☃️ Christmas Would You Rather

How Christmas would you rather works

Tap one of the two choices and the next question appears. With a group, read each pair aloud and have everyone vote at once by pointing, moving to one side of the room, or raising a hand. Then hear from the loudest person on each side. There are 50 holiday dilemmas, from "open all your presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning" to "have Buddy the Elf as a roommate or the Grinch as a neighbor." They come in a random order every time, so replaying never starts with the same question.

The best would you rather questions have no correct answer and a strong opinion on both sides. That's why this list leans on the things families actually argue about in December: real tree or artificial, turkey or ham, white lights or colored lights, Christmas music in November or not until Christmas Eve. Nobody has to share anything personal, which makes it ideal for mixed groups.

How to run it with a group

• One person holds the phone and reads both options out loud.
• On three, everyone points left for the first option or right for the second.
• Count the split. If the room goes 50/50, each side gets one sentence to win over a defector.
• The reader taps the majority choice and passes the phone to the next person.
• Keep a tally of who ends up in the minority most often; they give the next toast.

Example round

At a family dinner, Grandma reads "Hear 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' every hour or hear 'Jingle Bells' every thirty minutes." The table splits five to three for Mariah. Next up: "Have Christmas with your whole extended family or a quiet Christmas with just a few people," which gets a suspicious number of votes for quiet from the cousins who drove six hours. Then "Get coal in your stocking or get your stocking stuffed with Brussels sprouts," and the kids vote unanimously for coal.

Variations

• Predict the room: before voting, the reader guesses how the group will split. Closest guess scores a point.
• Couples guessing game: partners write their picks secretly and see who can predict the other's answer.
• Office icebreaker: on a video call, use reactions or the chat to vote at once.
• Kids' table edition: let the kids read, and adults have to defend their choice in a funny voice.
• Winter version: skip the Christmas-specific cards for a general winter would you rather that works after the holidays.

Tips

Keep a quick pace: about thirty seconds per question stops debates from dragging. Always make people defend a minority vote, since that's where the laughs are. Don't let anyone skip voting; picking the lesser evil is the whole point. And stop while the energy is high, after fifteen or twenty questions, rather than running through all fifty.

When to play

It works as a warm-up at a Christmas party, on a long drive to see family, at the dinner table while the next course comes out, or as a holiday icebreaker at the office. For more holiday picks, the charades deck takes holiday words easily, and our year-round would you rather questions page has hundreds more dilemmas.

Write a few of your own

Once the group warms up, ask everyone to invent one dilemma about the people in the room: "Would you rather eat Uncle Ray's famous chili on Christmas morning or do all of the dishes for the day?" Personal questions like that are funny because everyone knows the stakes. A good one has two options that are equally tempting or equally bad, stays short enough to read in one breath, and avoids anything that could embarrass a guest. Mix three or four homemade questions into the shuffled list and see whether anyone can tell which ones came from the phone.

If you are playing with young kids, let them pick which of the two options gets read first and add a silly sound effect for each side. It slows the pace just enough for them to think, and the sound effects become part of the game by the third question.

FAQ

What are good Christmas would you rather questions?

The best ones split families down the middle: real tree or artificial, open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning, turkey or ham, and hear "All I Want for Christmas Is You" every hour or "Jingle Bells" every thirty minutes. This page has fifty like these in random order, with no personal questions.

How do you play Christmas would you rather with a group?

One person reads both options aloud, and everyone votes at the same moment by pointing left or right. Count the split, let each side give one sentence of defense if it's close, then move on. Tracking who ends up in the minority most often adds a fun competitive twist.

What are holiday would you rather questions for adults?

Adult groups enjoy dilemmas about hosting, travel and family: host dinner for twenty or travel six hours to someone else's, be snowed in for a week with family or alone, or put up decorations the day after Thanksgiving or one week before Christmas. They're relatable without being awkward.

Are these Christmas would you rather questions good for kids?

Yes. Every question is family-friendly, and many are made for kids, such as being one of Santa's elves or reindeer, living in a gingerbread house or Santa's workshop, and getting coal or Brussels sprouts in your stocking. Let kids read the questions aloud for extra fun.

Can you play Christmas would you rather at work?

It makes a good office icebreaker because the questions are light and don't ask for personal details. On a video call, have everyone vote with reactions or in the chat at the same time. Ten questions take about five minutes, just right to start a team meeting in December.