40 Christmas Icebreaker Questions for Adults

Prompts (40)

• 1. Are your holiday cookies made from scratch or store-bought on a nice plate?

  Food & treats
  made from scratchstore-bought on a nice plate

• 2. Do your holiday leftovers become a giant sandwich or a pot of soup?

  Food & treats
  a giant sandwicha pot of soup

• 3. At a holiday buffet, do you build one loaded plate or make several small trips?

  Food & treats
  one loaded plateseveral small trips

• 4. When you're invited to a potluck, do you bring a homemade dish or the paper plates and napkins?

  Food & treats
  a homemade dishthe paper plates and napkins

• 5. At the holiday table, do you secretly love the side dishes or the main roast?

  Food & treats
  the side dishesthe main roast

• 6. In December, is your coffee order a peppermint latte or plain black coffee?

  Food & treats
  a peppermint latteplain black coffee

• 7. When the cookie tray appears in the break room, do you sample everything or keep your distance?

  Food & treats
  sample everythingkeep your distance

• 8. Are your decorations a curated color scheme or a lifetime of mismatched treasures?

  Decorations
  a curated color schemea lifetime of mismatched treasures

• 9. Do you decorate in one marathon weekend or a little at a time?

  Decorations
  one marathon weekenda little at a time

• 10. Does your tree come down by New Year's Day or linger into February?

  Decorations
  by New Year's Daylinger into February

• 11. Do the ornaments you made as a kid hang proudly or stay in a box?

  Decorations
  hang proudlystay in a box

• 12. Are you the one untangling the lights or the one supervising from the couch?

  Decorations
  untangling the lightssupervising from the couch

• 13. Do you stock up on decorations in the after-holiday sales or never buy new at all?

  Decorations
  in the after-holiday salesnever buy new at all

• 14. Do you decorate your desk at work or keep it strictly business?

  Decorations
  decorate your deskkeep it strictly business

• 15. Do you start your gift shopping in October or the night before?

  Gifts
  in Octoberthe night before

• 16. Do you wrap like a pro or rely on gift bags?

  Gifts
  wrap like a prorely on gift bags

• 17. Do you prefer giving practical gifts or fun gifts?

  Gifts
  practical giftsfun gifts

• 18. Do you tuck a gift receipt in every box or trust your taste?

  Gifts
  tuck a gift receipt in every boxtrust your taste

• 19. Would you rather receive a gift card or a total surprise?

  Gifts
  a gift carda total surprise

• 20. Do you enjoy a gift exchange with swapping allowed or one where everyone keeps what they open?

  Gifts
  swapping allowedeveryone keeps what they open

• 21. Do you write heartfelt messages in holiday cards or just sign your name?

  Gifts
  heartfelt messagesjust sign your name

• 22. On a snow day, do you shovel early or wait until it stops?

  Snow & winter
  shovel earlywait until it stops

• 23. On a freezing night, are you a heated blanket person or a pile of quilts person?

  Snow & winter
  a heated blanket persona pile of quilts person

• 24. For a winter vacation, do you head somewhere sunny or somewhere snowy?

  Snow & winter
  somewhere sunnysomewhere snowy

• 25. On a frosty morning, do you scrape the whole windshield or just a small peephole?

  Snow & winter
  the whole windshieldjust a small peephole

• 26. When the house gets chilly, do you turn up the thermostat or add another sweater?

  Snow & winter
  turn up the thermostatadd another sweater

• 27. Do you love brisk winter walks or hibernate until spring?

  Snow & winter
  brisk winter walkshibernate until spring

• 28. Would you rather host the holiday dinner or be the overnight guest?

  Family traditions
  host the holiday dinnerbe the overnight guest

• 29. Do you stick to the family recipes or try something new every year?

  Family traditions
  stick to the family recipestry something new every year

• 30. Do you send holiday cards every year or only in years you feel organized?

  Family traditions
  every yearonly in years you feel organized

• 31. At family gatherings, are you the photographer or the one dodging the camera?

  Family traditions
  the photographerthe one dodging the camera

• 32. Between the holidays, do you take time off or work right through?

  Family traditions
  take time offwork right through

• 33. For a relaxed holiday evening, would the group pick a recipe swap or a neighborhood light walk?

  Family traditions
  a recipe swapa neighborhood light walk

• 34. At holiday gatherings, do you leave early or stay until the last dish is dry?

  Family traditions
  leave earlystay until the last dish is dry

• 35. If you could skip one holiday chore forever, would it be the wrapping or the cleanup?

  Silly what-ifs
  the wrappingthe cleanup

• 36. If your childhood self saw your holidays now, would they be impressed or unimpressed?

  Silly what-ifs
  impressedunimpressed

• 37. If you could relive one holiday season, would it be one from your childhood or a recent one?

  Silly what-ifs
  one from your childhooda recent one

• 38. Given a free December day with zero plans, would you nap all afternoon or bake something?

  Silly what-ifs
  nap all afternoonbake something

• 39. If you could hire help for one holiday task, would it be gift shopping or decorating?

  Silly what-ifs
  gift shoppingdecorating

• 40. If you could bottle one holiday scent, would it be fresh pine or baking cookies?

  Silly what-ifs
  fresh pinebaking cookies

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