12 Christmas This-or-That Warm-Up Questions

Dinner is nearly ready, which somehow means another twenty minutes. Read one of these Christmas choices aloud and let everyone pick a side. There's no score, no wrong answer and no need to defend your love of dessert before dinner.

Pick a side while the potatoes finish

Pick one, tell someone why, or skip. These original prompts are free to print. Your choices stay on this page only.

1. This or that?

A gingerbread house with a wonky chimneyorA cookie tree leaning dangerously left

2. This or that?

Fairy lights round every windoworOne enormous star above the door

3. This or that?

Hot cocoa with a marshmallow mountainorSpiced apple juice in your biggest mug

4. This or that?

Wrapping paper that squeaks with glitterorBrown paper covered in your own doodles

5. This or that?

A snowball fight before lunchorA sofa blanket fort after lunch

6. This or that?

Singing the wrong carol lyrics loudlyorHumming every tune with great confidence

7. This or that?

A stocking full of tiny surprisesorOne mystery box too big for the tree

8. This or that?

Roast potatoes with extra crunchy edgesorDessert before anyone clears the plates

9. This or that?

A paper crown that keeps slippingorA sweater with bells that keep ringing

10. This or that?

A tree decorated by enthusiastic toddlersorA tree decorated entirely with snacks

11. This or that?

Board games while the pudding heatsorKitchen dancing while the dishes soak

12. This or that?

Finding a forgotten gift in FebruaryorFinding a Christmas cracker in your coat

Keep the conversation going

Original conversation prompts - GoodHolidayStore.com

Let the explanation be the fun part

Ask one person why they chose the blanket fort or the snowball fight. Then give someone else a turn. You don't need to get round the whole table on every prompt; a lively tangent is doing the job already.

Invite guests to point, say their choice or pass. Younger guests can answer with a grown-up. If someone is arriving, carrying plates or settling a child, let them join at the next pair. Nobody needs to catch up.

Take it off the screen

The Print prompts button gives you the twelve pairs on one clean sheet, without the shop cards or your picks. You can also just read them straight off this page.

No cutting. Keep the sheet with the host, read one pair at a time and pause while people talk. Stop whenever dinner is ready. The twelfth question will survive until next year.

Want a printable for each guest?

The separate Christmas Would You Rather product includes 12 choice pairs in matching US Letter and A4 PDFs. Print one copy per guest and provide pens or pencils so everyone can circle choices before comparing answers. It's a separate download with its own prompts, so it won't repeat these twelve.