December is busy, loud and full of other people. For many couples the most romantic month of the year is the one with the least time alone. A few Christmas sex games fix that without a big plan: the tree, the wrapping paper and the mistletoe are already in the house, so all you add is a set of rules and a little nerve.
No time to write dares between the shopping and the cooking? The sex games for couples online on LovePlay run in a browser tab and sort their tasks from soft to hot, so a holiday night needs no preparation at all.
The naughty or nice rule
Every game below runs on one rule. Each of you writes two short lists before you start: nice (kisses, massage, compliments, slow undressing) and naughty (the bolder things you would both enjoy). Swap the lists and cross out anything you do not want. Whatever survives on both lists is the menu for the night, and any naughty task can be traded down to a nice one without a word of explanation. It often turns up a wish you did not know your partner had.
Then set the room: ceiling light off, tree lights on, a blanket on the floor, a pine or orange candle, and a playlist that starts with the cheesy classics and slides into something slower.
Games under the tree
1. Unwrap me
One of you is the present. A ribbon around a wrist, a bow on lingerie, a gift tag on a sweater. The other unwraps slowly, one layer at a time, with one hand only. Rushing costs a naughty forfeit.
2. Guess your gift
Before you open the real presents, take turns giving one hint about each gift you bought. Guess it in one try and you earn a favor, miss and the giver picks a naughty task for you. Ten ordinary minutes of Christmas morning become foreplay.
3. The naughty stocking
Fill a stocking with folded slips: half from the nice list, half from the naughty one. Hang it next to the family stockings so it looks innocent. Draw a slip whenever you pass it, and you have until bedtime to do what it says.
4. Secret Santa dares
Each of you buys or makes three tiny gifts: a blindfold, a feather, a massage candle, a love coupon you make online. Each comes with a dare in the card. Do it now, or save it and owe a bigger one later.
Games by the fire
5. Mistletoe rules
Hang a sprig of mistletoe and move it every evening: bedroom doorway, kitchen, above the sofa. Every time you both end up underneath, you owe each other a kiss, each one longer and lower than the last.
6. Snow day strip
Winter layers are made for this: scarf, hat, socks and gloves all count, so the game lasts. Play quick rounds of cards or holiday trivia, and the loser removes one layer. Our strip card games for two give you better rounds than plain luck, and the strip forfeit ideas help once someone runs out of clothes.
7. The peppermint kiss
Suck a candy cane or a mint, then kiss your partner's neck, collarbone or chest. Cool tingle, then warm breath; a sip of hot cocoa does the reverse. Blindfolded, guess whether the next kiss is cold or warm. Keep peppermint above the waist.
8. Christmas movie dares
Pick a holiday film you both know. Each of you chooses three clichés: snowed in, big city career loses to a small town, a kiss under the mistletoe. When yours happens on screen, your partner owes you a dare.
Games for after the guests leave
9. Mr and Mrs Claus
Write five spicy questions: the gift you would most like to unwrap tonight, your favorite place to be touched, a fantasy never said out loud. Answer in secret, then guess each other's. Every correct guess earns a kiss, every wrong one earns a demonstration of the right answer.
10. The naughty list role play
Santa is checking his list, and one of you has been very naughty this year. The other plays Santa and decides how the naughty one earns their way back to the nice list. Shy about role play? These easy role play ideas warm you up, and the role play game hands you ready scenarios.
11. Ice and the fireplace
One partner lies back with a blindfold. The other alternates an ice cube with a warm hand or warm massage oil, moving slowly down the body. Guess "ice" or "fire" before each touch lands. Our guide to blindfold play for couples covers how to keep it exciting and safe.
12. Spin the ornament
For the finale, load the best dares of the night onto a wheel and let chance decide. A spin the wheel game does it in one tap, sexy slots gives you a lever to pull, and a holiday truth or dare keeps going for as long as you want it to.
Twelve nights instead of one
Christmas Eve is often the busiest evening of the year, so do not put all your hopes on it. Play one game per night from 13 to 24 December, gentlest to hottest: twelve sealed envelopes, one opened each evening. A tired night costs nothing, the envelope waits. If you like playing to a calendar, our sex calendar for couples carries the idea through the rest of the year.
When family is in the house
Thin walls at the in-laws change the game rather than cancel it:
- The dare thread. One small dare by text every hour. Fail one and you owe a bigger dare at home.
- The secret signal. A gesture or a word at the dinner table. Every time it lands unnoticed, you are owed something later.
- The silent massage. A slow massage under the covers with no sound allowed. First to sigh loses.
Keep it merry and safe
- Mint, menthol, cinnamon and sugar stay away from genitals. Use plain lubricant instead.
- Candles away from the tree and paper, and out before anyone wears a blindfold.
- Watch the eggnog. One drink loosens things up, three make a clear yes harder to read.
- A stop word ends any game at once, and a swap from naughty to nice never needs a reason.
Not sure which dares you both want? A kink list for couples shows only the things you both said yes to, so you can fill the naughty lists in minutes. For a softer evening, these holiday date night ideas at home pair well with the games here, and if October comes first, our Halloween sex games get the season started.
Frequently asked questions
Mix one gift game, one cozy game and one game for later. Unwrap me, guess your gift and the naughty stocking are easy openers, mistletoe rules and snow day strip raise the heat, and the naughty list role play or a holiday truth or dare make a good finale. Three or four in one night is plenty.
Play one game per night from 13 to 24 December, in rising order of heat, so the countdown builds toward Christmas Eve. Write the twelve on cards, seal them in envelopes and open one each evening. A night you skip simply rolls over to the next one.
Keep mint, menthol, cinnamon and sugar away from genitals. They can sting, irritate the skin and upset the vaginal balance. Peppermint is fine for kisses on the mouth, neck and chest, and for anything lower use a plain lubricant or a massage oil sold for intimate use.
Choose quiet games that live on a phone or in a whisper: a running dare text thread through the day, a secret signal at the dinner table, or a slow massage that has to stay completely silent. Keep anything louder for the night you are back home.
No. Paper slips, a stocking, a ribbon, a scarf for a blindfold and whatever is already under the tree cover all twelve games. A browser game can replace the slips if you would rather not write dares yourself.
Light the tree and play
Write your naughty and nice lists tonight, hang the stocking, and let the first envelope open on 13 December.
