Gaming Game Play & Streaming 30 Best Free Online Christmas Games Stay joyful with Christmas-themed games By Stacy Fisher Stacy is a freelancer with over 18 years experience writing about technology and personal finance. She has published hundreds of articles and co-authored a book. our editorial process Stacy Fisher Updated December 10, 2019 Peter Mueller/Getty Images Game Play & Streaming Consoles & PCs Cheats & Codes Gaming Services Game Play & Streaming Mobile Gaming Tweet Share Email These are the best free online Christmas games that are sure to get rid of some of that holiday stress and replace it with holiday fun. Take a few minutes to try your hand at some of these games. The free online games for Christmas below are for kids, adults, and everyone in-between. There are puzzle games, arcade games, dress-up games, racing games, and more. If it's Christmas-themed, then you'll probably find it below. Flash is required for most of these games. Enabling Flash in most browsers is easy; follow these steps for turning on Flash in Chrome if you need help. 01 of 30 Santa vs. Jack Frost Primary Games What We Like Rocking soundtrack. Stylish animations. What We Don't Like Repetitive level designs. Awkward controls. In this action-packed game, you're Santa and you're in a rush to deliver all the gifts. You'll earn points for each time you deliver a present. Watch out for the obstacles because Jack Frost's icicles and tall buildings could mean the end of the game. Play Santa Vs. Jack Frost 02 of 30 Snowline Primary Games What We Like Clever concept. Challenging puzzles. What We Don't Like Choppy animations. Vague instructions. In this unique online Christmas game, Santa has a big problem. His reindeer have the day off, and he needs your help him deliver presents without them. You'll need to draw a snow line for Santa to follow in this fun, problem-solving game. Play Snowline 03 of 30 Dodge to the Lodge Primary Games What We Like Similar to "Frogger." Smooth controls. What We Don't Like Unapologetically unoriginal. Level time limits. Here, your job is to guide a beaver back to his lodge by jumping from log-to-log across the river. Watch out for the bears, porcupines, and bees so they don't send your beaver back to the start. Play Dodge the Lodge 04 of 30 Ashton's Family Resort Primary Games What We Like Simple point-and-click controls. Helpful tutorials. What We Don't Like Frequent load times. Bland characters. Ashton's Family Resort is a time management game where your goal is to keep your guests happy by keeping them stocked up with firewood, cleaning their cabins, and helping them build a snowman. Don't worry if that sounds like a handful because this game has a great tutorial to help you get started. Play Ashton's Family Resort 05 of 30 Present Pileup Primary Games What We Like Adorable characters. Fast paced gameplay. What We Don't Like No music or sound effects. Tedious drag-and-drop controls. In the online Christmas game Present Pileup, you're working with the elves in Santa's factory to wrap presents. Place the correct present in the correct box as it goes by on the conveyor belt. It sounds easy, but that conveyor belt goes fast and you've to got be quick to get enough presents wrapped so you can go to the next level. Play Present Pileup 06 of 30 Christmas Tree Light Up! Primary Games What We Like Online instruction manual. Challenging puzzles. What We Don't Like No music. Annoying sound effects. Christmas Tree Light Up! is an online Christmas game that will have you scratching your head. You'll need to move the tiles to connect all the wires and light bulbs so your tree lights up. Play Christmas Tree Light Up! 07 of 30 Santa Ski Jump Primary Games What We Like Hilarious animations. Single-button control scheme. What We Don't Like Inadequate instructions. Santa looks creepy. In Santa Ski Jump, make Santa jump fast and stylish to get the maximum number of points in this Christmas game. Once you get enough stars on a level, you'll get to go onto the next. Play Santa Ski Jump 08 of 30 Thin Ice Miniclip What We Like Cute characters. Dozens of unique levels. What We Don't Like Cumbersome controls. Surprisingly difficult. If you want to win Thin Ice, then you better have some great skating skills. To pass each level, skate circles around all the monsters to make them fall in the water. Play Thin Ice 09 of 30 Snow Drift Miniclip What We Like Gorgeous graphics. Tense platforming action. What We Don't Like Slippery controls. Weird looking enemies. In Snow Drift, you take out monsters by making Yeti slide into them. This fast-paced game is fun for all ages. Play Snow Drift 10 of 30 Wrap Attack Miniclip What We Like Beautiful level designs. Intricate character animations. What We Don't Like Poor controls. Hideous title screen and opening cutscene. There's a lot going on in Wrap Attack. You're Tommy and you need to rescue a kidnapped Santa while wrapping toys. This is an adventure, arcade-style game that will have you playing for hours. Play Wrap Attack 11 of 30 Santa's Gift Jump Miniclip What We Like Fluid mouse controls. Relaxing soundtrack. What We Don't Like Insufficient instructions. Repetitive levels. Santa's Gift Jump is a fun online Christmas game where you're Santa and you're trying to catch the presents as they fall from the sky. Jump to catch the presents and earn even more points by double-clicking to jump extra high. Play Santa's Gift Jump 12 of 30 Santa's Cannon Miniclip What We Like Solid visual presentation. Catchy Christmas soundtrack. What We Don't Like Unhelpful tutorials. Confusing controls. In Santa's Cannon, you help Santa deliver his presents in quite a unique manner. Load the cannon with the appropriate Christmas toy and then shoot it at the right house to win. Pay Santa's Cannon 13 of 30 Evil Elves 2 What We Like Cool opening cutscene. Jet-powered Santa. What We Don't Like Loose controls. Aggressive enemies. Evil Elves have stolen all of Santa's presents in this online Christmas game. Find all the presents and throw snowballs at the elves before time runs out. If you want to win, you'll have to escape on your sleigh before you're out of time. Play Evil Elves 2 14 of 30 Build a Snowman North Pole What We Like Non-competitive fun. Appropriate for small children. What We Don't Like No challenge or level progression. Limited selection of snowman accessories. Use the accessories to decorate your own virtual snowman in this online Christmas game. If you build a snowman you really love, make sure you print it out. Play Build a Snowman 15 of 30 Deep Freeze Santa Games What We Like Similar to the arcade classic "Snow Bros." Detailed character designs. What We Don't Like Slow load times. Background image never changes. In this game, you'll use your water gun to deep freeze the bad guys. Watch out because each level gets more and more challenging. Play Deep Freeze 16 of 30 Santa's Chimney Trouble Santa Games What We Like Novel concept. Head-scratching puzzles. What We Don't Like Complicated instructions. Level time limits. In Santa's Chimney Trouble, you'll need to make sure you connect the fireplaces to the chimney to succeed at this online Christmas game. This is a fun game that requires you to use your problem-solving skills. Play Santa's Chimney Trouble 17 of 30 Showdown at Santa's What We Like Inspired by "The Fairly Odd Parents." Quirky characters. What We Don't Like Monotonous levels. Steep difficulty spikes. In Showdown at Santa's, you're Timmy and you are protecting Santa from his enemies. You'll be able to throw snowballs at your enemies to defeat them in this fast-paced, online Christmas game. Play Showdown at Santa's 18 of 30 Happy Santa Agame What We Like Decent graphics. Entertaining sound effects. What We Don't Like Sluggish controls. Laggy animations. In this online Christmas game, you're Santa and you need to get your presents delivered right away. Use the arrow keys to fly and the space bar to throw the gifts down the chimneys in this Christmas game. Play Happy Santa 19 of 30 Santa Rush BGames What We Like Sharp, colorful graphics. Santa explodes when he crashes. What We Don't Like Unintuitive controls. Unreliable physics. In this game, you're driving Santa as fast as you can to make sure you deliver all the presents before morning. Use your arrow keys to move, and use the space bar to shoot presents in this fun game. Play Santa Rush 20 of 30 Santa Caught Christmas Mind Jolt What We Like Cute animations. Easy controls. What We Don't Like Only one level. A little too simple. In Santa Caught Christmas, your goal is to help Santa catch as many presents as possible before time runs out. Don't forget that this game requires you to drop your load of presents into your sleigh before they fall. Play Santa Caught Christmas 21 of 30 Santa's Tower Game Hero What We Like Animated opening movie. Original villains. What We Don't Like Poor tutorial. Cluttered interface. In this game, you'll be protecting Santa from the evil Red Beard and his gang. Don't let the goons up to Santa's Tower, or it will mean the end of the road for you. Play Santa's Tower 22 of 30 Christmas Gifts Primary Games What We Like Point-and-click controls. Succinct instructions. What We Don't Like Stilted animations. Frustratingly difficult. In this online Christmas game, you'll throw presents to the houses that don't already have presents in hopes of getting a high score. Get an even bigger score by throwing the gifts into the houses' chimneys. Play Christmas Gifts 23 of 30 Snowy Meltdown Primary Games What We Like Simple control scheme. Tons of unlockables. What We Don't Like Difficult from the beginning. Generic graphics. Snowy Meltdown is a fun game that can be played in collect mode, survival mode, or custom mode. In survival mode, you'll need to use your mouse to move your snowball to avoid fireballs for as long as you can. In the collect mode, you'll do the same but the collect presents for extra points at the same time. After reaching 15 achievements, you'll be able to create a custom game where you can set the number of fireballs. Play Snowy Meltdown 24 of 30 Christmas Tree Sledding A Kid's Heart What We Like Responsive controls. Fast paced. What We Don't Like No instructions. No levels. You'll be guiding a sled to collect points in this free online Christmas game. To get the points, you'll need to collect the green Christmas trees and avoid the red ones. Play Christmas Tree Sledding 25 of 30 Trim the Tree North Pole What We Like No way to lose. Accessible to all ages. What We Don't Like Narrow selection of decorations. Decorating a tree with candles is a bad idea. This online Christmas game is so simple that little ones can play on their own. Drag and drop the Christmas tree decorations to make your own custom Christmas tree. This online Christmas game is really more of a time-waster than a game, but it's a lot of fun. Play Trim the Tree 26 of 30 Night Before Christmas Primary Games What We Like Addictive gameplay. In-game hints. What We Don't Like Time limits on levels. Poor audio quality. Night Before Christmas is an online Christmas game that's similar to Bejeweled. You'll want to clear the green presents in the background of the screen to move onto the next level. Be sure to check out the instructions for this online Christmas game because they give you some great tips on how to create power-ups to get even more points. Play Night Before Christmas 27 of 30 Off the Edge Christmas Ornaments A Kid's Heart What We Like Useful power-ups. Clear instructions. What We Don't Like No high score leader board. Uninspired graphics. To win this online Christmas game, you'll need to match three similar ornaments to remove them from the screen. If your ornaments reach the edge of the screen, you'll lose the level. Beware of hazards like the Christmas tree that adds more ornaments to the board. Play Off the Edge Christmas Ornaments 28 of 30 Sleigh Shot Classic Miniclip What We Like Funny concept. Play at your own pace. What We Don't Like No music. Obnoxious sound effects. In this free Christmas game, you play Santa as he competes in the Long Distance Sleigh Shot. The goal is to fire Santa as far as you can. Click once to position the cannon, and again to adjust the speed of the launch. The better you do each turn, the more money you earn, which you can redeem for boosts and other special tricks. Play Sleigh Shot Classic 29 of 30 Reindeer Bounce Miniclip What We Like Cutesy presentation. Novel spin on the "Breakout" formula. What We Don't Like Relentlessly challenging from the start. Laggy controls. Can you save Santa's reindeer from losing control? Your job with this free online Christmas game is to bounce the reindeer back to safety while avoiding the bombs! Use your mouse to position the tray correctly at the bottom of the screen to make each reindeer bounce. Once they've bounced a few times, they'll shoot back into the sky where they belong. Play Reindeer Bounce 30 of 30 Where's Frosty? Primary Games What We Like Accessible to non-gamers. Festive background music. What We Don't Like No instructions. Reloads automatically when you click the wrong spot. In this Christmas-themed online game, your objective is to help Santa find Frosty. Each picture has a hidden snowman; just click Frosty to tell Santa where he is. You can keep playing this game over and over because the snowman is hidden somewhere different in each game. Play Where's Frosty?