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Christmas truth or dare for the holidays

The presents are open, dinner is settling and the cousins are getting restless: time for a round of Christmas truth or dare. Every card on this page is about the holidays. The truths ask about cookies, stockings, ugly sweaters, carols and the gift you begged for and never got. The dares turn the living room into a stage: reindeer takeoff practice, a snow globe being shaken, a country version of "Silent Night." It is all family friendly, from age 6 to 96, and nothing needs props.

How to play over the holidays

  • One screen for everyone. Set the phone in the middle of the table or put the page on the TV. On your turn, tap Truth, Dare or Random.
  • Candy cane passes. Everyone gets one candy cane or chocolate as a pass. Hand it over to skip a card; once it is gone, no more skipping.
  • Kids against grown-ups. The kids form one team and the adults another, with grandparents as judges. Winners get first pick of dessert.
  • Stocking order. Go around in the order the stockings hang, or let the youngest player choose who goes next.

All 32 truths and 32 dares

Truth

  1. What is the best Christmas cookie, and who makes it best?
  2. Have you ever peeked at a present early? Did you get caught?
  3. What is the ugliest holiday sweater you have ever worn?
  4. Which Christmas song do you secretly love?
  5. What is your family's strangest holiday tradition?
  6. What is the best Christmas movie of all time? Defend your pick.
  7. What present did you ask for as a kid and never get?
  8. What goes in the perfect Christmas stocking?
  9. Who in your family is the best gift wrapper, and who is the worst?
  10. What is the best way to spend the afternoon of December 25?
  11. If you joined Santa's reindeer team, what would your reindeer name be?
  12. What is your favorite decoration in this house?
  13. What gingerbread house disaster have you witnessed?
  14. Which holiday dish do you skip every year?
  15. What would be on your Christmas list if money did not exist?
  16. What is your best memory of a snowy day?
  17. What is the most thoughtful gift you have ever given?
  18. If Santa needed a night off, who here would drive the sleigh?
  19. What is the funniest thing that has happened at a holiday party?
  20. What is your New Year's resolution this year?
  21. Christmas morning: pajamas all day, or dressed by nine?
  22. Which carol do you know every word of?
  23. Do you open presents slowly or rip the paper off?
  24. What is the best Secret Santa gift you have ever received?
  25. If you could spend Christmas anywhere in the world, where would it be?
  26. What is the best thing you have ever found inside a Christmas cracker?
  27. What is your favorite smell at Christmas?
  28. What tradition do you want to start this year?
  29. Who in the family takes the most holiday photos?
  30. What are you most grateful for this year?
  31. What is the most creative gift wrapping you have ever seen?
  32. Who is the hardest person to shop for, and why?

Dare

  1. Sing "Jingle Bells" in the voice of a robot.
  2. Act out decorating a tree that keeps tipping over.
  3. Show us a reindeer practicing for takeoff.
  4. Mime unwrapping a gift inside a box inside a box inside a box.
  5. Give a short acceptance speech for the Best Holiday Sweater award.
  6. Pose like a gingerbread man for 15 seconds without smiling.
  7. Hum "Deck the Halls" in your best kazoo voice.
  8. Make up a new verse for "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
  9. Act out Santa trying to fit a giant present into the sleigh.
  10. Wear a gift bow on your head until your next turn.
  11. Tell the story of Christmas Eve from the point of view of the cookies left out for Santa.
  12. Give every player a reindeer name.
  13. Build a snowman in fast-forward, in mime.
  14. Sing the first line of "Silent Night" like a country singer.
  15. Make a snow angel standing up.
  16. Write a 30-second holiday card to everyone in the room and read it aloud.
  17. Pretend to be a snow globe being shaken.
  18. Name eight reindeer in 15 seconds, real or invented.
  19. Give a holiday weather report with a 100 percent chance of cookies.
  20. Be an ornament that keeps sliding off the tree.
  21. Give the youngest player a royal holiday blessing like a king or queen.
  22. Do the jingle-bell shake: wiggle every part of your body for 10 seconds.
  23. Make a candy cane shape with your body and hold it for 10 seconds.
  24. Show us how you would wake the whole house on Christmas morning, but silently.
  25. Do your best impression of a cat discovering the Christmas tree.
  26. Pitch a brand-new holiday toy like an inventor on a TV show.
  27. Clap the rhythm of a carol and let the group guess it.
  28. Tell your best Christmas cracker joke, groans required.
  29. Act like the last cookie on the plate trying not to get picked.
  30. Name five things you can see that sparkle or shine.
  31. Thank each player for something they did this year.
  32. Do a slow-motion replay of opening the best present ever.

How it works

  1. Gather the players

    Sit in a circle and decide who starts. One phone in the middle is enough, or put the page on a TV.

  2. Tap Truth or Dare

    On your turn, tap Truth, Dare or Random. The card comes from this page’s list, and anyone can pass.

  3. Pass the turn

    Answer honestly or do the dare, then hand over to the next player. Prompts don’t repeat until the list is used up.

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Tips for a merry game

The holidays bring together people who see each other once or twice a year, so these truths stay light: traditions, food, gifts and memories, never politics, money or anyone's love life. The dares never make anyone eat something, climb on furniture or go near candles.

  • Santa's secret is safe. No card questions whether he is real, so you can play in front of kids who still leave cookies out.
  • With grandparents, pick Truth often: their childhood Christmases are full of stories the grandkids have never heard.
  • Doing a gift exchange? Draw names with the Secret Santa generator and play while the presents are opened.
  • Over a video call, one person shares their screen or reads the card, and every dare can be done in a chair in front of the camera.

Questions

What age is Christmas truth or dare for?

From about age 6 with a grown-up reading the cards, up to grandparents. Nothing questions whether Santa is real.

Are these different from the regular truth or dare questions?

Yes. Every truth and dare here is about the holidays, and none of them appear in the kids, teens or grown-ups levels on the main page.

Do we need any props?

No. A couple of dares use a gift bow or a holiday hat if you have one nearby, but everything can be mimed.

Is this truth or dare game free?

Yes. It is free, funded by ads, and needs no account or app. It works right in your browser.

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