How it works
- 1 Choose Activities, Movies or Party games.
- 2 Edit the wheel if you like: remove what you’ve done this year, add your traditions.
- 3 Spin and do whatever it lands on.
- 4 Tick “Remove each result” to work through an advent-style list, one spin a day.
Ways to use the Christmas wheel
- → Advent calendar: put 24 activities on the wheel and spin one each day in December.
- → Movie night: no more 40 minutes of scrolling. Spin, press play.
- → Family party: spin for the next game when the room goes quiet after dinner.
- → Gift exchange: put everyone’s names on the wheel to decide who opens next.
Planning a gift exchange too?
Our free Secret Santa generator draws names, handles couples who shouldn’t get each other and sends everyone their match by WhatsApp or text.
Open the Secret Santa generator →All 44 ideas on the Christmas wheel
Activities
- Bake Christmas cookies
- Gingerbread house
- Christmas lights drive
- Make paper snowflakes
- Write letters to Santa
- Christmas karaoke
- Ugly sweater photos Worst sweater wins. Bonus points for homemade.
- Hot chocolate bar Marshmallows, whipped cream, crushed candy canes, cinnamon. Let everyone build their own.
- Wrap gifts, movie on
- Go ice skating
- Read a Christmas story
- Gift for a neighbor
- Christmas pajama night
- Cookie decorating duel Everyone decorates three cookies, then a blind vote for best, worst and weirdest.
- Christmas playlist
- Christmas market
Movies
- Elf
- Home Alone
- The Holiday
- Love Actually
- The Polar Express
- The Grinch
- A Christmas Story
- Klaus
- Die Hard
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Arthur Christmas
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Miracle on 34th Street
- The Santa Clause
- Jingle All the Way
- Last Christmas
Party games
- Christmas Imposter Everyone gets the same Christmas word except one player. Describe it, then vote for the bluffer.
- White Elephant Everyone brings a wrapped gift; on your turn, open a new one or steal one already opened.
- Christmas charades Act out Christmas movies, songs and characters without speaking.
- Name That Carol Hum a carol with your mouth closed. First to name it scores.
- Christmas Would You Rather Read out holiday dilemmas and make everyone pick a side.
- Christmas Pictionary Draw Christmas words against the clock. Reindeer are harder than you think.
- Who’s Most Likely To Who’s most likely to burn the turkey? Everyone points on three.
- Christmas Taboo Describe Christmas words without the obvious ones: try “Santa” without saying beard, red or presents.
- Pin the nose on Rudolph Blindfolded, spin three times and stick on the red nose.
- Wrapping paper race Teams wrap an awkward object, like a ball, against the clock.
- Candy cane hunt Hide candy canes around the house. Most found wins.
- Christmas trivia Write ten questions each about Christmas movies and songs, then swap.
Embed this wheel on your site
Free for classrooms, blogs and event pages. Paste this where you want the wheel to appear. It works on phones too.
Save these lists for later
Screenshot them for game night or save them to Pinterest.
Questions
Can I put my own Christmas ideas on the wheel? +
Yes. Tap “Edit the wheel” and type one idea per line. Your list stays until you reload the page.
Can I use it as a Christmas name picker? +
Yes. Replace the list with names to choose who opens the next present, who hosts next year or who does the dishes.
What are good Christmas party games for a group? +
Christmas Imposter, White Elephant, Name That Carol and Christmas Would You Rather are easy to start with no prep. Our Christmas party games guide has 20 more.