How to play
- Someone draws a question on the phone, or takes a card, and reads it out.
- Everyone picks at the same time, on three: hand to the left for the first answer, to the right for the second – or walk to that side of the room.
- One person from each side says in a sentence why.
- Pass the phone or the cards on: the next person draws the next question.
A good warm-up before the Secret Santa gifts are opened, at the start of the office party or on a video call – there, hold up one or two fingers to the camera.
Play together live
One screen shows the pair – a TV, a projector or a screen shared on a video call – and everyone votes A or B on their own phone, joining with a short code or the QR code. When the time is up, the screen shows how the room split, in percent and votes, without names, and one person from the minority says in a sentence why. No points, no wrong answers – no accounts, nothing to install.
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsOpen presents on Christmas EveorOpen presents on Christmas morning
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsA real tree that smells of pineorAn artificial tree with no needles to sweep
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsBuild a gingerbread houseorDecorate a whole tray of sugar cookies
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsA white Christmas with a snowball fightorA mild Christmas with a long walk outside
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsOne big present you really wantedorLots of small surprises in your stocking
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsWatch a Christmas movie in pajamasorPlay board games until midnight
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsChristmas at your grandparents’ houseorChristmas at home with everyone coming to you
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsDecorate the tree on December 1orDecorate the tree the week before Christmas
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsGo carol singing door to doororHave carolers sing at your door
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsHot chocolate with marshmallowsorHot apple cider with cinnamon
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsWrite a letter to SantaorTrack Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsLeave cookies and milk for SantaorLeave carrots for the reindeer
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsTurkey with all the trimmingsorRoast ham with a honey glaze
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsGo sledding down a big hillorGo ice skating on a frozen pond
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsWrap every present yourselforHave every present wrapped for you
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsMatching family pajamasorMatching family Christmas sweaters
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsA big Christmas breakfastorA big Christmas dinner
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsPull Christmas crackers at dinnerorPlay charades after dinner
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsWake up to snow on Christmas DayorWake up to a stocking full of treats
- Would you rather… · Family and kidsA big family Christmas with all the cousinsorA cozy, quiet Christmas with just a few
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA gift under $20 from your wish listorA complete surprise gift, no hints
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyThe office party at a restaurantorThe office party in the office with catered food
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA virtual party with a Christmas quizorAn in-person party with Christmas charades
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyWear a holiday sweater on the last FridayorWear a Santa hat in every meeting that day
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyFairy lights on your deskorA big tree in the office kitchen
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyChristmas music in the office all DecemberorA quiet office until Christmas Eve
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyThe week between Christmas and New Year offorA long weekend off in January
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyHomemade cookies from a coworkerorFancy cookies from the best bakery in town
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyLearn who your Secret Santa was at the partyorNever find out who your Secret Santa was
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA useful gift for your deskorA funny gift that makes everyone laugh
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyOrganize the office Secret SantaorHost the Christmas quiz at the party
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA team photo in Santa hatsorA holiday card drawn by the whole team
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA lunch party on a workdayorAn evening party after work
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyWork from home next to your treeorWork in the office with cookies and coworkers
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA white elephant gift swaporA classic Secret Santa draw
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA team gingerbread house contestorA team cookie decorating contest
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partySay a short holiday wish in front of everyoneorWrite a holiday card to each coworker
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA small treat every workday in DecemberorOne big holiday breakfast before the break
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyAnswer emails on Christmas EveorWork an extra day between Christmas and New Year
- Would you rather… · Work and the office partyA mug with your name on itorCozy socks with reindeer on them
- Would you rather… · FunnyBe one of Santa’s reindeerorBe an elf in Santa’s workshop
- Would you rather… · FunnyLive in a gingerbread houseorLive in an igloo full of fairy lights
- Would you rather… · FunnySnow that tastes like ice creamorRain that smells like gingerbread
- Would you rather… · FunnyA tree that sings carolsorA tree that decorates itself
- Would you rather… · FunnyChristmas dinner at the North PoleorChristmas dinner on a sunny beach
- Would you rather… · FunnyTalk only in rhymes all Christmas DayorSing instead of talking all Christmas Day
- Would you rather… · FunnyA glowing red nose like RudolphorBells that jingle with every step
- Would you rather… · FunnyChristmas cookies for breakfast every dayorChristmas dinner every night for a month
- Would you rather… · FunnyA cat that never knocks ornaments off the treeorA dog that fetches presents from under the tree
- Would you rather… · FunnyA sweater with bells that jingleorA Santa hat with blinking lights
- Would you rather… · FunnyLive inside a snow globe for a dayorAn advent calendar with a door for every day of the year
- Would you rather… · FunnyBe Santa for one nightorDecide where it snows
- Would you rather… · FunnyA sleigh with a jet engineorReindeer that run twice as fast
- Would you rather… · FunnyWake up to carols every morningorWake up to sleigh bells every morning
- Would you rather… · FunnyA snowball fight with the whole streetorA snowman contest with the whole street
- Would you rather… · FunnyCookies that never run outorHot chocolate that never gets cold
- Would you rather… · FunnyChristmas twice a yearorNew Year’s Eve once a month
- Would you rather… · FunnyX-ray vision for wrapped presentsorPresents that wrap themselves
- Would you rather… · FunnyRide in Santa’s sleigh for an hourorSpend a day in Santa’s workshop
- Would you rather… · FunnyBe able to talk to snowmenorBe able to talk to reindeer
Also useful
More on santa.haus
- Christmas bingoa card of its own on each phone, a caller that draws the words, or up to 40 different cards to print.
- PuzzlesA word search, two crosswords, six mazes and the memory game – on the screen or on paper.
- Party gamesCharades, “Who am I?” and fifteen one-minute games – played in teams on one phone.
- Advent calendarMake one online and send it: a door a day until Christmas Eve.
- Online Christmas cardPick a picture, write your wishes and send the card as a link. Free, no account.
- Christmas printablesColoring pages, cards, gift wrapping and decorations to cut out – print them at home, free.
Drawing names for gifts too? Secret Santa on santa.haus.