The Funniest Holiday Games You’ll Want to Steal for Your Christmas Party!
If there’s anything we hardcore K-variety fans live for, it’s CHAOS. And December? It’s PRIME TIME for the kind of ridiculous, heart-warming, laugh-till-you-choke missions that remind us why we fell in love with shows like Running Man, 2 Days 1 Night, Earth Arcade, and everything in between.
So if you’ve ever watched the Running Man cast struggle through a mission and thought, “THIS belongs in a Christmas episode,” then sit back, grab some hot choco, and enjoy this list of holiday games that would make even Yoo Jae-suk scream ‘AISHHHH WHAT IS THIS?!’
Santa’s Secret Missions
Nothing screams K-variety like a secret mission that turns everyone into suspicious detectives, eyes darting around the room as if they’re on Running Man’s most chaotic episode. Imagine your friends drawing a sneaky holiday task—like “Make someone say OMG,” “Steal a cookie without getting caught,” or “Get someone to dance a Christmas cheer” and trying to complete it while pretending absolutely nothing is going on. And the peak moment? When someone fails miserably, and their Santa hat falls off in utter defeat, it’s definitely pure holiday chaos.
Christmas Gift Exchange Roulette
Forget normal gift exchanges. NO. We want stealing, betrayal, and regret as your house descends into beautifully chaotic madness. In this holiday roulette, a giant spinning wheel decides everyone’s fate with commands like “Steal someone’s gift,” “Switch with the person on your left,” or the most anxiety-inducing of all “Open it NOW!” One unlucky soul will end up with a pack of instant noodles, while another walks away smugly hugging an expensive diffuser like they’ve just won a final mission.
Holiday Costume Relay
Picture your family or friends wobbling around in inflatable snowman suits, struggling to see under elf hats ten sizes too big, and trying to keep Rudolph noses from falling off mid-mission, and then imagine them racing, jumping, crawling, and absolutely failing to keep their dignity intact. It’s pure physical comedy gold, the kind of holiday chaos that instantly feels like a classic Running Man episode where everyone is laughing, shouting, and slipping their way to victory.
Recreate a Christmas Movie Scene
Teams draw iconic holiday scenes, such as Home Alone, The Polar Express, Love Actually, or even those unforgettable K-drama Christmas episodes, but here’s the twist: they have to reenact everything using limited props and fully improvised lines. No polished acting allowed; we want maximum awkwardness and peak variety cringe.
K-Pop Holiday Song Speed Quiz
Play just one second of a Christmas K-pop song or any holiday song, one second, and watch chaos unfold. Whoever guesses fastest wins bragging rights, but whoever guesses wrong gets a penalty like they angered the holiday spirits. This is the kind of festive madness we live for.
Korean variety shows + holiday themes = the perfect recipe for December happiness. These games? They’re EXACTLY the kind of content we K-variety fans want to see this holiday, classic Running Man flavor, but with extra snow, sparkle, and stupidity (the good kind).
