Christmas is the perfect time for silly questions, impossible choices, and plenty of laughter. Whether you need a quick game for Christmas dinner, a classroom party activity, something to do on a long holiday car ride, or a way to keep everyone entertained while waiting for Santa, these Christmas Would You Rather questions are easy to play almost anywhere.
There are no supplies and no right or wrong answers. Simply read a question aloud, let everyone choose, and ask why they picked their answer. Sometimes the explanations are even funnier than the choices!
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🎅 Santa & the North Pole Would You Rather Questions
Let’s begin where so many Christmas adventures do: at the North Pole!
- Would you rather ride in Santa’s sleigh or visit his workshop?
- Would you rather help Santa deliver presents or help Mrs. Claus bake cookies?
- Would you rather wear Santa’s big red coat or his big black boots?
- Would you rather spend Christmas Eve at the North Pole or travel around the world with Santa?
- Would you rather have Santa’s magical gift bag or his flying sleigh?
- Would you rather eat breakfast with Santa or have hot chocolate with Mrs. Claus?
- Would you rather know exactly where Santa is on Christmas Eve or get to talk to him for five minutes?
- Would you rather help Santa read Christmas letters or help him pack the sleigh?
- Would you rather have a bedroom inside Santa’s workshop or a cabin beside the reindeer barn?
- Would you rather be able to visit the North Pole once every Christmas or have Santa visit your house once every summer?
If your kids love the many personalities of Christmas, they may also enjoy discovering these 50 Traditional Christmas Characters.
🦌 Reindeer & Elf Would You Rather Questions
Santa could never manage Christmas Eve alone. It takes an entire team of reindeer and elves to make the magic happen.
- Would you rather be able to fly like a reindeer or make toys like an elf?
- Would you rather have a pet reindeer or a tiny elf best friend?
- Would you rather ride on Rudolph’s back or sit beside Santa in the sleigh?
- Would you rather have a glowing red nose or pointy elf ears?
- Would you rather brush the reindeer or test newly made toys?
- Would you rather learn how reindeer fly or learn how elves make so many presents?
- Would you rather sleep in the reindeer barn or in an elf-sized house?
- Would you rather have antlers decorated with Christmas lights or shoes that jingle wherever you walk?
- Would you rather race Rudolph through the sky or race an elf through Santa’s workshop?
- Would you rather name a brand-new reindeer or invent a brand-new North Pole toy?
Curious about Santa’s famous flying team? Read The Magical World of Christmas Reindeer: From Ancient Folklore to Modern Wonder.
🍪 Christmas Food Would You Rather Questions
Christmas treats make some of the hardest choices of all.
- Would you rather eat gingerbread cookies or sugar cookies?
- Would you rather drink hot chocolate or warm apple cider?
- Would you rather decorate cookies or build a gingerbread house?
- Would you rather have a candy cane as tall as you or a gingerbread man as big as your bed?
- Would you rather eat Christmas cookies for breakfast or pancakes shaped like Christmas trees?
- Would you rather have unlimited marshmallows or unlimited candy canes?
- Would you rather live in a gingerbread house or sleep inside a giant Christmas cookie?
- Would you rather drink hot chocolate with extra marshmallows or extra whipped cream?
- Would you rather decorate 100 Christmas cookies or make one enormous gingerbread house?
- Would you rather invent a new Christmas cookie or create a brand-new flavor of hot chocolate?
🎄 Christmas Tree & Decorating Would You Rather Questions
From twinkling lights to shiny ornaments, decorating is one of the best parts of the countdown to Christmas.
- Would you rather decorate the Christmas tree or decorate the outside of the house?
- Would you rather have a Christmas tree covered entirely in lights or entirely in ornaments?
- Would you rather put the star on top of the tree or hang the very first ornament?
- Would you rather have multicolored Christmas lights or all-white Christmas lights?
- Would you rather decorate a giant outdoor tree or a tiny tree in your bedroom?
- Would you rather make every ornament yourself or choose every decoration in the house?
- Would you rather have a Christmas tree that reaches the ceiling or ten tiny Christmas trees?
- Would you rather decorate with candy canes or gingerbread people?
- Would you rather have Christmas lights that play music or ornaments that tell stories?
- Would you rather decorate your Christmas tree like a snowy forest or Santa’s workshop?
When everyone needs a quieter activity after the game, there are plenty of festive printables in our Christmas Coloring Pages collection.
⛄ Snow & Winter Would You Rather Questions
A snowy December creates a whole new world of Christmas possibilities.
- Would you rather build a snowman or make snow angels?
- Would you rather go sledding or ice skating?
- Would you rather have a giant snowball fight or build a giant snow fort?
- Would you rather wake up to one foot of snow or see snow gently falling all Christmas Day?
- Would you rather build a snowman as tall as your house or 100 tiny snowmen?
- Would you rather ride in a horse-drawn sleigh or on a dogsled?
- Would you rather wear mittens that are always warm or boots that never get wet?
- Would you rather catch snowflakes on your tongue or make perfect snowballs every time?
- Would you rather spend the afternoon sledding or stay inside beside the Christmas tree with cocoa?
- Would you rather discover a talking snowman or a magical snowflake that never melts?
🎁 Christmas Present Would You Rather Questions
What would Christmas morning look like if you had to make these choices?
- Would you rather open one enormous present or ten tiny presents?
- Would you rather give someone the perfect gift or receive the perfect gift?
- Would you rather wrap all the presents or put bows on all the presents?
- Would you rather find presents under the tree or discover a surprise-filled stocking?
- Would you rather receive a mystery present or choose your own gift?
- Would you rather get a toy you really wanted or tickets for an amazing adventure?
- Would you rather make a homemade gift for someone or pick out a surprise at a store?
- Would you rather have wrapping paper that magically wraps presents or bows that tie themselves?
- Would you rather open presents very slowly or race to see who can unwrap theirs fastest?
- Would you rather receive a gift from Santa or get to give Santa a gift?
🎬 Christmas Movie, Music & Story Would You Rather Questions
Holiday movies, songs, and stories can turn an ordinary December evening into a Christmas tradition.
- Would you rather watch Christmas movies all day or listen to Christmas music all day?
- Would you rather be a character in a Christmas movie or inside a Christmas storybook?
- Would you rather sing a Christmas carol onstage or dance in a Christmas show?
- Would you rather watch a funny Christmas movie or a magical Christmas adventure?
- Would you rather know every Christmas song by heart or be able to play every Christmas song on an instrument?
- Would you rather meet your favorite Christmas movie character or your favorite Christmas book character?
- Would you rather have a Christmas movie marathon or a Christmas story marathon?
- Would you rather write a brand-new Christmas song or create a brand-new Christmas movie?
- Would you rather hear Christmas music every time you entered a room or hear sleigh bells whenever you went outside?
- Would you rather watch a Christmas movie in a cozy blanket fort or read Christmas stories beside the tree?
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✨ Silly & Magical Christmas Would You Rather Questions
Now things start getting wonderfully ridiculous.
- Would you rather have candy-cane-striped hair or tinsel eyebrows?
- Would you rather sneeze snowflakes or hiccup jingle-bell sounds?
- Would you rather have a snowman follow you everywhere or a Christmas tree that talks to you?
- Would you rather be able to turn anything into a Christmas cookie or turn anything into a wrapped present?
- Would you rather have shoes that leave snowy footprints or a hat that creates tiny snowflakes?
- Would you rather live inside a snow globe or inside a gingerbread house?
- Would you rather have Christmas lights for hair or ornaments for earrings?
- Would you rather be able to talk to Christmas trees or talk to snowmen?
- Would you rather ride a flying candy cane or a flying Christmas stocking?
- Would you rather have a Christmas sweater that changes designs every hour or pajamas that glow like Christmas lights?
🏠 Family Christmas Would You Rather Questions
Some of the best questions are about the simple traditions families enjoy together.
- Would you rather bake Christmas cookies with your family or decorate the tree together?
- Would you rather have Christmas dinner at home or at a cozy cabin in the snow?
- Would you rather go Christmas caroling or drive around looking at Christmas lights?
- Would you rather wear matching family Christmas pajamas or matching ugly Christmas sweaters?
- Would you rather make a new Christmas tradition or bring back an old family tradition?
- Would you rather spend Christmas morning playing games or watching Christmas movies?
- Would you rather help cook Christmas dinner or help decorate the Christmas dessert?
- Would you rather take a family Christmas photo in the snow or beside a giant Christmas tree?
- Would you rather stay up late on Christmas Eve or wake up extra early on Christmas morning?
- Would you rather tell funny Christmas stories around the table or play Christmas games together?
🌟 Big Christmas Imagination Questions
Finish the game with some choices that require a little extra imagination.
- Would you rather make it snow whenever you wanted or make Christmas lights appear wherever you went?
- Would you rather be able to fly only on Christmas Eve or become invisible only on Christmas morning?
- Would you rather have a magical stocking that never empties or a Christmas tree that grows one surprise every day?
- Would you rather travel back in time to a Christmas 100 years ago or visit Christmas 100 years in the future?
- Would you rather spend a day exploring Santa’s workshop or fly around the world in his sleigh?
- Would you rather create a new Christmas tradition everyone starts celebrating or invent a Christmas toy every child wants?
- Would you rather make someone’s Christmas wish come true or surprise 100 people with presents?
- Would you rather have Christmas last for an entire week or celebrate a mini Christmas once every month?
- Would you rather be able to visit any Christmas celebration in the world or invite anyone in the world to celebrate Christmas with you?
- Would you rather have the most magical Christmas ever once or make every Christmas a little more magical forever?
🎲 Fun Ways to Play Christmas Would You Rather
The simplest way to play is to take turns reading questions aloud, but you can easily turn the list into a bigger Christmas game.
Write individual questions on slips of paper and place them in a Santa hat for everyone to draw. At a classroom party, designate one side of the room for the first choice and the other side for the second, then let children move to the side representing their answer. At Christmas dinner, place a few questions at each seat as conversation starters.
You can also ask everyone to explain why they chose their answer. That is usually when the funniest conversations begin.
For a full afternoon of festive entertainment, pair the game with more Christmas activities for kids, a few printable Christmas coloring pages, cookies, cocoa, and a favorite holiday movie.
🎄 A Little Christmas Fun for Everyone
Christmas Would You Rather is wonderfully simple because kids can play almost anywhere—around the dinner table, at school, in the car, during a Christmas party, or while everyone is gathered beside the tree.
Some questions will get an immediate answer. Others may divide the entire family. And a few may inspire debates about very important holiday matters, such as whether it would really be better to live in a gingerbread house or a snow globe.
There is only one rule: have fun with it.
Merry Christmas and happy choosing! 🎅🎄✨
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📚 Sources
The 100 Christmas Would You Rather questions in this article are original. The following child-development resources were consulted for general guidance on using questions to encourage conversation and creative thinking:
- National Association for the Education of Young Children — Asking Questions to Stretch Your Child’s Thinking
- National Association for the Education of Young Children — Ideas to Spark Rich Conversations with Your Children
- National Association for the Education of Young Children — Conversations with Children! Asking Questions That Stretch Children’s Thinking
