Christmas Would You Rather: Rules and 40 Questions

Christmas Would You Rather asks players to pick between two silly choices. It needs no prep, so you can play it in a car, at a table or in line for cookies.

How to Set Up

1. Pick a reader. Pass the job around after each round.
2. For a big group, mark two sides of the room: side A and side B.
3. Keep the list handy.

Question List

Would you rather…

1. Wear a reindeer costume all day or an elf hat all week?
2. Eat only candy canes or only fruitcake for a week?
3. Ride in Santa’s sleigh or ride on a reindeer?
4. Live at the North Pole or in a gingerbread house?
5. Have a snowball fight or build a snow fort?
6. Open all your gifts first thing or one each hour?
7. Sing every word you say on Christmas Day or dance whenever you hear a bell?
8. Get socks as a gift every year or a sweater you hate every year?
9. Be Santa for one night or an elf for one year?
10. Have snow every day in December or no snow all winter?
11. Decorate a tree or bake the cookies?
12. Eat a cookie with hot sauce or a cookie with pickle bits?
13. Find a puppy under the tree or a pony in the yard?
14. Have a talking snowman or a flying reindeer?
15. Give a gift or get a gift?
16. Wrap 100 presents or untangle 100 lights?
17. Always have wet socks or always have cold hands?
18. Have Christmas twice a year or a birthday twice a year?
19. Be stuck in a chimney or stuck in a snowbank?
20. Eat dinner with Santa or breakfast with Mrs. Claus?
21. Wear a jingle bell necklace for a week or a tinsel scarf for a week?
22. Watch the same Christmas movie 10 times or never watch one again?
23. Have a very tall tree or a very wide tree?
24. Go caroling in the snow or sip cocoa by the fire?
25. Get a surprise visit from Santa or an elf in your house?
26. Be able to talk to reindeer or to snowmen?
27. Give up sweets until January or give up screens until January?
28. Have a gift wrap that never tears or a ribbon that never tangles?
29. Make your own ornament or make your own wrapping paper?
30. Have no Christmas music for a year or only Christmas music for a year?
31. Sleep under the tree or sleep by the fireplace?
32. Eat leftovers for a week or cook a huge feast all by yourself?
33. Open your gift in front of everyone or in private?
34. Slide down a snowy hill on a tray or on a giant tube?
35. Have a snow day every week in winter or a free cookie every day in winter?
36. Find out what you are getting early or be surprised?
37. Live in a snow globe or in a candy shop?
38. Have a tiny Christmas tree on your desk or a giant one in the lobby?
39. Wear mittens that look like paws or boots that look like elf shoes?
40. Be the best gift wrapper or the best cookie baker?

How to Play

1. The reader asks the first question.
2. Everyone picks A or B at the same time. Say it out loud or move to a side of the room.
3. Each person gets 10 seconds to explain their pick.
4. Move to the next question.

Scoring and Winning

This game has no winner. For a scored version, give one point to anyone who picks the same answer as the reader. The player with the most points wins.

Tips for a Fun Game

• Read the question twice.
• Ask follow-up questions like “Why?” to get funny answers.
• Skip any question that makes someone uncomfortable.
• Let kids write their own questions.

Variations

• Little kids: Use only the animal and snow questions and let them point instead of talk.
• Teams: Each team gets a point if everyone on the team agrees.
• Adults: Make questions about family traditions and old gifts.