Conversation Questions for Christmas

I like to have topic options at the ready when we are having company over. Christmas and family over is no exception to that, although most people probably know their family pretty well and have conversation starters at the ready. 

But if you have aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews and you haven't talked with one another in a while, it might be a good idea to have something ready with a specified time for sharing thoughts and memories. It's also a great way to get your kids to open up with grandparents and other family they haven't seen in a while. Yes, everyone will groan, but it sure gives you some sweet memories. And it seems these memory moments are tasked to us mothers.

So here is a curated list of questions from the internet that you can print out and cut up and use for conversation starters. 

• Do you prefer gingerbread cookies or sugar cookies? 

• What’s your favorite Christmas song? 

• Would you prefer snow on Christmas or sunshine? 

• Which family tradition do you want to pass down to your family? 

• Do you like getting gifts or do you feel awkward about it? 

• What is a Christmas song that makes you cringe? 

• If you could have any job in the world for one day, what would it be? 

• Finish this thought, “It wouldn’t be Christmas without……..” 

• Share something about yourself that you think no one else knows. 

• What commercial from childhood can you say or sing from memory? 

• What has been some helpful advice to your marriage? 

• What is something you don’t mind spending extra money on? 

• What is one ritual you have in your everyday life that you love? 

• What fashion trend do you want to come back into style? 

• What is your favorite way to serve others during the holidays and beyond? 

• What is a favorite Christmas memory that has stuck with you through the years?  

• If you could choose your age forever, what would it be and why? 

• Pick something out of your pocket or purse and tell why it’s important to you. 

• What is your most memorable trip? 

• What is one question you wish people would ask you more often? 

• What’s a top thing on your bucket list? 

• Which celebrity would you like to have as a friend? What would you buy them for Christmas?

A lady from church mentioned their way of doing this for parties, so our family tried it for Thanksgiving and enjoyed it: The first person takes a question and answers it; then the next person answers that same question and a new one that they pick. Then the next person answers the last person's new question plus another one that they pick out. And so on around the circle. Everyone answers two questions at a time this way.

If you keep the questions light-hearted and not too sappy or personal, you learn a lot about one another and it gives everyone a chance to talk.

Merry Christmas!