Christmas Games for Couples
For the quiet bit between the chaos.
- Players
- 2 players
- Length
- 30–180 min
- Cost
- Free · no signup
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For the quiet bit between the chaos.
- Players
- 2 players
- Length
- 30–180 min
- Intensity
- Sweet
Free · No signup · Nothing you answer is saved
How do you play Christmas Games for Couples?
Christmas games for couples fill the evenings either side of family days — wrapping each other's presents badly, ranking Christmas songs in a bracket, writing letters to open next Christmas Eve, or blind-tasting the cheese pile. Spin and commit to the result rather than debating options.
How to play
- Agree to do whatever it lands on before you spin.
- Spin once per evening.
- One joint re-spin if the result is genuinely impossible on the day.
- Some of these need shops. Spin early on the 24th.
- The letter one is worth doing regardless of what the wheel says.
Why couples love this game
The couple part of Christmas is easy to lose entirely between the two family days. Having one thing that belongs to the two of you — even something as small as ranking Christmas songs in a bracket — is what makes the season feel like yours rather than a schedule you both executed.
Christmas as a couple is mostly logistics: whose family, which day, how long, and who is driving. The bit that belongs to the two of you is usually a couple of evenings either side, and it tends to get filled with television by default.
This wheel is for those evenings. Everything on it is festive, doable at home, and takes somewhere between twenty minutes and a whole evening.
It also works on the 27th, when nobody knows what day it is and there is a lot of cheese left.
Example results
- Wrap each other’s presents badly and score them out of ten
- Watch the worst Christmas film you can find, all the way through
- Make something edible together that neither of you has made
- Write next year’s resolutions and seal them until December
- Go out and look at other people’s lights for an hour
- Rank every Christmas song in a bracket until one wins
The full game has 22 of these, shuffled every time you play.
Who this game is best for
- Christmas Eve and the evenings around it
- The strange days between Christmas and New Year
- Couples splitting time between two families
- A first Christmas together
Tips to make it better
- Do the letter one every year and keep them. It becomes the best thing you own.
- Spin before the shops shut if you want the options that need anything.
- The "Christmas rules as a couple" card is genuinely useful. Do it early in the relationship.
- Works on the 27th, which is when most couples actually need it.
Frequently asked questions
What can couples do at Christmas that is just for them?
Pick one small thing that belongs to the two of you and repeat it yearly. The letter to open next Christmas Eve is the one couples keep doing, because after a few years the stack of them is the best thing in the house.
What about the days between Christmas and New Year?
That is arguably what this wheel is best for. Nobody knows what day it is, there is no structure, and one decided activity rescues the whole evening.
Do any of these need buying anything?
A few need ingredients or an open shop, so spin earlier in the day on the 24th. Most need nothing at all.