Holiday Party Ideas: Games
Holiday parties are so much more fun with holiday party games. If you are planning secret santa or a gift exchange, then you can use this Yankee Swap game for the gift exchange portion of your party. It’s a lot of fun and will definitely inspire laughs.
- Everyone brings a mystery gift that is wrapped.
- Mix up numbers on slips of paper. There should be one for each of the gifts and each person randomly chooses a number.
- #1 can pick a present and open it.
- #2 can “steal” the unwrapped gift or choose an unopened gift. If #2 steals gift #1, then the person who had #1 can pick a new gift.
- #3 can steal an unopened gift (#1’s or #2’s) or take a wrapped one.
- When a gift is “stolen,” the guest without a gift can either steal a gift or pick a new one.
- A gift can’t be stolen back from the person who just stole it but can be later on.
- Every gift must be unwrapped before the game to finishes.
- The 4th person to get a gift gets to keep it. because gift is can only be stolen 3 times before it’s out of play.