Christmas Would You Rather for Couples
Traditions, gifts and cozy nights, picked in secret and revealed together.
- Time
- 15–30 min
- Players
- Two players, one phone
- Best for
- Holiday nights in
- Deck
- 100 dilemmas in 5 categories
How to use these Christmas would you rather questions
- Pick a category from the menu on the card, or leave it on “All categories”.
- One of you taps a pick while the other looks away. The pick is hidden right away.
- The other taps theirs, and both picks appear together, whether they are the same or not.
- Talk about why, then tap “Next question”.
When to play Christmas would you rather
The holidays have plenty of in-between time: waiting for the oven, the long drive home, the quiet evening after everyone leaves. A few cards fill it nicely.
Decorating the tree
One card per ornament. Cozy and Traditions fit the mood.
The drive home for the holidays
The passenger reads both options aloud, and you both answer before the next exit.
The quiet night after
When the guests have gone and the dishes can wait, play Romance on the couch.
Ways to play over the holidays
Plan your traditions
Play Traditions while you plan the season. Where you both pick the same, you have a tradition; where you pick differently, you have two.
While you wrap
Prop the phone up between the paper and the tape and play Gifts. No peeking at the presents, or the picks.
Apart for the holidays
Make a code on the long distance page and play on two phones over a video call, reading each card aloud.
Tips for a cozy holiday game
- Play with the tree lights on and everything else off.
- Start with Food or Cozy, then move to Romance.
- Keep the answers you both picked. They make a good list of things to do before New Year.
All 100 christmas would you rather questions for couples by category
Every card in the game, grouped by category. Read them aloud, or let the game deal them in a random order.
Traditions
Trees, trips home and the little rituals that make the season yours.
- put the tree up in early Novemberorwait until the week before
- cut down a real tree at a farmorbring out the same trusty tree every year
- open gifts on Christmas Eveoropen them on Christmas morning
- take turns visiting each family every yearorhost both families at your place
- travel home for the holidaysorhave the whole family come to you
- wear the tackiest holiday sweaters you can findorwear matching pajamas for the family photo
- drive around to see the best light displaysorwander through a holiday market
- fill the tree with ornaments from your childhoodsorfill it with ornaments from your trips together
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- have a big, noisy holiday gatheringorhave a quiet holiday with just the two of you
- watch the same holiday movie every yearorpick a new holiday movie every year
- mail paper holiday cardsormake a funny holiday video for friends
- stay up until midnight on Christmas Eveorwake up at dawn on Christmas morning
- have a white Christmas every yearorhave a sunny, sandy Christmas every year
- open a tiny surprise every day of Decemberorsave every surprise for one big day
- hang stockings with your names stitched onorhang mismatched stockings from a flea market
- volunteer together over the holidaysorhost dinner for friends who can’t get home
- hand-make one new ornament every yearorbuy one special ornament every year
- drive home overnight to beat the trafficorleave early and stop in small towns on the way
- arrive home early to help with the cookingorarrive just in time for dinner
- do all your holiday shopping in one big dayorspread it out across the whole season
Gifts
Wrapping, wish lists and what you’d hide under the tree for each other.
- get one big gift you really wantedorget a pile of small surprises
- set a tiny gift budget and get creativeorskip gifts and take a winter trip together
- receive something your partner madeorreceive the thing you’ve hinted about all year
- follow clues around the house to find your giftorfind it waiting under the tree
- have every gift wrapped beautifullyorhave them wrapped in newspaper and too much tape
- know exactly what you’re gettingorhave no idea until the paper comes off
- give an experience you’ll shareorgive something they can hold and keep
- open gifts slowly, one at a timeortear through everything at once
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- get a sweater your partner knittedorget a framed photo of your favorite memory
- get a gift that’s really practicalorget a gift that’s purely for fun
- find a stocking stuffed with favorite snacksorfind a stocking stuffed with tiny notes
- shop from your partner’s wish listortrust your gut and surprise them
- get a gift that makes you laugh out loudorget a gift that makes you a little teary
- join a gift swap with friendsorkeep gifts between the two of you
- shop for gifts at a cozy holiday marketorshop for them online in your pajamas
- get a small surprise every month of the yearorget one perfect gift on the day
- guess what’s inside before opening each giftoropen everything with no guessing
- find your gift tucked in your coat pocketorhave it delivered to the door by surprise
- give your partner something sentimentalorgive them something they’d never buy themselves
- get a gift that’s truly one of a kindorget the exact thing everyone wants this year
Cozy
Snow days, twinkle lights and evenings that never need to end.
- spend a snow day building a snowmanorspend it under blankets with a movie
- read by the fire while snow falls outsideornap by the tree with the lights twinkling
- have an all-out snowball fightorbuild a snow fort big enough for two
- race down the biggest sledding hill in townorglide around a frozen pond on skates
- wear fuzzy socks every day of Decemberorwear a chunky sweater every day of December
- spend a whole holiday day in pajamasorspend it bundled up wandering downtown
- play holiday music from early Novemberorsave it for the week before
- decorate every room in the houseordecorate only the tree
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- string warm white lights everywhereorstring bright multicolor lights everywhere
- put together a giant holiday puzzleorcut paper snowflakes for every window
- take a horse-drawn sleigh rideortake a scenic train through snowy hills
- unplug completely for the holidaysorvideo-call everyone you love on the day
- drive past the lights in your pajamasorwalk past them bundled in hats and mittens
- fall asleep on the couch by the tree lightsorfall asleep to soft holiday music
- have a snow day with nowhere to beorhave a crisp sunny day to go explore
- learn to knit scarves for each otherorlearn to make candles for each other
- have a mantel lined with stockingsorhave a big window looking out on the snow
- make snow angels in the yardorcatch snowflakes on your tongue
- spend an evening wrapping gifts with music onorspend it writing holiday cards
- warm up with a hot bath after the snoworwarm up wrapped in one blanket by the fire
Food
Cookies, cocoa and the holiday feast you’d cook together.
- bake cookies from a family recipeortry a brand-new cookie recipe together
- decorate a gingerbread houseordecorate a whole army of gingerbread people
- top your cocoa with a mountain of whipped creamortop it with a raft of marshmallows
- cook a big holiday dinner togetherororder the whole feast and skip the dishes
- eat holiday leftovers for a weekorsend them all home with your guests
- eat warm cinnamon rolls at dawnoreat a big, lazy brunch at noon
- decorate cookies with the wildest icingorbake perfect cookies to give the neighbors
- make homemade peppermint barkormake homemade fudge
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- roast chestnuts at a holiday marketortoast marshmallows over the fire at home
- have a cozy soup-and-bread nightorhave a fancy roast dinner by candlelight
- cook a dish from each of your familiesorcook a dish from a country you’ve never visited
- eat dessert first at holiday dinnerorsave room for three different desserts
- eat a whole plate of sugar cookiesoreat a whole tin of buttery shortbread
- build a gingerbread copy of your homeorbuild a gingerbread castle
- host a holiday potluck with friendsorcook every dish yourselves
- sip peppermint hot cocoaorsip a spiced chai latte
- eat a huge holiday breakfastorskip breakfast to save room for dinner
- make dumplings together from scratchormake a pot of tamales together from scratch
- flip snowman-shaped pancakesormake waffles dusted with powdered-sugar snow
- have a cookie for every day of Decemberorshare one giant cookie on the 25th
Romance
Sparkling streets, snowy walks and sweet moments for just you two.
- kiss under the mistletoeorkiss under the first snowfall
- dance in the living room by the tree lightsordance on an outdoor ice rink
- walk hand in hand through a lit-up parkorride a carousel at a winter fair
- hide a sweet note in your partner’s stockingorhide one in their coat pocket
- recreate your first holiday togetherorplan a brand-new holiday for just you two
- share one blanket on a sleigh rideorshare one scarf on a snowy walk
- watch a holiday parade from a warm café windoworwatch snow fall from a cabin window
- wear matching sweaters to the partyorsecretly match colors so only you two know
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- get whisked off to a snowy little townorget whisked off to a cozy inn nearby
- take a sweet holiday photo togetherortake a ridiculous one in reindeer antlers
- read your partner a holiday poem you wroteorhave them read one they wrote for you
- take a midnight walk through fresh snoworwake up early to watch the first snow fall
- decorate a tiny tree together over video callormail each other a box of holiday surprises
- warm your hands in your partner’s pocketsorwarm them around one shared mug of cocoa
- read a holiday story aloud to each otherorwrite a holiday story about the two of you
- share a kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eveorshare a quiet kiss on Christmas morning
- be woken by a song on Christmas morningorbe woken by the smell of cinnamon rolls
- hang an ornament with your first photo togetherorhang one with your names and this year
- seal a holiday wish for your partner in an envelopeorwhisper it to them by the tree
- make a snow sculpture of the two of youorcarve your initials into a snowbank
Frequently asked questions
How many Christmas would you rather questions are there?
There are 100 questions, 20 in each of five categories: traditions, gifts, cozy, food, and romance. The game and the list on this page use the same set.
Are the questions family-friendly?
Yes. They are written for couples, but nothing on the cards needs to be kept from anyone, so you can play at a family gathering too.
Can we play if we spend the holidays apart?
Yes. Use the same sync code on both phones from the long distance page, open this game on the same category, and read each card aloud on your call.
Is there a version for the rest of the year?
Yes. The main would you rather for couples game has 150 questions for any night, and this or that is a faster version.