50 Christmas Icebreaker Questions

Prompts (50)

• 1. Do you eat the cookie frosting first or save the frosting for last?

  Food & treats
  eat the cookie frosting firstsave the frosting for last

• 2. Is your favorite Christmas cookie a soft gingerbread or a buttery sugar cookie?

  Food & treats
  a soft gingerbreada buttery sugar cookie

• 3. Do you go back for seconds of dinner or save room for dessert?

  Food & treats
  go back for seconds of dinnersave room for dessert

• 4. Is a candy cane better hung on the tree or eaten right away?

  Food & treats
  hung on the treeeaten right away

• 5. Do you prefer hot cocoa piled with marshmallows or topped with whipped cream?

  Food & treats
  piled with marshmallowstopped with whipped cream

• 6. Would you rather bake cookies from scratch or decorate store-bought ones?

  Food & treats
  bake cookies from scratchdecorate store-bought ones

• 7. Is Christmas breakfast in your house cinnamon rolls or a big pancake stack?

  Food & treats
  cinnamon rollsa big pancake stack

• 8. Do you sneak a taste of the dessert early or wait politely until it is served?

  Food & treats
  sneak a taste of the dessert earlywait politely until it is served

• 9. Are holiday leftovers better as a cold sandwich or reheated as a full plate?

  Food & treats
  a cold sandwichreheated as a full plate

• 10. Do you like your tree lights warm white or multicolored?

  Decorations
  warm whitemulticolored

• 11. Is your dream tree a real pine or a fluffy artificial one?

  Decorations
  a real pinea fluffy artificial one

• 12. Do you decorate the day after Thanksgiving or wait until mid-December?

  Decorations
  the day after Thanksgivingwait until mid-December

• 13. Should ornaments match a color theme or be a joyful mix of everything?

  Decorations
  match a color themebe a joyful mix of everything

• 14. For tree decorations, would the group choose a ribbon waterfall or handmade wooden ornaments?

  Decorations
  a ribbon waterfallhandmade wooden ornaments

• 15. Do you take the tree down right after New Year's or leave it up as long as possible?

  Decorations
  right after New Year'sleave it up as long as possible

• 16. Is your house the one with the giant light display or just a wreath on the door?

  Decorations
  the giant light displayjust a wreath on the door

• 17. Do you hang tinsel one strand at a time or toss it on by the handful?

  Decorations
  one strand at a timetoss it on by the handful

• 18. Would you rather untangle the lights or put away every ornament?

  Decorations
  untangle the lightsput away every ornament

• 19. Are you a gift wrapper with perfect corners or a gift bag and tissue person?

  Gifts
  perfect cornersa gift bag and tissue person

• 20. Do you shop for gifts in October or on Christmas Eve?

  Gifts
  in Octoberon Christmas Eve

• 21. Do you open gifts slowly to save the paper or rip right in?

  Gifts
  slowly to save the paperrip right in

• 22. Would you rather get one big surprise gift or a pile of small fun ones?

  Gifts
  one big surprise gifta pile of small fun ones

• 23. Do you prefer giving a homemade gift or a carefully chosen store-bought one?

  Gifts
  a homemade gifta carefully chosen store-bought one

• 24. At a gift swap, do you steal the best gift or keep what you picked?

  Gifts
  steal the best giftkeep what you picked

• 25. Do you send a wish list or love being totally surprised?

  Gifts
  send a wish listlove being totally surprised

• 26. Do you open stockings first or presents under the tree first?

  Gifts
  stockings firstpresents under the tree first

• 27. Do you write thank-you notes by hand or send a quick thank-you text?

  Gifts
  by handa quick thank-you text

• 28. Is your perfect Christmas morning a fresh snowfall or sunny and mild?

  Snow & winter
  a fresh snowfallsunny and mild

• 29. Would you rather spend a snowy afternoon sledding or reading by the fire?

  Snow & winter
  sleddingreading by the fire

• 30. Do you build a snowman or start a snowball fight?

  Snow & winter
  build a snowmanstart a snowball fight

• 31. Are you a fuzzy socks person or a cozy slippers person?

  Snow & winter
  fuzzy sockscozy slippers

• 32. In winter, do you crank up the heat or pile on blankets?

  Snow & winter
  crank up the heatpile on blankets

• 33. Would you rather go ice skating or take a sleigh ride?

  Snow & winter
  go ice skatingtake a sleigh ride

• 34. Do you catch snowflakes on your tongue or stay inside where it is warm?

  Snow & winter
  catch snowflakes on your tonguestay inside where it is warm

• 35. Is the best part of winter break staying up late or sleeping in?

  Snow & winter
  staying up latesleeping in

• 36. Do you wear matching family pajamas or refuse on principle?

  Family traditions
  wear matching family pajamasrefuse on principle

• 37. Is Christmas Eve at your place a big party or a quiet night in?

  Family traditions
  a big partya quiet night in

• 38. Do you watch a classic holiday movie or play board games together?

  Family traditions
  watch a classic holiday movieplay board games together

• 39. Do you drive around looking at lights or walk the neighborhood?

  Family traditions
  drive around looking at lightswalk the neighborhood

• 40. Are you the family photographer or the one dodging every photo?

  Family traditions
  the family photographerthe one dodging every photo

• 41. Do you leave cookies by the fireplace or carrots for the reindeer?

  Family traditions
  cookies by the fireplacecarrots for the reindeer

• 42. Is your Christmas dinner a fancy sit-down meal or a casual buffet?

  Family traditions
  a fancy sit-down meala casual buffet

• 43. Do you volunteer to host or happily show up as a guest?

  Family traditions
  volunteer to hosthappily show up as a guest

• 44. Do you send holiday cards in the mail or post one big photo online?

  Family traditions
  send holiday cards in the mailpost one big photo online

• 45. If you joined the North Pole workshop, would you build toys or test toys?

  Silly what-ifs
  build toystest toys

• 46. Would you rather have a reindeer or a penguin as a pet for the holidays?

  Silly what-ifs
  a reindeera penguin

• 47. If your home were a gingerbread house, would you eat the roof or the door first?

  Silly what-ifs
  the roofthe door

• 48. Would you rather ride in Santa's sleigh or tour his workshop?

  Silly what-ifs
  ride in Santa's sleightour his workshop

• 49. If snow could taste like anything, would you pick vanilla or peppermint?

  Silly what-ifs
  vanillapeppermint

• 50. Would you rather be the star on top of the tree or the gifts piled underneath?

  Silly what-ifs
  the star on top of the treethe gifts piled underneath

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