Gaming > Game Play > Free Online Christmas Games to Make Your Holiday Season Merry and Bright Stay joyful with Christmas-themed games By Stacy Fisher Stacy Fisher Technology Educator Emporia State University Stacy is a professional technology educator with over 25 years' experience. She has published hundreds of articles, co-authored a book, and has appeared on national and local TV. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on November 4, 2024 Game Play Consoles & PCs Gaming Services Game Play & Streaming Mobile Gaming Close These are the best free online Christmas games that are sure to get rid of holiday stress and replace it with holiday fun. These free online games for Christmas are for kids, adults, and everyone in-between. You'll find puzzle games, arcade games, dress-up games, racing games, and more. If it's Christmas-themed, you'll probably find it below. Since Adobe ended Flash support in December 2020, some of the games listed below aren't guaranteed to work properly or they may require downloading another third-party plug-in. Always exercise caution when downloading and installing .exe files from the web. 01 of 10 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 that your tree lights up. Play Christmas Tree Light Up! 02 of 10 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 03 of 10 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 connect the fireplaces to the chimney to succeed at this online Christmas game. This fun game requires you to use your problem-solving skills. Play Santa's Chimney Trouble 04 of 10 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. Ads. In Showdown at Santa's, you're Timmy, and you're protecting Santa from his enemies. You throw snowballs at your enemies to defeat them in this fast-paced, online Christmas game. Play Showdown at Santa's 05 of 10 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 06 of 10 Santa's Tower Game Hero What We Like Animated opening movie. Original villains. What We Don't Like Poor tutorial. Cluttered interface. Ads. In this game, you'll protect Santa from the evil Red Beard and his gang. Don't let the goons go up to Santa's Tower, or it will be the end of the road for you. Play Santa's Tower 07 of 10 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 custom Christmas tree. This online Christmas game is more of a time-waster than a game. Still, it's a lot of fun. Play Trim the Tree 08 of 10 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 09 of 10 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 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 10 of 10 Where's Frosty? Primary Games What We Like Accessible to non-gamers. Festive background music. What We Don't Like No instructions. Automatically reloads 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. 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? Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit