Great Board Games for Christmas 2023
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear, the second best way is to play Christmas themed board games. We’re making a list of games perfect games for anyone looking to gather around the table for some holiday fun this season.
If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out our complete 2023 Holiday Gift Guide!
Great Board Games for Christmas 2023
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Holly Jolly
I absolutely love this little cutie. You’ll string the tree with lights and tinsel. Use simple addition to know which ornaments you can select, and then work to get high scoring sets of ornaments and the best presents from under the tree.
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Christmas Lights – A Card Game
The most fun way to untangle the Christmas lights! You’ll try to untangle and replace broken bulbs by swapping, trading, and completing your sets of lights first. This also comes with 12 bonus games so you can adjust to fit the ages of your players and use the cards in a variety of fun ways!
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Ghosts of Christmas
The first of three games on this list themed around Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This one is a trick-taker where players bid on how many tricks they will win while adding cards to the past, present, and future. We love a trick taking game and can’t wait to add this one to our Christmas stash.
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12 Days
Inspired by the 12 days of Christmas song, players give gifts over 12 rounds in this trick-taking game. The game is simple to learn and fast to play you’ll be done before the you can sing about the 12 lords a leaping.
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The Kringle Caper -Mini Escape Room Game
This 18-card escape room game is a fun way to spend a night as a family. It takes about 60 minutes to solve it and is nondestructable, so once you are done, you can gift it at your next white elephant exchange.
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Popular Games with a Holiday Theme
These are all great games, that have a Christmas version that makes them extra special to play this time of year.
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Gudetama Holiday Edition:
This cutie trick taking game is one you’re going to want to bring to your holiday gatherings! You don’t have to win every trick, you just can’t lose the last trick. It’s all about hand management! Plays quick and supports up to 7 players, this one works really well for players both young and old! Plus the Christmas edition is too perfect! Imagine multiple generations playing this together around the table!
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Santa Cookie Elf Candy Snowman
It is all the same frantic fun as Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza but with added holiday hijinks as specialty cards will have you making antlers and doing your best little drummer boy impression. We love how this game plays so well across generations.
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Something Wild! Marvel – Holiday Baby Groot
Something Wild! is a simple set collection card game that mixes up the gameplay with unique power. There are tons of different themed versions available, but we love the Holiday Baby Groot figure in this set. We love playing this with our six year old.
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Animal Upon Animal – A Christmas Stacking Game
There is a Christmas-themed version of our favorite family stacking game. Christmas trees, sleds, reindeer, and more have replaced the classic animals. A fun seasonal game that can double as an advent calendar as each day you attempt to add a new wooden piece onto the mountain.
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Dice Throne: Santa v Krampus
Our seven-year-old and nine-year-old boys love Dice Throne, and this set features the perfect holiday pairing. Battle head-to-head in this dice chucker. Only the player that best ulitzes their unique special powers will be able to win and thus save/ruin Christmas.
Patchwork Christmas Edition
This cutie Christmas spin on one of our favorite two player games is definitely one to put on your radar! It comes with a cookie cutter too to help make your cookie decorating a little more fun!
Christmas Games based on Classic Shows and Films
Plan a themed game night that ends with a family snuggle on the couch for a film.
Super-Skill Pinball Holiday Special
Super-Skill Pinball is an excellent roll-and-write game that does a fantastic job of simulating the pinball experience. This holiday special adds three new tables to play themed around classic Christmas movies. This is a stand-alone game so you do not need the original game to get in on the holiday cheer. In fact, you can try a print-n-play Christmas table for free by downloading the sheets and rules here
Chip ‘n’ Dale Christmas Treasure
This quick card game is part memory, part push-your-luck as you collect items from the Christmas tree while avoiding Pluto. This game paired with watching the classic 1952 short film Pluto’s Christmas Tree makes for the perfect holiday pairing, just don’t forget the hot cocoa and the popcorn.
Grinch Grow Your Heart! Card Game
Players take turns playing as the Grinch and The Who’s throughout the game. You’re working to collect and score set collections while the Grinch can steal from your discard piles. The perfect game to play before watching a Christmas classic!
Mickey’s Christmas Carol Game
A cooperative game designed to play with kids age 4 and up, you are building simple puzzles. The game difficulty can be adjusted to make it more challenging as you bring it out each holiday season to enjoy with your growing young gamers.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol – Spirit of Giving Game
You’re working to collect sets to score points, but in the spirit of giving, if you complete another players’ set you’ll be rewarded too!
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