Christmas Charades
Christmas charades is one of those games that always gets everyone laughing, especially when someone has to act out a reindeer learning to fly or Santa eating too many cookies!
I’ve put together 56 free printable Christmas charades cards for family game nights, classroom Christmas parties, and holiday gatherings. There are five categories, from familiar Christmas characters to some rather ridiculous festive situations.
Don’t fancy printing and cutting out cards? You can also play my free online Christmas charades game, with 150 prompts, different difficulty levels, a built-in timer, and scoring. Just pick your settings and start playing!
Christmas Charades Generator
How to Play Christmas Charades
Christmas charades is easy to play. One person acts out a Christmas word or phrase without speaking, while everyone else tries to guess what it is. Some clues are easy, but others might have everyone in fits of laughter!
Playing the online Christmas charades game
- Choose your settings. Pick a category, difficulty level, and round length.
- Start the game. One player acts out the clue without speaking or making sounds.
- Guess the answer. Everyone else tries to work out the clue before the timer runs out.
- Keep score. Click “Got It!” for a correct answer or “Skip” to move on.
- Check your results. At the end of the round, you’ll see how many you got right and how many you skipped.
You can pause the timer, stop the game, or hide the prompt if you don’t want the other players to see it.
Playing with printable Christmas charades cards
Print and cut out the cards, then pop them in a bowl or pile. Take turns choosing a card and acting out the clue while everyone else guesses.
I recommend giving each player 60 seconds, although you can make it longer for younger kids.
My tip: Start younger children with Christmas characters and simple actions. Save the trickier movie titles and songs for older kids, teens, and adults.
Free Printable Christmas Charades Cards
Prefer playing without a screen? My free printable Christmas charades game includes 56 cards across 7 pages, ready to print and cut out.
There are five categories:
- Christmas Actions: Decorating a Christmas tree, building a snowman, and untangling Christmas lights.
- Christmas Characters: Santa Claus, the Grinch, Rudolph, and Mrs. Claus.
- Christmas Movies & Stories: Home Alone, Elf, The Polar Express, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Christmas Songs: Jingle Bells, Last Christmas, and Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.
- Funny Christmas Moments: A cat climbing the Christmas tree, Santa eating too many cookies, and a reindeer sneezing.
Each card has a festive North Pole design with large text and a border to make cutting easier.
I’d print them on cardstock if you have some, especially if you’re planning to use them at more than one Christmas party. You can laminate the cards too, but it’s not essential.
The cards include a mixture of easy and more challenging clues, so you can pick the ones that work best for your group.
The free PDF is for personal and classroom use. You’ll find the download form at the bottom of this post.
More Free Online Games for Kids
If everyone enjoyed Christmas charades, I’ve got a few more free games you can play without printing anything.
Try my random word generator for more charades ideas, or see what everyone chooses in the Would You Rather generator.
You can also make up ridiculous stories with the Mad Libs generator, play a round of Scattergories, or test your festive knowledge with my Christmas trivia game.
For even more ideas, have a look through all my free random generators.
More Christmas Printable Games
Need a few more Christmas games? These free printables are great for classroom parties, family game nights, or keeping everyone busy while waiting for Christmas dinner!
- Christmas Scattergories – Race to think of festive answers beginning with the same letter.
- Christmas Mad Libs – Create hilarious Christmas stories by filling in the blanks.
- Christmas Word Search – Hunt for hidden holiday words.
- Christmas Bingo – A classic Christmas party game for all ages.
- Christmas Memory Game – Match festive pictures in a fun game for younger kids.
Get Your Free Christmas Charades Printable Game Here!
Ready to grab your free printable? Just pop your name and email into the form below, and it’s all yours!
Tip: Use a personal email address (like Gmail), school or work emails sometimes filter printable links.
If you don’t see the form below, click here to get the free PDF.
