Cards Against Christmas – Santa’s Chaos for 2026

Cards Against Christmas is a Christmas party card game inspired by Cards Against Humanity, with a new version created exclusively for the 2026 Christmas season.

The game includes 228 Christmas-themed cards filled with ridiculous Noel chaos about the Grinch, Christmas photos, therapy gift cards, Rudolph, grandma, and more. It works well for holiday parties with friends, family, or coworkers.

Cards Against Christmas is made for ages 17+, so keep this one away from the kids’ table.

Gameplay

• • Gather 4 to 20+ players. You can also play with 2 or 3 players.
  • Choose one player as the Card Santa, the game judge for that round.
  • Deal 10 white cards to every other player.
  • The Card Santa reads one black card aloud.
  • Each player submits the white card they think creates the funniest combination.
  • The Card Santa picks their favorite response, and that player earns 1 awesome point.
  • Choose a new Card Santa and start the next round.

Winning

Play using the standard Cards Against Humanity rules. When the game ends, the player with 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.

Cards Against Christmas comes as a printable PDF, so you can print, cut, and prepare the cards at home. For the best results, follow our card printing guide.