50 Christmas Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Ruhan asked his first Christmas would you rather question at age 5, whether I would rather wrap all his presents myself or have a robot do it. He was asking as a joke but it became a real discussion about whether a robot wrapper would do a better job. These Christmas would you rather questions for kids are sorted by age and cover gifts, food, traditions, and the parts of Christmas that children have the strongest opinions about.
Simple Christmas would you rather questions for toddlers (ages 2 to 4)
Christmas is peak sensory season for toddlers. Lights, wrapping paper, new things to touch, special food. The questions that work best at this age connect to these concrete experiences. Keep both options positive and familiar , this is not the age for the hard questions about giving gifts away.
- Would you rather shake a present before opening it or open it straightaway without shaking?
- Would you rather have a Christmas tree with coloured lights or white lights?
- Would you rather eat a mince pie or a Christmas biscuit?
- Would you rather unwrap a big present or open a stocking full of little ones?
- Would you rather see Father Christmas or meet one of his reindeer?
- Would you rather hang tinsel on the tree or put the star on top?
- Would you rather wear a Christmas jumper with a snowman or one with a reindeer?
- Would you rather go to a Christmas market or watch a Christmas film at home?
- Would you rather drink eggnog or have warm milk before bed on Christmas Eve?
- Would you rather leave carrots for the reindeer or leave biscuits for Father Christmas?
Christmas would you rather questions for preschool and kindergarten (ages 4 to 6)
The magic of Christmas is most intact at this age. Father Christmas is real, reindeer can definitely fly, and the question of whether you would rather be an elf or a reindeer is a genuine dilemma. These questions tap into the imagination-forward way preschoolers and kindergarteners experience Christmas.
- Would you rather be one of Father Christmas’s elves or one of his reindeer?
- Would you rather your bedroom be decorated like a snow globe or a gingerbread house?
- Would you rather get every toy you asked for but have no surprises, or get no toys you asked for but be completely surprised?
- Would you rather spend Christmas Day at home or Christmas Day at a snowy cabin in the mountains?
- Would you rather eat only Christmas pudding for Christmas dinner or only roast potatoes?
- Would you rather have a Christmas tree that is taller than your house or a Christmas tree that fits on your bedside table?
- Would you rather be the one who hands out all the presents or the one who opens them first?
- Would you rather it snow exactly on Christmas Day every year or never snow on Christmas but have snow throughout January?
- Would you rather Christmas happen in summer when it is warm or stay in winter when it is cold?
- Would you rather help bake Christmas biscuits or help make a gingerbread house?
- Would you rather your Christmas presents be things you need or things you want?
- Would you rather Christmas last one week or Christmas last all of December?
- Would you rather have the ability to see Father Christmas delivering presents but not be able to tell anyone, or never see him but be completely convinced he exists?
- Would you rather have a pet reindeer for December or a pet elf for December?
- Would you rather Christmas music played everywhere you went all year or never at all?
Funny Christmas would you rather questions for kids (ages 6 to 10)
School-age children have very strong opinions about Christmas. About presents, about food, about Christmas films, about which relative asks how school is going. These funny Christmas would you rather questions tap into all of it. The questions about present disasters and Christmas dinner controversies generate some of the longest debates in this entire seasonal collection.
- Would you rather receive one perfect present you did not know you wanted or ten presents you specifically asked for?
- Would you rather your Christmas dinner be served at breakfast time or your Christmas breakfast be served at dinner time?
- Would you rather wake up on Christmas morning to find it is snowing or find out you have no school for the whole of January?
- Would you rather watch the same Christmas film every single Christmas forever or never watch any Christmas films at all?
- Would you rather Christmas crackers had genuinely useful things inside or genuinely funny jokes?
- Would you rather spend Christmas Day in pyjamas or Christmas Day in your best outfit?
- Would you rather know exactly what every present contains before Christmas Day or be completely surprised but receive one fewer present?
- Would you rather wrap all your own presents or have someone else wrap them but choose what they look like?
- Would you rather eat only turkey for Christmas dinner with no sides or eat every side but no turkey?
- Would you rather open presents on Christmas Eve at midnight or wait until Christmas morning?
- Would you rather your Christmas jumper be the most embarrassing one anyone has ever seen or be completely boring and plain?
- Would you rather Christmas happen every month but with smaller presents, or once every five years with enormous ones?
- Would you rather be the person who falls asleep watching the Christmas film or the person who has to keep nudging them awake?
- Would you rather have a Christmas where everything goes slightly wrong but everyone laughs about it, or a perfectly planned Christmas where everyone is slightly bored?
- Would you rather only eat Christmas food for the whole of December or only eat Christmas food on Christmas Day itself?
Hard Christmas would you rather questions for kids (ages 8 and up)
These are the Christmas would you rather questions that require a child to think about what they actually value, not just what they prefer in the moment. They work best at a slower pace, one question per dinner rather than several in a row. In my classroom, I used one hard question as a Friday wrap-up question in December and asked children to write their answer and reason before sharing out loud. The written step changes the quality of the answer noticeably.
- Would you rather give up receiving Christmas presents forever but be able to give unlimited gifts to anyone you choose, or keep receiving presents but never be able to give any?
- Would you rather have a Christmas that is exactly the same every year so you always know what to expect, or have a completely different Christmas every year with no traditions?
- Would you rather feel the excitement of Christmas Eve for one day a year, or feel that same level of excitement once a month about something smaller?
- Would you rather know that the gifts you give others are exactly what they wanted, or be surprised to find out how people react when they open them?
- Would you rather spend Christmas with everyone you love but far from home, or at home with just your immediate family?
- Would you rather remember every Christmas perfectly or forget them all but enjoy each one in the moment as if it were the first?
- Would you rather be the person responsible for making Christmas magical for children, or be a child experiencing Christmas magic yourself?
- Would you rather always feel a little sad on Boxing Day when it is over, or feel nothing about Christmas ending at all?
- Would you rather give one present that changes someone’s life or give ten presents that each make someone briefly happy?
- Would you rather know the true meaning of Christmas but never be able to explain it simply, or be able to explain it simply but never fully understand it yourself?
For the full year-round collection, our 200 would you rather questions for kids has every age tier and theme. For Christmas crafts to go alongside these questions, our back to school crafts post has the classroom activity ideas that adapt well to a holiday theme. And for winter sensory activities for younger children at home over the Christmas break, our winter sensory bin ideas covers everything from snow dough to ice excavation.
Frequently asked questions
What are good Christmas would you rather questions for kids?
The best Christmas would you rather questions for kids connect to things children are actually thinking about at Christmas: presents, food, Father Christmas, traditions, and Christmas morning. Questions with a trade-off between getting exactly what you asked for versus being surprised generate the most conversation across all age groups. The question about Christmas happening every month versus once every five years works particularly well for ages 6 and up because children have to think hard about what they actually value.
What are funny Christmas would you rather questions for kids?
The most reliably funny Christmas would you rather questions for school-age children involve Christmas going slightly wrong. A Christmas jumper that is genuinely embarrassing, Christmas dinner served at the wrong time, falling asleep during the Christmas film, and knowing what every present contains before Christmas morning all get strong reactions from ages 6 to 10. The question about Christmas crackers having useful versus funny contents is the most divisive in the funny category.
When should I use Christmas would you rather questions with kids?
Christmas would you rather questions work well while decorating the tree, during Christmas dinner, on Christmas morning while waiting for everything to start, in the car on the way to visit family, and on any evening in December when you want a conversation without needing any materials. They are also useful as a distraction on long journeys to family gatherings, where children’s patience for travel wears thin quickly.
Do you have other seasonal would you rather questions for kids?
Yes. Fall would you rather questions for kids publish in August, winter would you rather questions for kids publish alongside this post in October, and spring would you rather questions for kids publish in February. The full collection of 200 would you rather questions for kids is at the main post linked above.
