Holidays and New Year’s Eve — a game show at the table

After dinner, before someone puts on another film. Two teams — kitchen vs sofa, or visitors vs hosts. Questions about traditions, dishes and what always happens in this family.

How it runs

1. Split into two teams at the table or on the sofas.
2. The host reads a question about the holidays or the family.
3. First to buzz or raise a hand answers.
4. The TV board shows what is actually popular in this group.
5. A few rounds — then back to dessert.

Questions about this specific family work better than generic “what do people eat at Christmas”. You can collect them in 10 minutes from two or three people.

Sample questions

• What is always on the Christmas table — even if nobody eats it?
• Who sits down first, and who is always late?
• What sentence comes out before anyone opens presents?
• What goes wrong at the last minute before dinner?
• Which dish comes back every year even though nobody praises it?
• What do the kids do when the adults “stay at the table a bit longer”?

A round about what actually happened, not what you’re supposed to say in a midnight toast. Teams guess the group’s most common answers: mishaps, pride, plans, things nobody wants to repeat.

Sample questions

• What went wrong this year that we can joke about now?
• What are we proud of — privately, not on LinkedIn?
• Which resolution will be said at midnight and dead in January?
• What are we leaving in the old year?
• Where should this group go in the new one?

The board stays in FamiliVersus. What comes up at the New Year’s table doesn’t have to leave the room.

Instead of a buzzer — a short task: first to find something red, stack napkins, or get the first two bars of a carol right. The winner gets the right to answer on the board. FamiliVersus still keeps the score.

Tasks should last a few seconds and be obvious to judge. The host is the referee — the app can’t see it.