Everyone knows the holiday season is a time for getting together with family and friends, wrapping presents, baking cookies and having the kids write letters to Santa. With all of the traditional Christmas activities your family does, why not throw a little competition in the mix? While movies, activities and playing with toys are fun things to do with the family, having some game time with the family is stimulating, fun and perfect for bonding. You can even make this a new tradition every year!

You might have your classic games like Elf on The Shelf or Gingerbread House competitions, but you can add a little extra holiday flair with new and unique Christmas games.

Turn on some Christmas music or your favorite holiday movie, put on your Christmas pajamas, throw Santa’s cookies in the oven and grab a glass of milk (or your favorite holiday cocktail for adults) and tune into these Christmas games. And, the best part is that they’re perfect for the whole family.

1. Santa Says

A twist on the classic Simon Says game, make this game Christmas-themed for the whole family. “Santa says pretend to throw a snowball. Santa says to eat a reindeer-shaped cookie. Do yoour best snow angel. Oop, I didn’t say Santa says!” You get the idea.

2. Decorating Competitions

Everyone loves a good Gingerbread house decorating contest, but what about other fun ideas? Make it into a competition by having the whole family decorate stockings, nutcrackers, ornaments, cookies, blankets, etc. Anything Christmas-related will work and this is a great time to get creative! Make it fun by having different items to decorate each year.

3. Guess Who

Another twist on a classic game, play the Christmas-themed Guess Who. Have each family member wear a card on their forehead with a popular Christmas character and give them context clues to guess who they are. From The Grinch to Rudolf to Frosty the Snowman to Buddy the Elf, there are so many characters to guess from.

4. Guess That Smell

Christmas is associated with so many wonderful scents. From cranberries and citrus scents to peppermint, cinnamon and hot cocoa, this is the perfect game for the family. Just blindfold the person who is guessing the scent and hold candy canes, a cup of hot cocoa, scented pinecones and other Christmas scents in front of them for fun guessing.

5. Santa Cookie Elf Snowman

Cause some holiday mayhem with this Christmas card game. With instructions included, it only takes a few minutes to get this game started and there are so many Christmas-themed cards to work with. The best part is that you can pick this up from Target while doing your Christmas shopping.

6. A Christmas Scavenger Hunt

Create a Christmas search party with a holiday-themed scavenger hunt. Give the kids and family members clues to find Christmas-themed items in the house or in the front or back yard. Create cool riddles that will make everyone think. Utilize bows, candy canes, inflatables, lights, wreaths and more.

7. Reindeer Ring Toss

A fun and easy Christmas game for the kids or whole family, reindeer ring toss can be played indoors or outdoors and is easy to set up. The rings and antlers are inflatable, so all you have to do is inflate the pieces and play. Try to get as many rings as possible on the antlers.

8. Merry Dissmas

If your family enjoys a little truth-telling and laughs, Merry Dissmas is the perfect Christmas game for the family! This card game is for ages 12 and up and over 250 diss cards. Rotate each disser and have them read aloud a card. Each person will come up with a funny answer for the prompt card and a favorite answer is picked.

9. Name That Christmas Song

Everyone loves a good Christmas album. Whether you’re blasting Mariah Carey or Destiny’s Child Christmas albums, it’s a great way to get into the Christmas spirit. Make listening to your favorite tunes into a game with the name that Christmas song game. Turn on short clips on Christmas tunes and have everyone guess the song. Bonus points if they can guess who the singer is! Challenge players to hum the tune or sing the song for extra fun!

10. Christmas Bingo

Another twist on everyone’s favorite classic game is Christmas Bingo. Print out or make Christmas bingo cards and have everyone join in on the fun! It’s a game every family member of all ages can enjoy, from the kids to the grandparents.

11. Christmas Word Scramble

Another easy game to help the kids learn their Christmas words is a word scramble. Create a list of Christmas words and scramble them up to have the kids guess what the words are. Don’t go in too confident– this one may stump the adults, too!

12. Holiday Pictionary

Make a simple game of Pictionary festive with a Holiday Pictionary, the perfect Christmas game for the family. For this game, come up with characters from holiday movies, items, candies, etc. to write on a piece of paper. Have each person take a slip of paper and draw an item to have each member guess.