Cards Against Christmas Game – Inspired by Cards Against Humanity

The most magical time of the year is just around the corner. The second thing you must do when Christmas is coming, besides watching Home Alone, is play Cards Against Christmas. This one is a special edition made especially for the holidays, and brings all the best jokes.  No matter who you’re spending it with, friends, family, or even coworkers, Cards Against Christmas is the coolest icebreaker. 

This is a card game brought in the same spirit as Cards Against Humanity, but with a festive twist added! Cards Against Christmas comes with a deck of 228 cards, and they’re each holiday-themed. You will get to make jokes about the Grinch being in a thong, getting Botox for the Christmas card photoshoot, getting a gift card for therapy, Rudolph’s OnlyFans content, or gifting grandma’s teeth. 

Although Christmas is the kids’ favorite time of the year, too, make sure to play this game only when they’re asleep or too busy looking at the gifts. Cards Against Christmas is intended for individuals 17 years of age or older. The jokes are not for the weak. 

Gameplay

• Find 4 to 20+ people to play with. Christmas gathers around so many people, so it should be easy for you to do that. However, you could play with just as few as 2 or 3 players, too. 
• Let someone be the Card Santa per turn. That’s how we will call the Card Czar (the game judge) for this game.
• Everyone else is dealt 10 white cards. 
• The Card Santa reads one black card out loud.
• Everyone else submits one of their white cards, which they think makes the best combination with the black card of the round. 
• The game judge reads all the responses and picks their favorite, who gets one awesome point. 
• A new Card Santa is chosen, and the new round begins. 

Winning

Christmas requires a little bit of competition in everything: who decorates the tree faster, who makes the best gift wrapping, or who bakes the softest cookies. So, at the end of the game, played with typical CAH rules, whoever has the most awesome points wins Cards Against Christmas! 

Cards Against Christmas Card Examples

Black cards list examples:

• What’s the best way to ruin someone’s Christmas Eve?
• What should really be on top of the Christmas tree?
• Instead of a turkey, this year I thought we could try __________________.
• Nothing says Christmas quite like ____________.
• Santa decides to rebrand Christmas as ______________.
• What did I catch Santa doing in my living room at 3 a.m.?

White cards list examples:

• Forgetting to buy gifts and blaming Amazon.
• A gift card for therapy.
• Getting Botox for Christmas card photoshoot. 
• The Grinch moonlighting as a holiday stripper.
• Re-gifting grandma’s teeth. 
• Mrs. Claus sexting the Easter Bunny.

As mentioned, considering the incredibly affordable price, this game comes as a printable version. Therefore, if you decide to print the cards out (as you should), make sure to use our printing guide.