20 Easy Christmas Party Ideas For a Night You’ll Never Forget

Easy Christmas Party Ideas 2020

The holiday season is here and that means its time to start planning your Christmas Party. Planning any type of party is bound to be stressful, but for some reason, Christmas parties can be on an entirely different level.

If you are trying to figure out what to do at a Christmas party that will be fun for you and your guests, these easy Christmas party ideas for 2020 are guaranteed to help give you some inspiration.

In this post, you will find Christmas party activities that even adults will love, holiday party theme ideas, and enjoyable Christmas party games that everyone will want to play!

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Christmas Cookie Decorating Station

Christmas cookie decorating is a classic Christmas party activity that everyone will love. Here is how you can set up your Christmas cookie decorating station at home.

Hot Chocolate Bar

A Christmas party isn’t a party without hot chocolate. You can take things up a notch by creating a hot chocolate bar for your guests.

Christmas Charcuterie Board

Charcuterie boards have been all the rave this year. It is the perfect appetizer platter that your guests can snack on throughout the evening.

Christmas Movie Night

Christmas movies are one of the highlights of the Christmas season. If you are looking for some new Christmas movie ideas. Click here for some of the best Christmas movies to watch this season.

Candy Bar

Candy bars are a sweet and simple way to add some decorations for a party while feeding your guests. All you need is a few glass jars and your favorite candy and you will be good to go. You can even color theme your candy party to make your party even more festive.

Pancake Bar

I don’t know about you, but I’m always in the mood for pancakes! A pancake bar is just what your Christmas party needs to spice things up a bit.

Fondue Bar

Not only are fondue bars incredibly appealing to look at, but they are also delicious! You know it’s a party when there’s fondue around. Here is what you need to create your own at home.

Ornament Decorating

If you want to throw in an arts and crafts activity, what better craft than ornament decorating? Each person can customize their ornament exactly the way want and take it home with them to put on their own tree!

Holiday Party Theme Ideas 2020

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland is a classic party theme that never seems to miss the mark. Turn your home or event space into the ultimate wonderland with these fun ideas.

Christmas Pajama Party

Out of all of the Christmas party themes, this one has got to be my favorite. Wearing pajamas and getting to have fun all at the same time? Count me in!

For your pajama party, you can have all of your guests wear matching PJ’s, or everyone can opt to wear their own favorite Christmas PJ’s. Either way, the photos are going to turn out AMAZING.

Girl’s Night

Okay, maybe girls night and pajama party are tied for favorites haha. A girl’s night Christmas party is the perfect opportunity to grab your girlfriends and get them all together to do to celebrate the holiday.

Brunchmas

Did someone say brunch?! Brunch is the most important meal of the day on the weekends in my book. If you are a brunch lover like me, brunchmas is the perfect non-traditional Christmas party to try out this year.

Baking Party

If you have some baking lovers among your family and friends, a baking party could be just what you need. Baking is such a good bonding activity and is a great way to bring everyone together after a busy week.

Ugly Sweater Christmas Party

Hosting an ugly sweater Christmas party is a fun way to get a good laugh in. With these parties, getting everything “Pinterest perfect” like some of these other ideas doesn’t have to be the goal.

To make your party even more fun, be sure to set up a photo booth so everyone can capture those extra funny moments. There’s nothing better than some good holiday cheer and laughter!

Enjoyable Christmas Party Games For Groups

Christmas Carol Charades

Christmas carol charades is charades with a holiday twist. Instead of guessing normal words and objects, everyone will try to guess the Christmas carol that someone is acting out.

Here a few songs that you can use:

Jingle Bell Rock
Frosty The Snowman
Deck The Halls
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Joy to The World
Silent Night
The Little Drummer Boy
Carol of The Bells

Christmas Family Feud

Family feud is already loads of fun as it is, but adding Christmas questions just made things even more fun!

Click here for some awesome Christmas Family Feud questions that you can use for your Christmas party.

Christmas Jeopardy

If you are a fan of Jeopardy style trivia, add Christmas Jeopardy to your Christmas party activities list IMMEDIATELY!

If you want to play Christmas Jeopardy online, here is a link to a fun premade jeopardy. This option would work well if you hook your computer up to your TV with an HDMI cord so that everyone can see. You can also use a projector to display it on the wall.

If you don’t want to go the online route, here are some Christmas jeopardy printables that you can download for free.

Secret Santa

Is it really a Christmas party without a secret santa? Have each of your guests fill out a secret santa wish list of some of their favorite things.

Next, everyone will pull a name out of the drawing and that person will get the person’s name they received from the wishlist to help them find the perfect gift. At the party, everyone will try to guess who gave them their gift!

White Elephant

If you are hosting a larger Christmas party, White Elephant might be better suited for your event than secret santa.

The White Elephant gift exchange is where each person brings a gift to put in the gift pool that is fully wrapped/bagged.

All party guests will draw a number to determine the order of who gets to grab a gift.

Once someone’s number is called, they will grab a gift and unwrap it in front of everyone.

The next player can decide whether or not they would like to steal the gift of the person that went before them or choose to keep the gift they just opened.

After 3 swaps of the same gift, the turn is over. After everyone has gone, the first player can decide if they want to keep their gift or swap one of the gifts that someone else has.

If they do steal a present, the game keeps going on until someone decides not to steal a present.

Photo Scavenger Hunt

This version of the photo scavenger hunt is a tad bit different than the traditional game. But it’s even more fun in my opinion!

For this photo scavenger hunt, you will need to think of common and uncommon pictures of things that people could have photos of in their camera roll.

Divide the group into teams. Each team will have one minute to find a photo of the item you listed in someone’s camera roll. The team that finds the picture first gets a point. The team that gets the most points wins the game.

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