It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year. Whether you’re a Christmas fanatic or the Grinch, you’re sure to have some fun with this free Christmas Would You Rather Game. It’s simple, spirited, and seasonal. The kids can bond over knowing whether someone would rather be Santa or an elf, eat candy canes or an entire gingerbread house, have a Christmas tree or a reindeer, and many other silly would you rather questions! Strengthening bonds and togetherness is one of the best Christmas gifts ever!
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We have created the Best 100 Would You Rather Questions just so your Christmas can be more magical. It will bring family, friends, or classmates closer and leave your heart with that same warm feeling that hot chocolate does!
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How to Play Would You Rather
- The holiday season is always bustling with joy and chaos, so we have you covered for a minimal prep activity – simply download your free printable PDF and cut the cards. Print it on cardstock or laminate them if you want to prolong the use of this activity. I pull these cards out every year!
- There is a minimum of 2 players and no set rules. I always say, ‘Make it up as you go along’.
- Take turns asking Would You Rather Questions. It’s that simple! The main idea is to read a question and then pick one of the two options. This always leads to interesting or funny conversations and revelations! There are endless ways to use them; I recommend adding this printable to your Christmas Unit.
- If you’re playing it in class, try having a set number of questions that you ask the kids each day. Alternatively, add the cards to a jar students can pick from and answer as a brain break activity.
- If you’re playing it at home, you can set up a few of the options and make it an interactive game. For example, if the card reads ‘Would you rather drink cocoa or eggnog’, make a drink station and let the kids pick! It’s super fun and you can get really creative.
Benefits of Playing Would You Rather
There are many reasons to play this game; you’ll have to try it out and let me know how it goes! Here are some of the benefits:
- Develops critical thinking skills
- Helps children to communicate thoughts and ideas
- Demonstrates how to have an effective debate and discussion
- Opens the mind to new perspectives
- Helps children adopt a personal point of view and gain confidence in yourself
To learn more about why you should play this game especially in the classroom, read this post that discusses the Benefits of the Would You Rather Game.
WHERE TO GET THIS ACTIVITY
GET THE CHRISTMAS WOULD YOU RATHER PACK
The Christmas Would You Rather Questions pack includes 100 would you rather question cards that are geared towards the Christmas season, as well as worksheets students can fill in. The pages and cards all come in color and black and white.
Best 100 Christmas Would You Rather Questions
This Christmas edition of Would You Rather Questions is extremely versatile. You can adapt it to any setting. If you’re playing with younger kids, they may need your help reading or understanding some of the longer questions.
- Would you rather drink hot chocolate or eggnog?
- Would you rather open your presents on Christmas Eve or on Christmas morning?
- Would you rather have a red nose that lights up or have pointy elf ears?
- Would you rather travel during the holidays or stay home?
- Would you rather only be allowed to listen to Christmas carols for a year or have to make toys for a year?
- Would you rather work in Santa’s workshop or work in a giant toy store?
- Would you rather decorate 50 Christmas trees or decorate 50 Christmas cookies?
- Would you rather lose your voice for the holidays or only be able to speak in Christmas carols?
- Would you rather wear Santa’s red suit to school or a green elf suit to school?
- Would you rather go on a sleigh ride or meet Jack Frost?
- Would you rather listen to pipers or drummers for all the days of Christmas?
- Would you rather drink only eggnog all December or eat candy canes all December?
- Would you rather have Christmas caroling or go sledding?
- Would you rather wear Santa’s big boots to gym class or wear pointy elf shoes to gym class?
- Would you rather have turkey for Christmas dinner or have a ham for Christmas dinner?
- Would you rather be Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer or Prancer, or Dancer, or Blitzen?
- Would you rather have to loudly sing the chorus of “Jingle Bells” every time you walk into a room or have to wear a Santa suit to school every day?
- Would you rather spend a day with Mrs. Claus or Santa Claus?
- Would you rather not celebrate Christmas this year or not celebrate your birthday this year?
- Would you rather make presents for your family or buy them?
- Would you rather have mistletoe hanging in your bedroom doorway or have a large, decorated Christmas tree in your bedroom?
- Would you rather have Frosty the Snowman or Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer for a friend?
- Would you rather make ornaments for your Christmas tree or buy them?
- Would you rather have Christmas tree tinsel for hair or have fingernails that light up like Christmas lights?
- Would you rather be Mrs. Claus or be the Head Elf in Santa’s workshop?
- Would you rather eat a gingerbread house or live in a gingerbread house?
- Would you rather live at the North Pole or live at the South Pole?
- Would you rather be a melting snowman or a munched-on gingerbread person?
- Would you rather have a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly or eat a bowl full of jelly?
- Would you rather eat Christmas cookies with Santa or bake Christmas cookies with Santa?
- Would you rather eat your cereal with eggnog or milk?
- Would you rather live in a giant gingerbread house or ride the Polar Express?
- Would you rather write an essay about the meaning of Christmas or solve a page of Christmas-themed math problems?
- Would you rather only eat fruitcake or only eat candy canes for two days?
- Would you rather visit the North Pole or visit London?
- Would you rather be given $100 for Christmas to buy things for yourself or be given $1000 before Christmas to buy gifts for other people?
- Would you rather receive socks or a dictionary for Christmas?
- Would you rather get many small presents or get one big present for Christmas?
- Would you rather be one of Santa’s elves or be one of Santa’s reindeer?
- Would you rather have a job wrapping presents or have a job taking pictures of children sitting on Santa’s lap?
- Would you rather spend a day watching Christmas movies or Christmas shopping at the mall?
- Would you rather see The Nutcracker or dance in The Nutcracker?
- Would you rather have to eat a whole turkey in one sitting or never be able to eat turkey again?
- Would you rather relive a past winter holiday again or get to travel to a future winter holiday?
- Would you rather be a kid or a grandparent during Christmas?
- Would you rather get to invent a holiday on whatever day you want or have a holiday fall on your birthday?
- Would you rather eat Christmas food every day or never again?
- Would you rather give up one family tradition or start a new one?
- Would you rather have to cook the big holiday meal every year or have to clean up and do the dishes after the holiday meal every year?
- Would you rather spend the holidays with your family or with three celebrities (you can choose the celebrities)?
- Would you rather give up Christmas trees or Christmas cookies?
- Would you rather be an elf in Santa’s shop or a reindeer on Santa’s sleigh?
- Would you rather get one amazing holiday gift or 10 OK holiday gifts?
- Would you rather have it be your favorite holiday every day or never have that holiday again?
- Would you rather only have dessert on holidays or never have dessert on holidays?
- Would you rather know what all your gifts are or be surprised by all your gifts?
- Would you rather eat only Christmas cookies or only drink hot cocoa?
- Would you rather wash your hair with cranberry sauce or wash your hair with mashed potatoes and gravy?
- Would you rather be a turkey farmer or a pumpkin farmer?
- Would you rather get a person who is really hard to shop for during Secret Santa or have no one get your name for Secret Santa?
- Would you rather play elf on a shelf or listen to Christmas music?
- Would you rather live in a gingerbread house with your group of friends or never be able to live with any of them?
- Would you rather only be able to watch your favorite TV show during the holidays or have to watch it every day of the year?
- Would you rather spend Christmas with your group of friends or have them each be replaced by their favorite celebrity?
- Would you rather star in a popular holiday music single or star in a popular holiday movie?
- Would you rather visit far-away family or far-away friends?
- Would you rather vacation somewhere cold or hot during the holidays?
- Would you rather lose all your money playing dreidel spin with your group of friends or replace your pillow with one made of latke?
- Would you rather get stuck in an airport during Christmas or get lost in a Christmas tree farm?
- Would you rather have to put up outdoor Christmas lights for all your neighbors or wrap all the holiday presents for extended family members?
- Would you rather wear an elf costume or be a mall Santa?
- Would you rather wear light-up Christmas lights or wear a red nose every day during the holiday season?
- Would you rather have a Christmas party at the White House or with your family?
- Would you rather buy Christmas presents for your best friend or get yourself on Santa’s list.
- Would you rather have snow every day during the holiday season or not have any snow at all?
- Would you rather have an entire snow week off from school or an extra week of summer vacation?
- Would you rather eat only holiday food or watch only holiday movies?
- Would you rather have all your presents wrapped terribly or not have them wrapped at all?
- Would you rather watch ‘It’s a wonderful life’ or sing jingle bells?
- Would you rather only eat fruitcake for holiday desserts or not have dessert at all?
- Would you rather your sports uniforms look like Santa outfits or look like reindeer outfits?
- Would you rather have to pull Santa’s sleigh for workouts or lift pumpkins?
- Would you rather have antlers or stay home alone with a pet reindeer?
- Would you rather your team mascot be a turkey or a reindeer?
- Would you rather have everyone on your sports team be elf-sized and you be normal or have everyone be normal and you be elf-sized?
- Would you rather replace your yard with tinsel or pine needles?
- Would you rather sweat gravy or sweat mashed potatoes?
- Would you rather eat a whole turkey before running or have to drink gravy instead of water?
- Would you rather go to a fancy holiday party or a homey one?
- Would you rather pull an all-nighter without coffee or forget an important holiday event that you were supposed to show up to?
- Would you rather have a snowball fight or play Christmas party games?
- Would you rather string colorful Christmas lights or string white lights only?
- Would you rather spend Christmas day at the beach or in the mountains?
- Would you rather make snow angels all day or have a Santa beard?
- Would you rather receive only Christmas cards or only Christmas gifts?
- Would you rather shop for presents or wrap presents?
- Would you rather wear matching Christmas pajamas or ugly Christmas sweaters with your family?
- Would you rather go ice skating or skiing?
- Would you rather see the Rockefeller Tree in NYC or a palm tree with Christmas lights on a beach?
- Would you rather have Santa’s belly or Santa’s beard?
Christmas Would You Rather Free Printable
We’ve created a free printable with some of our favourite Christmas Would You Rather questions to get you started in both color and black and white. It’s a fun and easy activity to enjoy with your kids this holiday season.
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If you’d like even more questions and worksheets, we’ve got you covered. Check out our full Christmas Would You Rather pack, complete with extra activities to keep the holiday excitement going.
WHERE TO GET THIS ACTIVITY
GET THE CHRISTMAS WOULD YOU RATHER PACK
The Christmas Would You Rather Questions pack includes 100 would you rather question cards that are geared towards the Christmas season, as well as worksheets students can fill in. The pages and cards all come in color and black and white.
Can’t get enough? Check out our 150 Would You Rather Questions for Kids and keep the momentum going!
When to Play Would You Rather
The best part is that you can play this game ANYWHERE, ANYTIME! Here are some of my best ideas on when you can play:
- Family game night
- A classroom Christmas Unit Activity
- Place a card in your kids’ school lunches
- Bring the questions on a long drive or while running errands.
- Play it while decorating for the holidays
- Play it on movie night or at a sleepover
- Parents- You can even use them on date night!
Check out this post to see interesting ways that show you exactly How to Use Would You Rather in the Classroom. From using it as drawing prompts to brain breaks, there are endless ideas!
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