Fill the Christmas Stocking
How To Play: Divide into teams. Have children line up at one end of the room. At the other end, hang a Christmas stocking for each team. Place a bowl of candy and a spoon in front of each team. Each child takes a turn taking a candy from the bowl with the spoon. They then carry the candy on the spoon to the stocking and drop the candy in the stocking. Race back to the next person in line, give them the spoon. First team to fill the stocking wins!

Requirements:
Stocking for each team
Spoon for each team
Bowl for each team
Wrapped candy

Santa Santa
How To Play: Have children sit in a large circle and blindfold one child. Another child will be given the sleigh and must say:

Santa Santa, whereís your sleigh
Someoneís come and taken it away
Guess who Guess who?

The blindfolded child gets three guesses. The child who has the sleigh is next to be blindfolded.

Requirements:
Santa sleigh

Remember Christmas Game
How To Play: Show the items in the box to the children. Remove one or more items out of the box (without children seeing you). Have the children guess what items are missing. For older children put items on large tray or cookie sheet. Cover. Remove cover for 20-30 seconds and then remove tray from room. On your mark the children are to write down as many items that they can remember being on the tray before you yell, "STOP". Most correct items wins.

Requirements:
18 items in box

Gift Unwrap Relay
How To Play: Divide the class into teams. Put a stack of presents at the end of each team's course. The first child in each team runs to the presents, unwraps one, and races back to the next person in line. First team finished unwrapping wins! Note: To make it easier on the Parents, you may wish to adapt this game to where the child unwraps, throws away the paper, then runs back!

Requirements:
Empty boxes wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper