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Christmas games online
Our games don't have Santa in them, and we won't pretend they do. What we do have for Christmas is real snow and twinkling lights in some of our favorite games during Winter Lights, gingerbread and cocoa in Copper Pot Kitchen in December, and plenty of games to play together when the whole family is in one room. Everything runs free in your browser.
Snowy for the season
Winter Lights games, Nov 23 to Jan 4 · 6 games
Cozy picks for Christmas week
Snow, cocoa and slow evenings · 8 games
Long playSavesCopper Pot Kitchen
CookingChop, sear and plate real dishes, learn new skills and grow a back-alley stove into the best kitchen in town.
10 minSavesFrost Pairs
Slide pairsSlide carved ice tiles across a frozen pond until twins meet in a line. Tiles on ice keep gliding, so read the floor.
NewLong playSavesCaramel Row
Sweet shopTemper chocolate, pull taffy, pipe fillings and box them beautifully. Grow a market stall into the sweetest shop on the row.
10 minSavesMarigold Mini Golf
Mini golfReal 3D mini golf on six hand made courses: windmills, a pirate cove, temple gates, a ski lift, neon bumpers and a volcano. House players, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Nine.
2 minSavesPennywort Peek
Spot the differenceTwo storybook pictures, a few small changes. Find them all at your own pace across twelve painted places, from a garden to a starry night: a storybook path with stars, endless new pictures and a Daily Peek.
Play together after dinner
Pass one phone around or play on two · 7 games
10 minSavesPipfold
Five dice gameRoll five dice up to three times and fill a 13 box scorecard. Expected-value advice, five house players, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Tray.
10 minSavesFoxglove Farkle
FarkleRoll six dice, set aside the scorers and push your luck or bank. Real odds on every roll, Classic or Old style rules, five house players, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Posy.
10 minSavesPrimrose Paddocks
Dots and BoxesDraw a line, close a box, go again. Dots and boxes on notebook paper with a critter in every paddock: boards 3x3 to 8x8, five house players up to a chain expert, hints, undo and a game review, pass and play for 2 to 4, online with a friend and a Daily Paddocks.
10 minSavesDamson Drop
Four in a RowDrop a disc, line up four. Five house players up to a perfect expert, hints, undo and a game review, Drop or Pop and bigger boards, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Harvest.
10 minSavesSamphire Salvo
Sea battleHide your fleet, call your shots, sink theirs first. The classic pencil and paper sea battle with ships and splashes drawn by hand: quick, classic and big fleets, salvo and hit again rules, five house players up to an odds expert, pass and play, online with a friend and a Daily Fleet.
What's wintry here, honestly
We'd rather you find exactly what you came for, so here is what has a real winter or holiday look and when. Some of it is there all year, and some only arrives for the season.
| Game | What you'll see | When |
|---|---|---|
| Star Solitaire, Canyon Klondike, Moon Jar, Trinket Trio, Pocket Pinball, Sprout Parade | Snow, a string of twinkling lights, three winter goals a day and a keepsake to earn | Winter Lights, Nov 23 to Jan 4 |
| Copper Pot Kitchen | Winter Holidays menu: Gingerbread Friends, Peppermint Cocoa and a Chocolate Yule Log, snow on the kitchen window and a Glass Ornament keepsake | Dec 10 to Dec 30 |
| Copper Pot Kitchen | New Year menu: Confetti Cake and Cheese Puffs, with a Party Popper keepsake | Dec 31 to Jan 6 |
| Frost Pairs | Ice tiles on a frozen pond, a winter village that grows with a skating rink, a cocoa stand and a sleigh, and snow globes to collect | All year |
| Marigold Mini Golf | Snowberry Hollow, an alpine village course with ice, swinging snowballs and a ski lift | All year |
| Yukon Trail | Classic Yukon solitaire in a snowy pine forest | All year |
| Pennywort Peek | A Snowy village chapter of spot the difference pictures | All year |
Copper Pot's menus follow the calendar on your own device. Winter Lights follows the UTC clock, so it's the same for everyone.
Games for the whole family on Christmas Day
The easiest games for a full living room are the ones you pass around. These all have a pass and play mode, so one phone or tablet is enough:
- Pipfold and Foxglove Farkle: dice games for two to four, each person with their own name. Easy to explain to anyone in a minute.
- Marigold Mini Golf: two to four golfers take turns stroke by stroke, and every course is open in pass and play.
- Primrose Paddocks: dots and boxes for two to four on a notebook page.
- Copper Pot Kitchen Family Cook-off: two to four cooks make the same easy dish with no clock, then the judges crown the best plate. It works right from the title screen with no account.
- Cribbage Cabin, Damson Drop and Samphire Salvo: two players, one device, a proper head to head.
If part of the family is far away this year, several of these also play online with a friend. One person makes a room and shares a short code or a link, and the other joins from their own phone or computer. Our holiday games to play with family page has the full list.
Quick picks
- For a quiet hour after presents: Mossnook Jigsaw or a few deals of Star Solitaire.
- For grandparents who love cards: Cribbage Cabin or Canyon Klondike, plus more on our holiday card games page.
- For the kids: Copper Pot's Little Chef mode has bigger buttons, no clock and no way to fail. For learning games with no ads, try our winter break learning games.
- For the competitive cousin: Lamplight Pool with real pool physics, or a race up the Pocket Pinball leaderboard.
- For something long: Sprout Parade has snowy worlds all through Winter Lights. See our games for Christmas break for more.
Questions
Are these Christmas themed games?
A few of them get a real winter look for the season: snow and lights in six games during Winter Lights, and a gingerbread and cocoa menu in Copper Pot Kitchen in December. The rest are games we think fit Christmas week well. We don't have Santa or elf games.
Are the games free?
Yes. Every game here is free to play in your browser, with nothing to download. Winter Lights keepsakes are earned by playing, and nothing in the event is for sale.
Can we play together on one phone?
Yes. Pipfold, Foxglove Farkle, Marigold Mini Golf and Primrose Paddocks take two to four players on one device, and the Copper Pot Family Cook-off takes two to four cooks.
Can we play with family in another house?
Yes, in several games. Cribbage Cabin, Pipfold, Marigold Mini Golf, Lamplight Pool and more have a play a friend mode that connects two devices with a short room code or a link.
When does the snow go away?
Winter Lights runs from November 23 to January 4. The snow and lights leave when it ends, but any keepsakes you earned stay yours.