Holiday mixers and contests -Ugly Christmas Sweater Party & Santa Beard (weekly game/contest) Bonus 2

Since this will be the last contest/activity Holiday post for the year, we are giving you 2 and will see you next year with more Holiday games/contest posts..

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

Host a Christmas or holiday themed party where all the guests come wearing the most hideous Christmas sweaters they can find. Guests can choose a winner by voting for the tackiest sweater.

Santa beard

Make a big bowl of cotton balls and get a container of Vaseline. Put some Vaseline on the chins of each member of each team (ideally, 2 teams of about 5 people each).

The first players in line run to the bowl of cotton balls and stick their chins in, trying to get as many to stick to the Vaseline as possible. They run to the back of their line, so the next players can have a turn.

When everyone on a team has a beard, that team wins.

As with the other game, be sure to take lots of pictures of everyone wearing their Santa beards. Also have plenty of towels and water to get the Vaseline off.

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Holiday mixers and contests - What If / Then Game (weekly game/contest)

What If / Then Game

Everyone gets in a circle and is given two pieces of paper and a pen. 

On the first paper each guest writes down any “What If” question. 

Collect all of those papers into a bowl. 

Next, pass out the “What If” questions and have each guest write the “Then” answer to that specific question onto their second piece of paper. 

Have each guest put their “What If” question into one bowl and the “Then” answer into a second bowl. 

Now it’s time to read them. Have each guest take 1 paper from the “What If” bowl and 1 paper from the “Then” bowl. 

Take turns going around in a circle and reading the two papers back to back.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Two Truths and a Lie Game (weekly game/contest)

Two Truths and a Lie Game

This is a popular ice breaker game. 

In the game, a person tell three stories about themselves, two of which are true, and one that is not. 

The goal of the player is to determine which story is not true. 

You can play this in a Christmas party setting in a group with the theme topic of “their worst Christmas gift”.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Christmas “Minute-To-Win-It” (weekly game/contest)

Christmas “Minute-To-Win-It”

This is based on the old TV show of the same name. 

Some minute-to-win-it X-mas game ideas are as follows:

• See how many marshmallows you can get through the wreath and into the bucket in a minute game
• Can you stack the cups with one hand in a minute game.
• How many ornaments can you balance on a yardstick and paper towel tube without it falling over in a minute game.
• Can you get the red pompom on a string up on your Vaseline covered nose in a minute game.
• The Nut stacker game.
• How many ornaments can we hang on the string without using our hands in a minute game.
• Can you get the cookie from your forehead into your mouth without using your hands in a minute game.
• Try to open the present with ski gloves on before doubles are rolled.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Kiss it Relay (weekly game/contest)

Kiss it Relay

Place a large bowl of Hersey's kisses on a table. 

Divide your group into two teams and have them line up around 10-15 feet away from the table. 

Give the first people in the row mittens that are slightly larger than they would ever need. 

On the mark of "Go", the first player of each team runs to the table (with their mittens on), takes a Hershey's kiss out from the bowl and tries unwrapping it with the large mittens. 

After they unwrap it they have to run down and pop it into the next person's mouth. 

The next person takes the mittens and runs to the bowl to do the same.

Whoever finishes first is the winner!

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Holiday mixers and contests - Oh Christmas Tree (weekly game/contest)

Oh Christmas Tree

For this game you need green construction paper. 

Give everyone a chance in attempting to rip a sheet of green construction paper (behind their back) into the shape of a Christmas tree (they cannot look at their trees until finished). 

Once they've finished ripping, and before they look, give them little stickers to decorate their tree with. 

Once all done, hang everyone's tree up and have everyone judge for the best looking tree.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Snowball Toss (weekly game/contest)

Snowball Toss

Divide the group into teams each team forms a line. 

Place a 2 taped markers on the floor a few feet from the teams. 

Give each team a bag of marshmallows (large, not the mini size). 

The first team member in line stands behind the tape marker. 

On "Go" the 2nd one in line takes a turn trying to "catch" a marshmallow in their mouth. 

Once a team member catches a marshmallow, they get out of line. 

The team that finishes their line first wins.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Pictionary Of Carols (weekly game/contest)

Pictionary Of Carols

1. Get an oversized tablet of paper and an easel. Don’t forget a thick marker!
2. Write the names of Christmas carols on individual strips of paper and put them in a Santa hat.
3. Divide your guests into teams. You may use as many teams as you want, but remember you don’t want those not guessing to be bored, so limit your number of teams. Two to four teams seems to work the best.
4. One person starts by picking a paper out of the hat. This person does not show this paper to anyone but begins drawing what he/she believes depicts the carol in question while the rest of his/her team members begin guessing.
5. Someone on another team is the time keeper.
6. The person has one minute to draw. If his team does not guess it in the designated time. All the other teams get one guess. If another team gets it, they get the points.
7. Points are allotted for correct guesses. You designate the point structure.

Tips:

• Make sure the easel is set up so that all guests can see what is being drawn from wherever they are seated.
• A possible point system might be 5 points if your team guesses in 1 minute, 1 point if another team guesses it afterwards

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Holiday mixers and contests - What’s In Your Stocking? (weekly game/contest)

What’s In Your Stocking? 

1. Take a soft Christmas stocking and fill it with holiday items. Guests will need to feel the items from the outside of the stocking, so make sure it is one that is “squishy” such as a knit or felt.
2. Use items such as candy cane, glass ball ornament, pine cone, candle, jingle bell, mitten, scotch tape, ribbon, small square of wrapping paper, holly, etc.
3. Count the number of objects you have.
4. Tie the stocking closed on the top to prevent peeking!
5. During the party, pass the stocking around the room and give everyone a piece of paper.
6. Tell your guests how many objects are in the stocking and have them write down all of their guesses.
7. Have them pass their paper to the person on their left.
8. Pull out the objects one by one.
9. After you are finished, have guests call out funny answers that people made.
10. The guest with the most correct is the winner!

Tips:

• You can use large thermal socks if you don’t have a knit or felt Christmas stocking to use.
• Do a test first. Put the objects in the stocking and make sure after feeling, that you can mostly guess the objects are.
• Have a couple small prizes handy for the winner!

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Holiday mixers and contests - Candy Cane (weekly game/contest)

Candy Cane 

We will continue with weekly games/contests but this will be the final Christmas/Holiday game/contest idea post until next year.

You will need: 

• several rolls of toilet paper
• red ribbon
• tape.  

Set up the game the same way as the mummy wrap game, except each member must place their right arm out in front of them sloping downward in the shape of a candy cane. After they have been wrapped in toilet paper, then each team must wrap red ribbon around the person like a candy cane.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Wrap Em up (weekly game/contest)

Wrap Em up 

You will need: 

• sever rolls of cheap wrapping paper
• tape
• some ribbon
• some bows. 

Set up the same way as the mummy wrap game. Excpt each person or team begins wrapping their present (person) from head to toe. 

The final part is placing a ribbon and a bow on their present to complete it.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Frosty the snowman (weekly game/contest)

Frosty the snowman 

You will need: 

• several rolls of toilet paper
• 2 hats (fedoras or winter hats)
• tape
• 2 plastic pipes (carrots optional). 

Set up the game the same way as the Mummy wrap game. Except the team that finishes their snowman first wins. After totally wrapping the person from head to toe, the team must then complete the snowman by placing a hat on them and a pipe in their mouth.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Dueling Santa Clauses (weekly game/contest)

Dueling Santa Clauses 

You will need 2 Santa Hats & a bag of balloons. This game can also be used in any singles mixer as well without the Santa Hats. Have 2 men sit in chairs and have an equal amount of women line up in front of them. Put Santa Hats on the 2 men sitting in the chairs. On “GO” the first woman takes a balloon, blows it up, ties it off, places on the males lap, and then proceeds to try to pop the balloon by sitting on it. Once the balloon is popped she stands behind the man (or Santa). The winner is the person with the most girls behind him first.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Christmas Bingo (weekly game/contest)

Christmas Bingo 

A holiday twist on a classic game for which there are a wide selection of printable cards online with Christmas words and images in place of numbers. Your DJ will serve as caller and make things a bit more fun by showcasing their humor and personality while telling jokes and sharing funny stories between each call.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Name that Christmas Carol & Next line please (weekly game/contest) Bonus 2

Name that Christmas Carol

The name of the game says it all, and it couldn’t be more perfectly suited to the talents of a professional disc jockey. The DJ may choose a five to ten second snippet somewhere in the middle of the song or simply start at the beginning and play as much of the song as necessary before one of your guests correctly identifies it. You can give extra credit if the guest can name both the song and the artist performing it. To increase the level of difficulty, you can ask your DJ to play snippets of unconventional or alternative recordings of famous holiday classics. Rest assured, all the best professional DJs will be well versed on several different recorded versions of any popular holiday song you can name.

Next Line Please 

This is another fun game utilizing Christmas carols. The DJ will begin to play a chorus or verse from a famous Christmas classic stopping each track halfway through a verse or chorus at which point your guests will provide the next line. Extra points can be awarded for actually singing the next line rather than just speaking it.

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Holiday mixers and contests - Lottery Ticket Giveaway (Weekly Game/Contest)

Buy a couple of Holiday themed scratch lottery tickets, place a business card on each chair and put a number on the back of each business card. During dinner ask everyone to check their card, if they have the one with the number you call on it they could win up to (whatever the top prize is on the ticket you bought). Ask the winner to come forward. Have them scratch off the card while you wait, and emcee it. If they.... win GREAT! If not tell everyone to hold on to their card because there is going to be another drawing later. If you have another drawing that's fine, if you don't then your card is in their pocket.

Try this for any party or occasion.

Holiday mixers and contests - Santa Clause Line Dances (Weekly Game/Contest)

Have the boss or leader of the group start the dance off by wearing a Santa hat and strutting down Santa Clause lane. Use Elvis Presley's version of "Here comes Santa Clause" for the dance.

Try the electric slide or your favorite line dance to Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helmes just do the dance a bit slower or speed up the pitch of the song.

Rudolph Locomotion: Ask the crowd to choose their leader. Then dress the leader up in antlers and a red nose. Ask RUDOLPH to choose his 8 tiny reindeer. After selecting them, set them up in a standard locomotion or choo choo train line. Send them into the crowd. Run run Rudolph is a Great song to use.

Holiday mixers and contests - Rudolph the red nosed reindeer locomotion (Weekly Game/Contest)

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer locomotion

Ask the crowd to choose their leader or you can ask for a volunteer. Then dress the leader up in antlers and a red nose, ask Rudolph to choose his EIGHT tiny reindeer. After selecting them set them up in a standard train or locomotion. Send them into the crowd to get people to join. “Run run rudolph by Chuck Berry is an excellent song choice for this.

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Christmas Time & Holiday Trivia

Christmas Time & Holiday Trivia

The toughest point of any holiday bash is that awkward transition between the bosses ho-hum speech to the dance music. One of the better ways to smooth out that segue and get the whole crowd involved in your show is a trivia contest. You can take the simple approach and toss out a brain teaser between songs, or organize teams and turn it into a real production.

Here's a list of 20 holiday Questions that should (slightly) challenge any crowd. Expand beyond the list with some of your own questions, or try your own version of "Name That Tune" using old TV show and commercial themes. Seldom will you find a crowd that doesn't enjoy a dose of trivia.

For an added marketing twist, print up the questions (with or without the answers) on your letterhead and pass them out as give-aways.

TOP 20 HOLIDAY TRIVIA QUESTIONS

1. Who invented the art of giving Christmas presents?
2. Who sang Grandma got run over by a reindeer?
3. How many eggs are in eight quarts of eggnog?
4. How did red and green become the traditional colors of Christmas?
5. For what movie could you say that Santa won an Academy Award?
6. What is the average temperature of The North Pole
7. Where was I when "I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause?
8. "The Gift of The Magi" was written by whom?
9. Name Santa's reindeer
10. Boris Karloff was the star of what TV Christmas favorite?
11. Christmas, Florida is closest to what major city?
12. What famous Christmas story begins with the line, "One dollar and eighty-seven cents"?
13. Name the most commercially successful Christmas Film.
14. Name 3 actors who played scrooge in the movies.
15. Name Bill Murray's Christmas classic.
16. "God Bless us, everyone!" is the end of what Christmas epic?
17. True or False: In South American countries, setting off fireworks is a popular way of celebrating Christmas.
18. The "Chipmunks Christmas song" came out in what year?
19. True or False: Christmas is not celebrated in the Philippines.
20. Name six of the all time top 10 Christmas songs.

THE ANSWERS

1. The three wise men
2. Elmo & Patsy
3. A dozen
4. In early times, Red apples decorated Green trees.
5. Miracle on 34th st. Edmund Gwenn played Santa and won an Academy Award.
6. 21' F
7. On the stairs
8. O Henry
9. Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, Dancer, Cupid, Prancer, Vixen, Blitzen, and Dancer
10. "How the Grinch stole Christmas"
11. Orlando
12. "The Gift of The Magi"
13. "Home Alone"
14. W.C. Fields, Jim Carrey, Kelsey Grammer, Derek Jacobi, John Magquire, Jack Palance, Cyril Ritchard, Basil Rathbone, Michael Caine, and, Alastair Sim.
15. "Scrooged"
16. "A Christmas Carol" said by Tiny Tim
17. True
18. 1958
19. False
20. White Christmas - Bing Crosby, Silent Night - Bing Crosby, Rudolph the red nose reindeer - Gene Autry, Chipmunk song - Chipmunks, I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause - Jimmy Boyd, Little drummer boy - The Harry Simeone Chorale, Do they know it's Christmas - Band Aid, I'll be home for Christmas - Bing Crosby, Grandma got run over by a reindeer - Elmo & Patsy, Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

Special Thanks to David Varga for his help with these.

BONUS QUESTIONS

1. What is the single best selling song of all time?
2. Name 3 more names for Santa Clause.
3. What item of clothing was Ma wearing in "Twas the night before Christmas"?
4. What was the little girls name in "The Grinch who stole Christmas"?
5. Who did the voice of the original Grinch?

BONUS ANSWERS

1. White Christmas
2. St. Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas
3. Kercheif
4. Cindy Lou Who
5. Boris Karloff

The Twelve Days of Christmas

A partridge in a pear tree
2 Turtle doves
3 French hens
4 Calling birds
5 Golden rings
6 Geese a laying
7 Swans a swimming
8 Maids a milking
9 Pipers Piping
10 Ladies Dancing
11 Lords a leaping
12 Drummers Drumming

Have fun with these.

Holiday mixers and contests - 12 Days of Christmas! (Weekly Game/Contest)

The 12 Days of Christmas

Ask the members of the committee to assist you in selecting 12 people to
assist you in this activity (or pick them yourself). After they have
been selected ask them to stand in a straight line facing the audience.
Inform the crowd that these people are the (insert their company name
here) Holiday Choir. Assign each of them an appropriate "day" of