Christmas Resources

Christmas is a season filled with lights, songs, and traditions, but at its heart, it’s about one breathtaking truth: Jesus came near. The Savior of the world wasn’t born in a palace or surrounded by fanfare. He entered quietly, born to ordinary parents in an ordinary place, to draw close to ordinary people like you and me.

And that changes everything. Just like Mary and Joseph who first held Him, the shepherds who hurried to see Him, and the Magi who bowed down before Him, we too are invited to make space for Jesus. To Prepare Him Room.

Prepare Him Room: The Nearness of Jesus is a 25-day Christmas and Advent Devotional [DOWNLOADABLE VERSION] is designed to help students slow down, reflect, and experience the wonder of God with us. Each day focuses on a different way Jesus came near—God With Us, Human Like Us, Our Servant, Our Light, and Our Savior. With Scripture, reflection, and application questions, this resource points students to the heart of Christmas: the nearness of Jesus.

Merry Christmas!

Prepare Him Room is a two-session Christmas series that helps students pause in the middle of the season and focus on what matters most. Christmas isn’t about tradition, lights, or gifts; it’s about Jesus who came near and came to save.

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Think your brain can handle a Christmas twist? Scarblem – Christmas Edition takes classic holiday words and scrambles them into a tangled mess of letters. From carols to cookies, only the sharpest minds (or luckiest guessers) will be able to unscramble the chaos and reveal the right word before time runs out. It’s festive, fast, and full of merry mayhem — perfect for getting everyone in the Christmas spirit!

How to Play
Show each scrambled Christmas word on the screen. Students can play individually or in teams. When the round appears, the first person or team to shout out the correct unscrambled word earns a point. You can make it more competitive by having teams raise their hand to answer or send a player to the front for a face-off. Keep score through all the rounds, and the team or player with the most points at the end wins!

Bundle up — it’s about to get chilly! Does It Freeze? is the frosty guessing game where students put their cold-weather knowledge to the test. Each round shows a liquid or substance, and everyone must decide: will it freeze or not? Some are easy… but others will leave your brain on ice! It’s a winter wonderland of surprises where only the smartest (or luckiest) survive until the end!

How to Play
Students start in the center of the room. Each round, a new liquid appears on the screen. If they think it freezes, they move to the right side of the room. If they think it doesn’t freeze, they move to the left side. Once everyone has chosen, reveal the correct answer. Anyone who guessed wrong is out for the rest of the game. Keep playing new rounds until only one person remains — the final frosty champion!

It’s time to test your Christmas movie knowledge — one tagline at a time! In Tag! Christmas Movies, each round shows a Christmas movie poster with two possible taglines. One’s the real deal… the other’s a total fake! Students have to decide which tagline actually belongs to the movie before time runs out. It’s a festive guessing game full of laughs, nostalgia, and plenty of movie magic!

How to Play
Students begin in the center of the room. Each round, show a Christmas movie poster on the screen with two taglines beside it. Players move to the right side of the room if they think the correct tagline is Option A, or to the left side if they think it’s Option B. Once everyone’s chosen, reveal the right answer. Anyone who picked wrong is out for the rest of the game. Keep playing new rounds until only one Christmas movie expert remains standing!

Santa’s got a sweet tooth and a sneaky side! In Christmas Cookies, students try to outsmart Santa himself. Four delicious Christmas cookies appear on the screen — but watch out, because Santa’s coming to steal one! Each round, students must pick a cookie corner to stand in and hope Santa doesn’t swipe their snack. It’s fast, funny, and full of Christmas cheer — the perfect holiday elimination game to get everyone laughing and moving!

How to Play:

Show the four cookies on the screen, one in each corner. Everyone chooses a corner by moving to the spot in the room that matches the cookie they want. When everyone’s settled, reveal which cookie Santa tries to grab. Anyone standing in that cookie’s corner is out for the round. Keep playing new rounds with fewer and fewer players until only one person is left standing — the last cookie survivor wins!

It’s the ultimate multi-answer holiday brain race! Players face off to name three things that fit each festive prompt… from snowman accessories, to creative names for Santa. It’s fast, funny, and full of Christmas cheer! 

Can your students spot the difference between what’s real or made up about Christmas? Get your whole room guessing between “BET” or “BLUFF” to win!

Get ready to chill out with Winter Trivia—a multiple-choice screen game that’s snow joke! From frosty facts about snowy forests to sunny winter details, players will test their knowledge on all things winter, no matter the climate… and make some flurry-ous fun for everyone! Get the whole room playing, or bring up some champions to compete up front!

Look back on last Christmas through this fun “Two Truths and a Lie” style game! Let volunteers ahead of time know the prompts so they can come up and share 3 stories to test your students. You can play it as a face-off onstage, or have players stand up and hold up 1, 2 or 3 fingers to vote on the story (and sitting down if they get it wrong). Whether Christmas just happened or you’re going back to last year, this game is sure to create some great vibes for your group!

MOVIE QUOTES: CHRISTMAS EDITION puts your holiday movie knowledge to the test! Choose which movie each iconic quote came from.

Sure, your students have their favorite holiday treats – but can they tell the difference between all the flavors that make their taste buds explode? This fun game is perfect for adding some extra flavor to your program – players can play throughout the room by holding up one or two fingers as they make their guess. Wrong answers knock them out, and right answers keep them in the game. Award the winner with something sweet!

Yule like this one! Get ready for everyone’s assumptions about Christmas to be challenged! Use this fun game to find out what your students do and don’t know about various Christmas traditions as well as what’s in the Bible as you have them determine FACT or FICTION! Play it as a face-off among students onstage, or invite the whole audience to play by moving around the room or facing off against a friend!

‘Tis the season… for a faceoff! See how much your group can say out loud about Christmas while getting prompts for different things about it. Pair up everyone in the room, or bring a duo on stage. Ho ho ho!

How does (and doesn’t) the rest of the world celebrate Christmas? In this festive and fun-filled games, players will be challenged with unique holiday traditions from other countries to guess if the celebration is real or completely made up. Simply play as an all-play where everyone gives a thumbs-up for thumbs-down to vote… and seize the moment – because some of the most unfamiliar ideas will create engaging conversation. Perfect for testing everyone’s Yuletide knowledge and sparking laughs, this game will enlarge everyone’s understanding of being in the Christmas spirit!

Many people favor dogs over cats, or cats over dogs, but it’s time to prove who is better. Have you group examine the cute-yet-disturbing outfits and decide who wore it better – the cat or the dog. They can yell out their answer to sway others, but then need to vote… either by moving from one side of the room to the other, or however you feel works for your group. Enjoy!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! So why not take a moment to help your group see what it does and doesn’t have in common when it comes to the holidays? Get them moving as they share by shifting from one side of the room to the other (or raise their left hand or right hand, if you have a big group) as they indicate if they “DID” or “DIDN’T” do it!

It's a simply true or false quiz about the Biblical Christmas story.

It's a simple True of False quiz about Christmas.

Work with your team to determine what you think the majority of the other teams will say. Whatever answer is the majority will be the only correct answer.

You know him as "Santa Claus" but do you know what he is referred to around the world? See if you can guess which country calls him by a specific name.

Put your mind to the test! Only 10 seconds to remember as many icons as possible. How many will you remember? Let's find out.

Game includes: Title slide, rules, and 20 games slides

In Christmas Carol One-liners, you are given one line from a popular Christmas song. Your job is to guess the name of the song. Tis the season!

Game includes: Title slide, rules, and 20 games slides