25+ Christmas Party Food & Game Ideas

What makes a good Christmas party? Loads of laughter and fun plus lots of good Christmas food.

Browse this fabulous list of Christmas party food and games you can enjoy at this year’s Christmas party.

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Christmas Party Food Ideas

Appetizers

Christmas appetizers often serve double duty as the entree. Recipes like Glazed Bacon Crackers (which will melt in your mouth) have a little meat in the recipe but are not really the main dish.

1. Cranberry Goat Cheese Log Recipe
2. Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip
3. Glazed Bacon Crackers
4. How To Make Smoked Salmon Cucumber Appetizers
5. Sweet & Savory Spiced Pecans Easy Southern Recipe
6. Pina Colada Cheese Ball
7. Cheesy Bacon Pinwheels

Christmas Desserts

The list of Christmas desserts could go on and on. We have to make some hard choices with our dessert recipes. I suggest you include a candy such as the Cranberry Pecan White Fudge. Include at least one cookie, like the Grinch Haystacks that are no-bake, and maybe a cake, like the Grasshopper Poke Cake with green frosting.

1. Hershey’s Santa Hat Brownie Bites
2. Easy Gingerbread Cookie Recipe (perfect for decorating)
3. Cranberry Pecan White Fudge
4. Sweet & Salty Chocolate Caramel Nut Clusters
5. Easy No-Bake Grinch Haystack Cookies
6. Peppermint Bark
7. Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars Recipe
8. Maple Walnut Fudge Recipe
9. Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
10. Strawberry Cake Recipe with Strawberry Butter Cream Frosting
11. Grasshopper Poke Cake Recipe

See my Cookies and Cocoa Christmas party for some great ideas we used for a family Christmas gathering.

We have the Meats

It’s the appetizers and desserts we love the most among party foods. You do not have to spend a lot of time or money on meat. I’ve included easy recipes that are not hard to serve. You can serve those sweet and savory meatballs on party toothpicks on a pretty Christmas platter.

1. 3 Ingredient Crockpot BBQ Wings
2. 3 Ingredient Sweet & Savory Meatballs Easy Recipe
3. Easy Crock Pot Pork Butt Pulled Pork
4. Coca-Cola Soaked Bacon Wrapped Scallops
5. How To Make Spinach And Mushroom Stuffed Beef Tenderloin

Christmas Beverages

Oh, what fun to indulge in Christmas beverages. I love a good punch recipe like the Christmas Grinch Punch which is kid-friendly. But you also feel like a Crockpot full of rich hot chocolate would be good too. Serve them both!

1. How to Make Frozen Hot Chocolate
2. Christmas Grinch Punch Recipe (Kid-Friendly)
3. Cranberry Orange Christmas Punch Non-Alcoholic Easy Recipe
4. Crockpot Hot Chocolate recipe
5. Warm Crockpot Christmas Punch

Christmas Game Ideas

Christmas party games will invoke loads of laughter. Those 12 Hilarious games include some popular party games like the Reindeer Antler game.

1. 12 Hilarious Christmas Party Games
2. Unwrap The Gift Wearing Gloves Game
3. Cheap And Easy Cardboard Box Snowman Bean Bag Toss Game
4. Christmas Scattergories Game
5. 12 Family-Friendly Christmas Party Games
6. DIY Snowman Tin Toss
7. Tween & Teen Christmas Activities

Use these Christmas party ideas for home or office parties this holiday season.

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