20 Christmas Conversation Starters

Christmas is a time for gathering your family close and enjoying the time you have together. As you sit around the table, conversation starters are a great way to foster connection. Christmas questions and conversation starters are the perfect way to spark a meaningful conversation about the Christmas season! We’ve pulled 20 Christmas conversation starters from the Gather app, so you can answer these Christmas questions with your family! Have a meaningful and memorable conversation that can be silly, fun, and deep at the same time.


20 Christmas Conversation Starters:

Ask these Christmas conversation starters with your family to spark a Christmas themed conversation!

  1. What is your favorite thing to eat this time of year?

  2. What's a Christmas movie you absolutely have to watch each year?

  3. If you could spend Christmas Eve in a totally new place this year, where would you go? Why?

  4. If you could go back in time to visit a Christmas day in the past, which year would you choose? Where would you go?

  5. What is a gift you were excited to receive as a child?

  6. What is one activity that fills you with joy each holiday season?

  7. Who is the easiest person to choose a gift for?

  8. Who is the hardest person to choose a gift for?

  9. What is your number one guilty pleasure during the holidays?

  10. What's your favorite song to sing or listen to this time of year?

  11. What is your favorite Christmas tradition and why?

  12. What new Christmas tradition would you like to start?

  13. What emotions come to the surface for you during the holiday season? Why?

  14. Who is one person, dead or alive, you would like to have Christmas dinner with, and why?

  15. What do you yearn for or miss most around the holidays? Why do you think this is?

  16. What does having "Christmas spirit" mean to you?

  17. What's one thing that instantly makes any holiday better?

  18. Finish the sentence - It wouldn't be Christmas without:

  19. If you could give a Christmas gift to everyone in the world this year, what would it be?

  20. How can you integrate a bit of Christmas joy into your life throughout the year?


Did you like these Christmas conversation starters? We have more Christmas conversations and holiday conversation starters on the Gather app! Get the Holiday Conversation Pack, with five different guided conversations about Christmas and the holiday season. The Christmas questions on Gather are great for family dinners or holiday date nights!

Madison McClung