Look at the family member to your left: What are your two favorite things about them?.What news event do you vividly remember hearing about as a child, and where were you?.Name a favorite family Christmas ornament and why it is special.What is the best present your spouse/partner has ever given you? The worst?.What is your favorite holiday road trip memory?.What are two things you don't mind spending extra money on?.What has been the most helpful advice to your marriage? The worst advice?.Driving or eating out: What is your pet peeve in either of these situations?.What is the best thing your mother-in-law or father-in-law ever did to/for you? The worst?.What is a poster you had in junior high (or wish you could have had)?.Share something you have an irrational fear of that makes your spouse laugh.Finish this sentence: 'My spouse has way too many _.'.What commercial from childhood can you say or sing from memory?.When was the last time you got the giggles at an inappropriate time?.What is one item of your spouse's/partner’s clothing you wish you could throw away?.Guess what: You're not traveling to see your in-laws this Christmas! Where will you go instead?.What in your life has to be a certain color or you won't buy it? (Toothbrush? Car?) Why?.What was your first car and how did it meet its demise?.Share three things about yourself that you think no one here knows.What 'role' do you have in your family (black sheep, family comedian, perfect child)?.Finish this thought, 'It wouldn't be Christmas without _.'.What is one food item you hide from your spouse or kids during the holidays?.What is your most embarrassing experience where you forgot an important piece of information?.What is a cherished family tradition from your childhood?.If you could have any job in the world for one day, what would it be?.When you close your eyes and think of your 'happy place,' where is it?.What characteristic is most important to you in co-workers?.If you could be a character in a holiday movie, who would you be and why?.What is the ugliest Christmas ornament you have ever seen?.What is your least favorite holiday side dish?.

If there were a moment in your life that you could do over, what would it be?.What kind of holiday shopper are you: Black Friday? Christmas Eve? Yearlong hoarder?.You’re walking down the street, feeling great - what holiday song would be playing in the background?.What is one place you shop that might surprise people?.What is one thing you own that you wish that you didn't?.If you could listen in on any room in the world, which room would it be?.What part of your work environment is your favorite?.What is a phrase or quote that comes to mind that helps you when you are stressed?.What is the coolest gift you ever gave someone?.What is a Christmas song that makes you cringe?.If you were served a three-course meal, what would you want for each of those?.Share a memorable gift-opening moment from your childhood.Either way, you'll be happy to have these little gems tucked away when you get cornered at the cocktail party! For Work Parties Here are some great ice-breaker questions to liven up the conversations! Print em out and bring them to your work party, or snuggle up in front of the fire for some open ended sharing.

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