Christmas This or That Questions

Christmas this or that questions for the holidays

Every family has strong opinions about the holidays. These Christmas this or that questions put them on the table, one pair at a time. The page has 44 festive choices about trees, lights, food, gifts and traditions, and it picks one at random every time you press Next. Use it at a holiday party, a family dinner or the last school day before winter break.

Three from the deck:

• “Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?”
• “Cookies for Santa or carrots for the reindeer?”
• “Ham or turkey?”

How to play

1. Open the page on a TV, projector or phone.
2. Read the card out loud.
3. Everyone answers.
4. Press Next, the space bar or the right arrow for the next card.
5. Press Previous or the left arrow to go back.

The “Seen so far” list keeps every card from this session. Start over reshuffles and clears it.

Holiday party games

Pick a side of the room

Point to the tree for the first choice and the door for the second. Guests walk to their side. It mixes people who would otherwise stay in their own corner.

Ornament points

Give each guest a small ornament or a candy cane before the game. Before each card, everyone guesses which side will win. A wrong guess means handing your token to the host. Whoever still has theirs at the end wins a small prize.

Family tradition talk

When a card hits close to home, ask the oldest person in the room what their family did when they were young. Some of the best stories come out this way.

Classroom countdown

During the last week of school, read one card a day as students arrive. Tally the class votes on a paper snowflake chart.

Where it fits

• Office holiday parties, as a quick warm up before the gift exchange.
• Classroom winter break parties.
• Family gatherings, at the table while the dessert is coming.
• Holiday video calls with relatives who live far away.
• Cookie swaps and ugly sweater parties.

Hosting tips

Put the page on the TV in full view so latecomers can join in mid round. Keep it to quick votes at a busy party, and save the longer stories for the dinner table. For a mixed crowd of kids and adults, let a child read the cards. If some guests do not celebrate Christmas, tell them winter answers count too, since plenty of cards are about snow, treats and cozy nights.

Fair picks

The cards are shuffled with your browser’s cryptographic random generator. Every card in the set comes up once before any repeats. The page is free and needs no sign up.

More holiday tools

Setting up a gift exchange? The Secret Santa generator draws names for you. For a full range of topics beyond the holidays, use the main this or that questions deck, or spin the truth or dare questions wheel once the party warms up.

Examples from this deck

A few of the 44 questions you can get above:

• Real tree or artificial tree?
• White lights or colored lights?
• Snowball fight or sledding?
• Wrapping paper or gift bags?
• Elf or reindeer?
• Fruitcake or peppermint bark?
• Homemade gifts or store gifts?
• Mittens or gloves?
• North Pole or tropical Christmas?
• Pajamas all day or dressed up for dinner?
• Giving gifts or receiving gifts?
• Gingerbread latte or peppermint mocha?