If you are able to put some time and energy towards a Christmas game, this one is guaranteed hit. It’s known as ‘dress Santa” and it is funny and silly and worth having a camera round to record the enjoyment. Chances are you’ll possibly want a camcorder on top of that.
Here is the way it works. Create a dress-up box with a Santa Claus costume along with other items that Santa might or might not put on. You need to use a full-bore Santa costume, so you could either rent one or buy one if you believe it will get put to use years after. They can be found for approximately $100 or maybe a little less if you purchase one at a costume outfit store that is used.
You’ll place the Santa suit in a big suitcase or trunk. Make sure to have as many Santa items as you possibly can; for instance, you want to have a pair of boots, gloves, a large belt, and so on. Then in the trunk or travel suitcase, put together in other objects, such as jewelry, hats, socks, footwear and feather boas. It is most likely apparent exactly where this really is heading.
At the Christmas party, somebody volunteers to play the game. In a perfect world, you will have a number of volunteers so you can time people and award a prize for quickest or most interesting, or whatever works out based for your get together.
The selected person gets blindfolded and stripped down to their bare essentials. Absolutely no, it’s not that sort of game, however, if a woman is dressed in a sweater over a T-shirt and shoes, the shoes and the sweater can be taken off, so she has not as much on her in the first place. When the person is blindfolded, start timing them. Let them know they have to dress Santa as fast as possible in his Santa suit only, nothing else. To add spice to the game and make it even more interesting, be sure to include a few items in the trunk that may seem like Santa items, but won’t be. By way of example, you will have Santa’s black gloves inside the trunk, but in addition include a pair or two of garden gloves, and Santa Claus has a belt, however, you can include some other belts at the same time. Make sure to include various hats (even a princess hat, which could feel like a Santa hat to a confused participant).
As soon as Santa is dressed up, stop the timer and take the blindfold off. Everyone can get a good laugh at the result. Santa might have his suit on, but he might also be dressed in a bathrobe. Or he could be in his suit, however with gardening gloves, a rhinestone belt and a princess hat. Make sure you take snap shots of your good sport and proceed to the next participator. It’s much better if the other players are not inside the room, since several may recall the different belongings in the trunk and make mental notes about what to disregard and what to make use of.
After the Santas are done with their dressing and the requisite pictures have been taken, decide on a winner. Is the winner the Santa who dressed up in 45 seconds, or the one that wore the garden gloves, princess hat and rhinestone belt collaboration? It’s a difficult call, yet a winner must be crowned, as they say. You can award prizes (Santa hats filled up with candies are enjoyable) or else you can keep all of this in fun and permit the good sports know the fun is in the silly playing.