Christmas Drinking Games

How can drinking games for Christmas help spice up your holiday season?

Are these good games for family parties?

Can you enjoy Christmas drinking games with friends too?

If you love drinking games Christmas is a great time to show off some of your favorites. However, you may not be aware that there are plenty of great Christmas-themed games out there just waiting for you to discover them, too.

In this article, we’ll introduce you to five fun Christmas drinking games you can try with your friends and family. These games are great for any party, and they can even be fun to enjoy with family members who might not always want to play every drinking game out there.

These games are quick and easy to learn, and many of them involve holiday movie favorites and other activities that families and friends enjoy together at this festive time of the year.

Whether you’re looking for something to do with one or two of your closest friends or you want something the whole Christmas party can get in on, we’ve got you covered. You won’t have to rely on the same old drinking games at your next Christmas party when you check out the options we’ve put together below.

Read on to learn more about holiday drinking games.

Option #1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Drinking Game

Number of Players: 2 or more
Best Alcohol: Beer, or any

Materials Needed

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie (preferably the 2000 version)
• Drinks for everyone playing

How to Play

1. In this drinking game based on the classic movie, everyone drinks depending on what’s happening in the film.
2. Take a sip every time someone says “Christmas.” Increase this rule by including other common words like “Cindy” or “Who.”
3. Take a sip every time you see a Christmas tree. If you see more than one in a scene, then take multiple sips depending on how many trees are present.
4. Take a shot when you see the Grinch smile, even if it’s an evil smile.
5. Take a shot for every montage in the movie.
6. Chug during “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” You may not be able to chug through the whole song.
7. Chug at the end when the Grinch is giving out presents and is happy.

Option #2. Santa Hat Drinking Game

Number of Players: 2 or more
Best Alcohol: Any

Materials Needed

• Television
• Santa hat
• Drinks for everyone

How to Play

1. This fun drinking game is very basic and easy.
2. All you have to do is hang a Santa hat from the corner of your TV. You can also choose to place it sitting up in the middle of the TV if you prefer.
3. Then, any time someone on the screen looks like they are wearing the Santa hat, take a shot or a sip.
4. If it’s close, but not quite, you can take a quick sip or a half a shot.
5. Alternately, drink for however long the person on the screen looks like they are wearing the Santa hat.

Option #3. Home Alone Drinking Game

Number of Players: 2 or more
Best Alcohol: Beer, or any

Materials Needed

• Home Alone movie
• Drinks for everyone playing

How to Play

1. Relive one of your favorite 90s movies with this easy drinking game.
2. Take a sip when Kevin talks to himself.
3. Take a sip when someone says “Kevin.”
4. Take a shot when the bandits fall for a trap.
5. Take a shot when you hear all or part of a Christmas song.
6. Chug when Kevin puts his hands on his face and screams.

Option #4. Elf Drinking Game

Number of Players: 2 or more
Best Alcohol: Beer, or any

Materials Needed

• Elf movie
• Drinks for everyone playing

How to Play

1. Drink along with the movie Elf at your next holiday party.
2. Take a sip every time Buddy says “Christmas cheer.”
3. Take a sip every time Buddy eats something that isn’t food.
4. Take a shot when you see a snowball fight.
5. Take a shot when you see the real Santa.
6. Chug when you see Peter Dinklage.

Option #5. Santa’s Cup

Number of Players: 4 or more
Best Alcohol: Beer, or any

Materials Needed

• Tall center glass
• Deck of cards

How to Play

1. This game is simply a Christmas-themed version of King’s Cup.
2. Everyone sits in a group with their individual drink of choice.
3. The central cup is placed in the middle of the table and filled with beer.
4. The cards should then be arranged in a circle around the cup.
5. The first player picks a card, shows everyone, and then responds with the action corresponding to the number or face card drawn. The actions are as follows:
   • Ace is chug.
   • Two is give a shot.
   • Three is take a shot.
   • Four is women drink.
   • Five requires everyone to take a shot and then switch seats.
   • Six is men drink.
   • Seven means that the person who picked the card can pick someone else to drink any time they have to drink, and vice-versa.
   • Eight is “Rudolph.” Everyone has to make “antlers” on their head with their fingers, and the last person to do so has to take a shot.
   • Nine is holiday-themed rhyming words. Anyone who can’t think of a rhyme takes a shot.
   • Ten is holiday-themed categories. Anyone who can’t think of a word for the category has to take a shot.
   • Jack is a quick round of “never have I ever.”
   • Queen is questions. The person who drew the card asks any other player a question. If they can answer, they ask someone else a question. Play continues until someone can’t answer, and that person takes a shot.
   • Kings make a new rule. However, the person who picks the fourth King loses and has to chug Santa’s Cup.

Conclusion

Now that you’ve had a chance to look through some of our favorite Christmas drinking games, you may be wondering what alcohol to serve for your party. Although some of these games are better played with beer, most of them can be played with just about any type of alcoholic beverage on hand. For this reason, it can be fun to make some holiday-themed cocktails instead.

Here are a few Christmas cocktails to use for your drinking games.

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Add eggnog to a glass along with rum and bourbon. Stir to mix well. Top with ground cinnamon and garnish with cinnamon stick.

Combine vodka, liqueur and schnapps and chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours. Run a lemon wedge along the edge of a martini glass and dip it in the red sugar. Pour the drink into the glass and garnish with mini candy canes.

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Drop in three cranberries and garnish with a sprig of rosemary.

Whichever drink you serve and no matter which games you play, make sure no children join you in drinking or get involved in drinking games. There may be kids present at the party, so try to keep the drinking separate from the little ones. And remember to never drink and drive, and to always drink responsibly.

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