Christmas Games for Kids to Enjoy Through the Holidays
Quick answer
KidsGameLand's Christmas games guide lists 12 free holiday games for kids, including coloring, festive jigsaws, Santa's workshop, cooking, dress-up and one-tap Santa games. They open in the browser with no download or account, and each pick notes the controls and the age it suits best.
The weeks before Christmas are full of waiting, and a few festive games are an easy way to fill a rainy afternoon or the last hour before bedtime. The games below bring Santa, presents, decorations and snowy rooftops to the screen, and every one runs in the browser, with nothing to install and no account to create.
They are grouped by type, so you can pick a calm coloring or puzzle game for a younger child, a cooking or workshop game for a bit of planning, or a quick Santa action game for short breaks.
Calm games for younger children
Drawing Christmas For Kids and Draw Glow Christmas are gentle choices for preschoolers: the first fills festive pictures with colour, the second shows each step so a child can draw Santa and a Christmas tree without any experience. Baby Hazel Christmas Time works through holiday jobs one at a time with clicks or taps.
Jigsaws are another quiet favourite. Christmas Ornaments Jigsaw Puzzles lets you choose 16, 36 or 64 pieces, so the same pictures work for a five-year-old and an older sibling, and Christmas Hexa Puzzle swaps the usual shapes for hexagons.
Games with a bit of planning
Christmas Factory turns Santa's workshop into a small production line, with each toy moving from order form to wrapping and loading. Santa Cooking asks kids to build burgers and toast exactly as each customer ordered, and Christmas Match3 rewards a little thinking ahead with every swap.
These games suit children around six to nine who enjoy keeping track of a task. They also make a good shared activity: one child plays while another reads out the orders.
Quick festive action and good to know
For short bursts, Lets Do It Santa needs just one tap to drop each present down a chimney, Stick Santa stretches a stick between snowy rooftops, and Santa Gift Bike Race asks riders to keep a bike full of presents balanced over the bumps. Girls Christmas Ball lets kids dress six friends for a Christmas Eve ball.
All games are free to play in the browser, and some show short adverts between rounds. Christmas games stay in the Christmas Games collection all year, and the Winter & Snow Games collection has more sledging and snowy fun.
Pick comparison
| Game | Type | Why it made the list |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Hazel Christmas Time | Girls | A toddler and her friends get everything ready before Santa arrives, one holiday job at a time. Clicks or taps are all it takes, which suits preschoolers. |
| Drawing Christmas For Kids | Girls | Paint festive pictures and friendly animals, and watch them come to life with small animations. Mouse and tap controls suit even kindergartners. |
| Draw Glow Christmas | Girls | Santa, a Christmas tree or a present is drawn step by step with glittering brushes, with each step shown first. No drawing experience needed. |
| Christmas Ornaments Jigsaw Puzzles | Puzzles | Baubles and decorations to piece together, with 16, 36 or 64 pieces to choose from. Easy to match to any age. |
| Christmas Hexa Puzzle | Puzzles | A festive picture rebuilt from hexagon tiles instead of the usual jigsaw shapes. A calm puzzle with a twist. |
| Christmas Match3 | Hypercasual | Match three or more wrapped presents to clear them from the board. Each swap changes what falls next, so a little planning pays off. |
| Santa Cooking | Cooking | Put together burgers and toast for a queue of customers, following each order exactly. Good practice in reading orders and working quickly. |
| Christmas Factory | Cooking | Run Santa's workshop as a production line, moving each toy from order form to wrapping and loading. A small management game for planners. |
| Lets Do It Santa | Racing | One tap sends a present down a chimney as the rooftops pass below. The whole skill is timing, which makes it great for short breaks. |
| Santa Gift Bike Race | Racing | Ride a bike loaded with presents and keep your balance over bumps and slopes with the arrow keys or the mouse. |
| Stick Santa | Arcade | Hold to grow a stick, release to bridge the gap between snowy rooftops. A one-button game that is easy to learn and hard to master. |
| Girls Christmas Ball | Girls | Six friends need dresses, hairstyles and accessories for a Christmas Eve ball. Click and drag, or tap and slide, to style each look. |
Our Picks
1. Baby Hazel Christmas Time
A toddler and her friends get everything ready before Santa arrives, one holiday job at a time. Clicks or taps are all it takes, which suits preschoolers.
2. Drawing Christmas For Kids
Paint festive pictures and friendly animals, and watch them come to life with small animations. Mouse and tap controls suit even kindergartners.
3. Draw Glow Christmas
Santa, a Christmas tree or a present is drawn step by step with glittering brushes, with each step shown first. No drawing experience needed.
4. Christmas Ornaments Jigsaw Puzzles
Baubles and decorations to piece together, with 16, 36 or 64 pieces to choose from. Easy to match to any age.
5. Christmas Hexa Puzzle
A festive picture rebuilt from hexagon tiles instead of the usual jigsaw shapes. A calm puzzle with a twist.
6. Christmas Match3
Match three or more wrapped presents to clear them from the board. Each swap changes what falls next, so a little planning pays off.
7. Santa Cooking
Put together burgers and toast for a queue of customers, following each order exactly. Good practice in reading orders and working quickly.
8. Christmas Factory
Run Santa's workshop as a production line, moving each toy from order form to wrapping and loading. A small management game for planners.
9. Lets Do It Santa
One tap sends a present down a chimney as the rooftops pass below. The whole skill is timing, which makes it great for short breaks.
10. Santa Gift Bike Race
Ride a bike loaded with presents and keep your balance over bumps and slopes with the arrow keys or the mouse.
11. Stick Santa
Hold to grow a stick, release to bridge the gap between snowy rooftops. A one-button game that is easy to learn and hard to master.
12. Girls Christmas Ball
Six friends need dresses, hairstyles and accessories for a Christmas Eve ball. Click and drag, or tap and slide, to style each look.
A couple of festive games can become a small family tradition in the run-up to Christmas. Pick one calm game and one quick one, save the favourites with the heart button, and visit the Christmas Games collection for more holiday fun.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Are these Christmas games free?
Yes. All of them are free to play in the browser, with no download and no account. Some show short adverts between rounds.
Which Christmas games suit preschoolers?
Try Drawing Christmas For Kids, Draw Glow Christmas and Baby Hazel Christmas Time. They use simple clicks or taps and have no time pressure.
Can we play Christmas games outside December?
Yes. The Christmas Games collection stays on the site all year, so favourite games are always there.
Do these games work on a tablet?
Most of them do, because they are played with taps or simple drags. A few, such as Santa Gift Bike Race, also support the keyboard.