Ho Ho Ho!

If you’re planning a Christmas party, allow me to share with you two games your family and friends will love to play—games that will provide lots of fun and laughs. 

Divide your guests into two teams, and you’re ready to play “The Last Shall Be First.”  One team starts by naming a well-known Christmas carol.  Then you call out the LAST letter of that song for the benefit of the other team, who in turn must come up with a Christmas carol that STARTS with that letter.  Next name the last letter of their song, and the first team must think of a carol that starts with the new last letter.  Each team has fifteen seconds to come up with a correct title.  When a team is stumped, the other team scores a point, and the first team to score three points wins! 

Allow me to demonstrate exactly how this plays out:  Let’s say Team A starts the game by yelling out “Jingle Bells” for their song.  Then you say, “Now Team B, give me  a song that starts with an S,” to which they reply “Silent Night.”  Following that, you say, “Team A, a song that begins with the letter T,” and they respond with, “The First Noel.”  Team B must think of a song beginning with an L and could come back with “Let It Snow.”  The game continues until one team cannot think of a title within the time limit, and the opposing team scores.  The game is super entertaining so your guests may want to play again!

                                                                               

                                                                      

The second game I call “The Smells of Christmas.”  Round up all the candles in your house or buy enough small candles so that you have one for every guest.  On a piece of paper write numbers from one to the number of guests who will be playing.  Copy the  name of each scent beside a number.  Next write the numbers ONLY on a different sheet of paper, cut them apart, and glue each number onto the corresponding bottom of the candle with that scent, carefully covering the name of the scent.  Have your guests sit in a circle, and hand each one a piece of paper and a pencil, along with a candle.  Have them number the paper from one to the number of guests participating in the game.  Explain to them that they will have ten seconds to smell the candle, then write down the name of the scent beside the number of that candle.  Give them ten seconds to identify the smell before saying “Pass the candles.”

The game is over when everyone has smelled each candle, and the person with the most correct scents wins!  Don’t forget that prizes always make a victory more fun!