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.

Present Pileup

In the online Christmas game Present Pileup, you work with the elves in Santa’s factory to wrap presents. Then, place the correct gift in the right box as it goes by on the conveyor belt.

  • Adorable characters.

  • Fast-paced gameplay.

  • No music or sound effects.

  • Tedious drag-and-drop controls.

It sounds easy, but that conveyor belt goes fast. You must wrap presents quickly to go to the next level.

Christmas Tree Light Up!

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.

  • Online instruction manual.

  • Challenging puzzles.

  • No music.

  • Annoying sound effects.

Build a Snowman

Use the accessories to decorate your own virtual snowman in this online Christmas game.

  • Non-competitive fun.

  • Appropriate for small children.

  • No challenge or level progression.

  • Limited selection of snowman accessories.

If you build a snowman you really love, make sure you print it out.

Deep Freeze

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.

  • Similar to the arcade classic Snow Bros.

  • Detailed character designs.

  • Slow load times.

  • Background image never changes.

Santa’s Chimney Trouble

In Santa’s Chimney Trouble, you’ll need to connect the fireplaces to the chimney to succeed at this online Christmas game.

  • Novel concept.

  • Head-scratching puzzles.

  • Complicated instructions.

  • Level time limits.

This fun game requires you to use your problem-solving skills.

Showdown at Santa’s

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.

  • Inspired by The Fairly Odd Parents.

  • Quirky characters.

  • Monotonous levels.

  • Steep difficulty spikes.

  • Ads.

Santa’s Tower

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.

  • Animated opening movie.

  • Original villains.

  • Poor tutorial.

  • Cluttered interface.

  • Ads.

Trim the Tree

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.

  • No way to lose.

  • Accessible to all ages.

  • Narrow selection of decorations.

  • Decorating a tree with candles is a bad idea.

This online Christmas game is more of a time-waster than a game. Still, it’s a lot of fun.

Where’s Frosty?

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.

  • Accessible to non-gamers.

  • Festive background music.

  • No instructions.

  • Automatically reloads when you click the wrong spot.

You can keep playing this game over and over because the snowman is hidden somewhere different in each game.

Christmas Gifts

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.

  • Point-and-click controls.

  • Succinct instructions.

  • Stilted animations.

  • Frustratingly difficult.

Get an even bigger score by throwing the gifts into the houses’ chimneys.

Snowy Meltdown

Snowy Meltdown is a fun game that can be played in collect mode, survival mode, or custom mode. In survival mode, you’ll use the mouse to move your snowball to avoid fireballs for as long as you can. In the collect mode, you’ll do the same, but you’ll collect presents for extra points at the same time.

  • Simple control scheme.

  • Tons of unlockables.

  • Difficult from the beginning.

  • Generic graphics.

After reaching 15 achievements, you can create a custom game where you can set the number of fireballs.

Super Santa Ski Jump

In Super Santa Ski Jump, make Santa jump fast and stylish to get the maximum number of points in this Christmas game. Once you get enough stars on a level, you’ll get to go to the next level.

  • Hilarious animations.

  • Single-button control scheme.

  • Inadequate instructions.

  • Santa looks creepy.

Christmas Tree Sledding

You’ll guide a sled to collect points in this free online Christmas game. To get the points, collect the green Christmas trees and avoid the red ones.

  • Responsive controls.

  • Fast-paced.

  • No instructions.

  • No levels.

Night Before Christmas

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.

  • Addictive gameplay.

  • In-game hints.

  • Time limits on levels.

  • Poor audio quality.

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.

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