An Ultimate Collection of 23 Christmas Movie Drinking Games

Grab your chosen festive poison and work your way through these top 23 Christmas Movie Drinking Games.

We’ve lined up 23 top-notch Christmas movie drinking games that will put you in the holiday spirit(s). 🍸

Whether you love the holidays or despise them, a drinking game (or 23) will certainly fill you full of cheer. But be sure to chase that Christmas cheer with some water. As Santa Claus famously said, “Ho Ho Ho HYDRATE!”

Here’s a list of all of the games you’ll find below

1. Die Hard Drinking Game
2. Lethal Weapon Drinking Game
3. Jingle All The Way Drinking Game
4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Drinking Game
5. Elf Drinking Game
6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Drinking Game
7. Love Actually Drinking Game
8. A Bad Moms Christmas Drinking Game
9. Home Alone Drinking Game
10. The Nightmare Before Christmas Drinking Game
11. Arthur Christmas Drinking Game
12. The Night Before Drinking Game
13. Four Christmases Drinking Game
14. Office Christmas Party Drinking Game
15. Bad Santa Drinking Game
16. Bad Santa 2 Drinking Game
17. A Christmas Prince Drinking Game
18. The Princess Switch Drinking Game
19. The Christmas Chronicles Drinking Game
20. The Holiday Drinking Game
21. I’ll Be Home for Christmas Drinking Game
22. Last Christmas Drinking Game
23. Happiest Season Drinking Game

Now grab a drink and let’s dive into Christmas Town…

Here are 23 Christmas movie drinking games:

(You’ll find even more if you head over to our GAMES section and click the Christmas subheading.)

1. DIE HARD (1988) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Glass shatters
• Someone dies
• There’s any reference to Christmas 🎄🎼

Full game available here.

2. LETHAL WEAPON (1987) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• There’s a reference to suicide
• There’s a reference to getting old
• Someone looks at a family photo

Full game available here.

3. JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Myron shows up
• Ted hits on someone
• Christmas music plays

Full game available here.

4. KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Someone drinks or smokes
• You see or hear anything Christmas
• The fourth wall is broken

Full game available here.

5. ELF (2003) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• There’s a montage
• Buddy or Jovie sing
• Buddy eats sugar

Full game available here.

6. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• You see The Grinch’s mountain
• The Grinch speaks directly to Max
• There’s a reference to his heart 

Full game available here.

7. LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Someone actually says “Actually”
• You see the sign on Sam’s door
• You hear “Christmas Is All Around You”

Full game available here.

8. A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS (2017) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone says “F@ck”
• The moms drink or do drugs
• You hear Christmas music 

Full game available here.

9. HOME ALONE (1990) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone says “Kevin”
• Someone speaks French
• Kevin screams

Full game available here.

10. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Rocky says or sees a Lady Bug
• A door is opened or closed
• You see the dog

Full game available here.

11. ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Scotch tape is used
• There’s mention of Toronto / Canada 
• You see a location title card

Full game available here.

12. THE NIGHT BEFORE (2015) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone does drugs
• Drugs are seen or mentioned
• There’s a movie reference

Full game available here.

13. FOUR CHRISTMASES (2008) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Marriage is referenced 
• Babies are referenced 
• There’s Christmas music

Full game available here.

14. OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (2008) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone says “Carol”
• Someone swears
• You hear Christmas or party music 

Full game available here.

15. BAD SANTA (2003) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Santa drinks
• Santa smokes
• Sandwiches are mentioned

Full game available here.

16. BAD SANTA 2 (2016) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Santa says “Fuck” or variation of “Fuck”
• Santa collects for the charity
• The movie tries extra hard to be offensive

Full game available here.

17. A CHRISTMAS PRINCE (2017) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone says “Richard”
• There’s a shot of the castle
• You hear Christmas music 

Full game available here.

18. THE PRINCESS SWITCH (2018) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• There’s Chrismas music 
• Stacy makes something up about Montenaro
• You see the Christmas Magic Man

Full game available here.

19. THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES (2018) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• The father is referenced
• Santa talks about Christmas spirit
• There’s Christmas music 

Full game available here.

20. I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (1998) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone says or you see the “Porsche” 
• Jake finds a new ride
• You hear Christmas music 

Full game available here.

21. THE HOLIDAY (2006) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Anyone cries
• You see the exterior of the cottage 
• A movie trailer begins 

Full game available here.

22. LAST CHRISTMAS (2019) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• A George Michael song begins
• You see a strange Christmas store item 
• Kate eats or drinks

Full game available here.

23. HAPPIEST SEASON (2020) DRINKING GAME

DRINK WHEN…

• Being an orphan is mentioned
• An iPad photo is taken or mentioned 
• You hear holiday music 

Full game available here.

Cheers…🍺

“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.”

– Buddy

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