Hide And Seek
As soon as all the presents have been opened, the game is on!

In round one, the parents set the challenge by purchasing some astonishingly bad gifts. You must then do your best to "Hide" your disappointment at having been given a pair of Argyll socks or tights again.

Play now moves upstairs to the parents' bedroom, where you rustle surreptitiously through the bin, desperately trying to "Seek" out the Marks and Sparks receipts that you know must be lurking somewhere amongst the yards of crumpled wrapping paper.

Pass The Sprouts
After the excitement of putting a paper hat on your head has been allowed to die down, you may enjoy playing the classic dinner table game, "Pass The Sprouts".

One player from the parents' team places a tureen in the centre of the dining table, containing a mound of blanched and pureed globes that may once have been sprouts.

Play moves clockwise around the table as the other players "pass the sprouts", poking them occasionally with a fork and saying "Mmm, these look good", but never taking one, as if in fear for their lives. The winner is the person at the end of dinner who hasn't been talked into having a sprout.