48 Christmas Would You Rather Questions for Kids That Spark Giggles at the Dinner Table

Christmas would you rather for kids turns the long wait between school letting out and Santa’s sleigh into something she can actually win. No board, no batteries, nothing to assemble at 9pm with a butter knife: just two silly choices and a kid who has to pick one. Ages five to ten play it the same way, they just get louder about it.

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How to Play

One grown-up or the oldest kid reads a question out loud, two choices only, and everyone else points, shouts or holds up fingers for the option they would pick. Nobody gets to say both, nobody gets to say neither, that is the whole rule and five year olds pick it up in about ten seconds.

The 48 questions below sit in four rounds of twelve, and each round gets a little sillier than the one before it. Play straight through at dinner, or pull one round at a time for the car, the table between courses, or a classroom brain break, there is no wrong number of rounds to stop at.

North Pole Adventures

Round one keeps both boots on solid, snowy ground with twelve classic North Pole dilemmas a five year old can picture before the question even finishes.

1. Would you rather ride in Santa’s sleigh across the night sky or steer a dog sled through the snowy North Pole trails?
2. Would you rather be one of Santa’s reindeer or one of Santa’s elves?
3. Would you rather live in a cozy cabin at the North Pole or a cottage made of gingerbread?
4. Would you rather have Rudolph’s glowing red nose or Dasher’s super speed?
5. Would you rather help Mrs. Claus bake cookies in her kitchen or help Santa check his big list twice?
6. Would you rather visit the North Pole in a hot air balloon or on a magic flying sleigh?
7. Would you rather be in charge of wrapping presents or in charge of loading the sleigh?
8. Would you rather wear a fuzzy red Santa hat all winter or a pair of jingly elf shoes?
9. Would you rather feed carrots to the reindeer or brush their fur until it shines?
10. Would you rather read letters to Santa all day or sort them into giant mail sacks?
11. Would you rather take a tour of Santa’s workshop or a tour of his toy vault?
12. Would you rather have a pet polar bear at the North Pole or a pet penguin?

If this age group is the whole party, the gentler preschool version is worth keeping on hand for the littlest cousin at the table. For the printed decks, plain cardstock and a cheap pack of laminating sheets make these survive sticky Christmas-morning fingers for years.

Silly Snow Days

Round two turns up the giggle dial with twelve snow-day questions built for marshmallow snowball fights and mismatched mittens.

1. Would you rather build a snowman with a carrot nose or a candy cane nose?
2. Would you rather have a snowball fight with marshmallows instead of snowballs or sled down a hill on a cookie sheet?
3. Would you rather catch snowflakes on your tongue or make snow angels until you are dizzy?
4. Would you rather wear mismatched mittens all day or walk around with one snow boot on?
5. Would you rather have it snow marshmallows for one whole day or have it rain hot cocoa?
6. Would you rather go ice skating on a frozen pond or go tubing down a snowy hill?
7. Would you rather build an igloo big enough to nap in or a snow fort tall enough to hide behind?
8. Would you rather have snowball fights that never end or snowmen that come to life and tell jokes?
9. Would you rather wear a snowsuit shaped like a snowman or a scarf so long it wraps around you ten times?
10. Would you rather slide down a hill on a sled shaped like a shark or one shaped like a reindeer?
11. Would you rather have eyebrows made of frost or a nose that turns into an icicle when you are cold?
12. Would you rather have a snowman army on your lawn or a single giant snowman taller than your house?

Toy Workshop

Round three heads into the workshop where hammers tickle and elves sneeze glitter, twelve questions sillier than anything Santa would actually sign off on.

1. Would you rather test toys all day in Santa’s workshop or wrap presents with your own two hands?
2. Would you rather build a toy robot that only speaks in burps or a toy puppy that only barks Christmas carols?
3. Would you rather paint toy soldiers with a tiny brush or stuff teddy bears with marshmallow fluff?
4. Would you rather work the night shift making toys with glow-in-the-dark elves or the day shift with elves who tell jokes nonstop?
5. Would you rather ride a conveyor belt through the workshop or bounce around on a trampoline made of bubble wrap?
6. Would you rather invent a toy that sneezes confetti or a toy that burps bubblegum bubbles?
7. Would you rather be covered head to toe in glitter from the craft table or covered in flour from the gingerbread station?
8. Would you rather have hammers that tickle instead of bang or screwdrivers that spin like tops forever?
9. Would you rather build a dollhouse the size of a real house or a toy train that actually flies?
10. Would you rather work with elves who hiccup glitter or elves who sneeze snowflakes?
11. Would you rather test a jack-in-the-box that pops out a chicken or one that pops out confetti and a kazoo sound?
12. Would you rather ride the elevator to the tippy top of the workshop or slide down the giant candy cane slide to the bottom?

Younger siblings still warming up to two-option questions do better with the softer younger-kids list before they land on jack-in-the-box chickens.

Yummy Christmas Treats

Round four is the silliest stretch of the night, twelve slightly ridiculous dilemmas about cookies that giggle and cocoa that never cools.

1. Would you rather eat a candy cane the size of your arm or a gingerbread cookie the size of your face?
2. Would you rather drink hot cocoa with a hundred marshmallows or hot cocoa that never gets cold no matter what?
3. Would you rather have spaghetti sauce that tastes like candy canes or mashed potatoes that taste like gingerbread?
4. Would you rather eat a snowball made of real ice cream or a snowman made of marshmallows?
5. Would you rather have cookies that giggle when you bite them or hot cocoa that blows bubbles?
6. Would you rather eat a candy cane that never runs out or a cookie that refills itself every time you take a bite?
7. Would you rather have a gingerbread house with gumdrop windows or one with a peppermint roof?
8. Would you rather drink eggnog through a licorice straw or hot cocoa through a candy cane straw?
9. Would you rather have a pet gingerbread man who tells jokes or a pet candy cane who sings carols?
10. Would you rather eat a Christmas cookie shaped like a reindeer or one shaped like a snowman?
11. Would you rather have a turkey dinner that tastes like pumpkin pie or a pumpkin pie that tastes like turkey dinner?
12. Would you rather have frosting that never stops multiplying on your cookie or sprinkles that turn into tiny stars when you eat them?

For a table of mixed ages, the list built for a little more arguing is a good follow-up once the cocoa questions run out.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you play Would You Rather with kids?

One person reads a question with two options out loud and everyone else picks one, no sitting on the fence and no picking both. It plays the same whether you have two kids at breakfast or a whole classroom, nothing to set up beyond the list of questions.

What age is this Christmas would you rather game good for?

These 48 questions are written for ages five to ten, with round one staying gentle and later rounds getting sillier for kids who already know the game. Swap in the preschool list for anyone younger who needs shorter, simpler choices.

How many players do you need?

Two is plenty, and there is no upper limit, which is why it works just as well in the back seat of a car as it does at a full dinner table.

Do the questions need a right answer?

No, the point is the laughing and the arguing that follows, not getting it correct. Asking a quick why after each answer usually gets the best reactions out of younger kids.

Can I print these as cards instead of reading from a screen?

Yes, each round has its own printable deck of six-up cards sized for a normal home printer, so you can hand a stack to a child and let them read the questions themselves once they are old enough.

Is Would You Rather good for a classroom or group setting?

It works well as a classroom icebreaker because every student answers at the same time and nobody is singled out, which keeps it low pressure even for shy kids.