Christmas is one of the times of the year when family gather and spend time together, so it's inevitable that board games will be on the agenda, with a massive 84% of us sitting down to play over the Christmas period.
Thanks to the latest research we can now reveal that of those who like to play board games at Christmas, a huge 31% of them chose Monopoly as their favourite game! Other classics such as Scrabble, Pictionary, Cluedo and Chess were also included in the top 10, with the newest game in the chart being Cards Against Humanity, which appears at number 7. This game was also the only card game to be included in the list.
UK’s top 10 favourite after dinner games
- Monopoly
- Trivial Pursuit
- Scrabble
- Pictionary
- Cluedo
- Draughts / Checkers
- Cards Against Humanity
- Chess
- Battleship
- Yahtzee
Unusually it seems that the tech-savvy, younger generation are more inclined to play games, with more 18-24-year-olds playing than the older generations. Although the popularity of the games do change according to age, there is a clear favourite with young adults - Cards Against Humanity. Whilst this was much less popular with the older age groups.
Speaking about the research the PR Manager at Coral Casino, who provided the data, said, “Our research shows that, however popular high tech gifts have become at Christmas, the long standing tradition of sitting down with friends and family to a good board game after their Festive feast is alive and well."
Will you be playing any of the games this year?
Now that Christmas is almost upon us and no doubt you'll be putting up your decorations, if you haven't already. Take a look at how some celebrities have been getting ready for the festive season in our gallery below.
Celebrities getting in the festive spirit
1 of 36Ferne McCann and baby Sunday
Ferne and baby Sunday look too cute all snuggled up in the snow.
2 of 36Megan McKenna
Megan and a v sparkly Christmas tree.
3 of 36Gemma Collins
Gemma's been sharing a whole load of photos as fans make her their Christmas angel.
4 of 36Ed Sheeran
Either Ed is actually really, really tiny, or that's a very large Christmas tree.
5 of 36Mariah Carey
It's not a festive gallery without at least one snap from the Queen of Christmas, herself. And her tree does not disappoint this year.
6 of 36Mario Falcone
Mario's been out shopping for Christmas decorations.
7 of 36Kylie Jenner
Kylie's opted for a very pink Christmas tree this year. Is she trying to tell us something...?
8 of 36Charlotte Crosby
It's not Christmas until you've downed about 425352 mulled wines and a giant Bratwurst at Winter Wonderland, is it, Char?
9 of 36Britney Spears
We're pretty sure Britney's won the giant Christmas tree competition this year.
10 of 36Gary Beadle
Gaz, not so much...
11 of 36Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton shared a super cute festive throwback with her sister Nicky.
12 of 36Giovanna Fletcher
Looks like Giovanna had a fab time making new friends in the snow.
13 of 36Tom Fletcher
Meanwhile, Tom's been decorating the house with some personalised stockings for all the family.
14 of 36Zoella
Another year, another perfectly symmetrical and towering Christmas tree from Zoella.
15 of 36Zoella's dog Nala
HOW CUTE IS NALA IN HER LITTLE XMAS OUTFIT?
16 of 36Tanya Burr
Tanya's tree is the Christmas Instagram aesthetic we can only dream of.
17 of 36Rochelle Humes
The snowman's looking at Rochelle like she just told a really bad Christmas cracker joke. Awks.
18 of 36Amber Davies
Amber's looking sassy AF in the snow following her split from Kem Cetinay.
19 of 36Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole's been flirting up a storm with Father Christmas.
20 of 36Cara de la Hoyde and Nathan Massey
Cara and Nathan welcome their first child just before Christmas.
21 of 36Louise Thompson and Ryan Libbey
Louise Thompson and Ryan Libbey pose for a festive selfie.
22 of 36Binky Felstead
Binky, JP and baby India will be celebrating their first Christmas together as a family.
23 of 36Samantha Faiers
Sam Faiers took her newborn to meet Santa for the first time.
24 of 36Katie Price
Katie's tree is brimming with glam AF baubles.
25 of 36Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner
Kourtney and Kendall enjoyed a festive ice-skating trip. The lack of coats, hats, scarves suggest LA is much nicer place to take to the ice than Arctic England, tbh.
26 of 36Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley's getting us very excited for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special.
27 of 36Kimberley Walsh
And her gold-themed tree is goals, too!
28 of 36Emma and Matt Willis
Emma and Matt paid a visit to a certain Mr. Claus.
29 of 36Gabby Allen and Marcel Somerville
Gabby and Marcel look adorbs in their matching Christmas jumpers.
30 of 36Stacey Solomon
Stacey's been in the Christmas spirit for a while now, having put up her Christmas tree in November.
31 of 36Holly Willoughby
Holly shared the adorable Christmas decoration her son Chester made.
32 of 36Olivia Buckland
Olivia and Reggie have been loving the snow. We're BIG fans of Olivia's sassy Christmas jumper, too.
33 of 36Danielle Armstrong
Danielle's giving us some major Christmas outfit goals.
34 of 36Coleen Rooney
Coleen shared a snap from her visit to Lapland UK with the kids.
35 of 36Chloe Ferry
We think Chloe makes a lovely Mrs. Claus
36 of 36Georgia Kousoulou
Can we just all appreciate how bloody cute Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallett's little pooch is dressed up as snowman. We can't deal!!!