Materials
None
Game Play
Played like the traditional “Duck, Duck, Goose.” In this game, participants sit down in a circle facing each other. One person is “it” and walks around the circle. As they walk around, they tap people’s heads and say whether they are a “wiseman” or a “Jesus”. Once someone is named “Jesus” he/she must get up and …
Materials
Candy canes, pie tins, whipped cream.
Santa lost his candy canes in the snow and has asked his reindeer to sniff them out.
Game Play
Each team chooses a reindeer as a representative. Each reindeer is given a pie-tin or tray of whipped cream. In each, lie two hidden pieces of candy canes. The aim is to sniff for …
Materials
Nativity scene with multiple individual pieces.
Game Play
This is a scavenger hunt type game. Hide the pieces from the nativity scene around the room. Some should be easy to find and some more difficult. Place one on the snack table, one could be in with the presents, one in the tree, and so on! Give each person a …
A young man once dreamed that he held an unlit candle in his hand. Nearby, Jesus stood by peacefully with a candelbra. The young man moved forward and Jesus lit the candle with his own. As the young man moved off into the darkness, eager to share his new light, his own breath blew out the flame. The young man …
Materials
None
Game Preparation
Divide the youth into twelve groups of any size.
Game Play
Group everyone into 12 teams. Give each team one verse of the twelve days of Christmas song. They will be responsible for singing that verse of the song. As the teams sing their verse, they are to act it out (i.e. eight maids a milking, …
Materials
List of items for each person
Find someone to sign his or her name for each item on a list. You can ask a person only one question. If the answer is no, you must go to someone else before returning to this person with another question. If the answer is yes, have the person sign your list next …
Materials
Red Santa Hat or green elf hat for each participant
Game Play
This games takes place during the duration of the entire event.
1. Everyone must wear a hat.
2. At the start of the Christmas Party announce the simple objective: The objective is to NOT to be the last person left with a hat on.
3. There is …
Materials
Digital camera for each team
Game Preparation
Set a time for groups to be back then send them off to the local mall or shopping center to get the Christmas Photos.
Activity
This is a photo scavenger hunt where participants must take a snapshot of the entire group that satisfies each description in the list. Add point values based …
Materials
A gift from each participant. Each person brings a wrapped unmarked gift. You may choose a cost limit or have them bring a white elephant gift.
How gifts are exchanged
A. Everyone sits in a circle and the gifts are placed in a pile in the middle. Write numbers from 1-??, depending on the number of gifts, on small …
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