Materials
Old Newspaper

Game Play
Someone stands with his back to the group. Then a bean bag, pillow or some similar soft object (called this the snowball) is passed about the group, and someone is designated from the group to throw the object at the person whose back is turned. As soon as he is hit he turns around and tries to guess, by examining the expressions on the faces of those before him, who it was who hit him. If he guesses correctly that person becomes the next target of the snowball. If not, he turns back around and tries again.

Variation
If you are in an area with snow, why not play outside with real snowballs!

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Materials
A variety of objects related to Christmas: pine cone, ornament, star, angel, bow, candy cane, nativity, santa hat, nutcracker, bell, holly leaf, christmas light, candle, reindeer, snowflake, chestnut, wrapping paper, garland, tinsel, apple, etc.

Game Play
1. Divide the participants into teams.
2. Each teams sends a representative into another room.
3. Then bring out a number of objects related to Christmas, which have been prepared ahead of time, and one by one blindfold each representative and guide them back into room.
4. The representative is instructed to hold out his/her hands.
5. Various objects are placed in the palm of his hands and left there for just a moment. The team he represents gets points for each object he correctly identifies. He may not grasp or finger the object. You may wish to allow an object to be shaken lightly in the hand, but representatives may not try to identify it by any other means of feeling. The team with the most correctly identified objects wins.

Variations
Blindfold everyone and place them in a line. Pass the objects down the line. When they get to the end of the line, remove them from sight. Then after all the objects have been passed, give each person a piece of paper to write down a list of the objects that were passed. The one to correctly identify and remember the most objects is the winner.

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Materials
Instead of a twister game sheet, cut Christmas shapes from construction paper and use sticky-tack to adhere them to the floor. Make a twister spinner that includes right hand, left hand, right foot, left foot and another that contains the various Christmas symbols.

Need a source for Christmas images? Use a Christmas font or search the internet for free Christmas clipart

Some examples of Christmas symbols are:
Christmas Tree, angel, star, manger, shepherd, candy cane, etc. For a more complete list, use the items from the Christmas Bingo game.

Activity
Play a game of Twister, but instead of colored dots use pictures of Christmas items taped to the floor. Change the spinner to reflect the pictures. If you don’t have a spinner you can easily make one.

Variation
Instead of playing on an individual basis, divide the group into teams. The team with the last remaining members in the game wins.

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Materials
A Christmas gift wrapped in multiple boxes and multiple layers of tough tape. It helps to have several layers of wrapping paper and boxes within boxes to make the game more challenging. Make it as difficult to unwrap as possible, with as many layers as possible; pair of dice in a basket; numerous items of clothing including heavy gloves, tie, coat, Santa hat, winter scarf, snow goggles, or anything else silly. (The more items you have, the more difficult it is to unwrap the gift. Heavy gloves also make it more difficult)

Activity
The objective is to be the person who FINISHES unwrapping the present. Place the gift in the center of a circle of people. A basket with dice is passed around. When a person rolls double sixes, they run up to the gift, don the clothing, and then begin unwrapping the gift as quickly as they can. (The more items they need to put on the less they’ll be able to unwrap) The dice continue to be passed and as soon as someone else rolls double sixes, they put on the clothing items and then take their turn at unwrapping the gift. Play continues until the present is completely unwrapped.

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Materials
Sheet of paper and a tray or hard cover book for eack participant.

Activity
Everyone places a tray or large book on top their head with a piece of blank paper on it. They each have a marker and a page of christmas stickers (optional). Participant are to draw on the page resting on the top of their head, without looking, according to the instructions given.

Instructions might be:
1. Draw a Christmas Tree.
2. Draw a star on top of your tree.
3. Draw a Fireplace.
4. Stick a stocking sticker on the mantel of your fireplace.
5. Add 5 round ornaments to your tree.
6. Draw three boxes under the tree as gifts.
7. Add a bow to each box.

At the end of instructions, everyone removes the pictures from their heads. It can be very funny to see what they have drawn.

Scoring options
2 points for every line that crosses
1 point if your stocking is touching your mantel
1 point if your star touches your tree
1 point for every christmas ornament that is ON your tree
1 point for each gift that is under the tree
1 point for each bow on a present
ETC

Award the person with the greatest number of points the prize!

Variation
Instead of a Christmas tree scene, use a manger scene:
1. Draw a stable
2. one big star in the sky above it
3. Draw 5 smaller stars
4. Draw a donkey in the stable
5. Draw a manger
6. Draw Baby Jesus in the manger
7. And Mary and Joseph
8. Draw a shepherd
ETC

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Materials
None

Game Play
1. Each team chooses a representative who is sent out of the room while the remaining participants choose some reasonable subject or object related to Christmas.
2. When the representatives return they have twenty opportunities to ask questions and guess the identifty of the subject or object chosen.
3. They can ask anything they wish, but the only answer must be “Yes” or “No.”
4. If me questions are asked intelligently, even the most remote object, if it is a fair selection, can be discovered within the limit of twenty questions.

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Materials
Gifts, ribbon, wrapping paper, tape, etc.

Activity
Divide the group into pairs. Each pair stands hand in hand with their adjoining hands tied together. They are not allowed to use the hands tied together. With their free hands (one with the right hand and other with the left one) they must wrap up the package, bind the ribbon around it and tie it in a bow. The pair which finishes first is the winner. You might also reward the elves with the “best wrapped” gift. To keep in the holiday spirit, why not get gifts for needy children and use this activity as a fun way to wrap them up.

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Materials
Christmas Cards or various sizes and shapes and an open box wrapped to look like a Christmas gift.

Activity
1. Get 10 Christmas cards of various sizes and shapes.
2. Place the open box, wrapped like a Christmas present about six to eight feet away from the participants. (Vary your distance and size of the box according to the difficulty you desire for the game.)
3. Have each participant stand at a specific place and toss the Christmas cards into the box.
4. The person who gets the most cards into the box wins the game. This is more difficult than it first seems.

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Materials
Items for the creation of snowmen: You can use marshmallows, and a variety of candy corn, jelly beans, toothpicks, and other items.

Activity
1. Divide the group into teams and give each team supplies to build a snowman.
2. Each team must create their best “snow man.”
3. Award the best snowman.

You can also have other categories such as
“Most Creative”
“Biggest Snow Man”
“Most likely to survive the winter”
“Most unlikely to survive this meeting.”

Variations
1. Use Playdoh
2. Build the snowman in someone’s mouth
3. Play the “Snowball Fight” Game and then transform one of your team members into the best snowman. Use the wadded up newspaper to fill a couple white sheets wrapped around a person to make the snowmen round!

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Materials
A red ball (Rudolph’s nose) that is easily thrown, but made out of a soft material similar to a nerf ball or other material that would not hurt a person who was hit by it.

Game Preparation
1. Divide the group into equal teams made up of five or more youth
2. Choose one team to go first by being “Santa and his Reindeer”.
3. Reindeer form a line by holding the waists or the shoulders of the person in front of them. They may not let go. This will leave only the front person with his hands free. This person is designated Rudolph.
4. Only Rudolph is able to block the red ball (Rudolph’s nose).
The person at the other end of the reindeer team is Santa.
5. All other teams join together to form a large circle around Santa. Leave room for Santa and his reindeer to move about inside the circle.

Game Play
1. The idea is for the people in the circle to try to hit Santa with Rudolph’s nose.
2. Once hit, that person leaves the sleigh team and sits out until either time is up or everyone has been eliminated from the sleigh.
3. When Santa is eliminated, the next person in line becomes Santa. Only Santa can be eliminated when hit.
4. The strategy for the reindeer is to hide or protect Santa by moving around and having the lead person try to block throws so Santa doesn’t get hit.
5. Set a time limit (2 minutes?) and count the number of Reindeer left in the sleigh team at the end of the time.
6. Let each team take a turn at being Santa and his Reindeer. The winner is the team who had the most reindeer attached to the sleigh.

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