is to answer silly ho🉐liday-themed prompts, but only with words that start with a selected letter. For eཧxample, you might draw a card that says “gifts you might give your parents”, and end up having to think of a bunch of presents you would buy them that start with the letter L. The player with the most interesting and comedic answers wins the round. It’s easy to learn, and provides joy-filled fun that brings people together and will surely make them laugh. Plus, there’s significantly more variety than your average party game, which means you can play it again and again.

2. ’Tis the Season Christmas Trivia

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Make your next trivia competition more festive with , which has questions from all kinds of classic holiday movies, from The Grinch to It’s a Wonderful Life. Besides movies, the questions included here cover TV shows, Christmas carols, and traditions for the season from other countries. You can play in teams, or work solo to prove how much you know. The cards have handy icons for que🐬stion categories, and the scoring rules are simple. It’s a great game to have on hand for all your Christmas gatherings.

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Looking for a simple, action-packed party game that’s absolutely perfect for the holidays? puts your quick thinking skills to the test and makes you wait on the edge of your seat for a match between what someone says and what card they’re playing. It’s a Christmas-themed adaption of the popular card slapping game Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, and has identical gameplay mechan🀅ics. Up to eight players can join the fun, and a game usually only take about 15 minutes.


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