Ready to sleigh your holiday hosting game? Let’s deck the boards with brilliance and bring the best ideas for Christmas boards party to life! These six dazzling boards will turn your festive celebration into the ultimate gathering—a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds. From whimsical ornament-shaped tea sandwiches to a show-stopping dessert finale, we’ve got everything you need to create holiday magic. So, grab your wooden boards, sprinkle a little seasonal sparkle, and jump into our ideas for Christmas Boards.
What’s a Boards Party?
Eat up, grinches—because this holiday season, we’re serving up festive cheer one board at a time! A boards party is like a buffet, but way more chic and social-media-worthy. Picture beautifully arranged platters bursting with a variety of foods and drinks, where guests can graze, mingle, and soak up all the holiday vibes. It’s interactive, fun, and the perfect way to spread Christmas joy.
Boards parties have been stealing the spotlight on social media, and it’s easy to see why—they’re a feast for both the eyes and the appetite. After hosting one earlier this year, we knew we had to give it a festive twist. Enter the Christmas Boards party! Packed with seasonal flavors, creative designs, and plenty of holiday sparkle, it’s the ultimate way to make your celebration merry, bright, and completely unforgettable.
A Festive Spin on the Potluck
Potluck, but make it Pinterest-worthy! We asked guests to bring their favorite holiday dish styled as a board. Imagine a savory appetizer board brimming with cheese and crackers, a sweet treat board with peppermint bark and cookies, or a festive cocktail board featuring holiday mocktails and spiced mulled wine. Everyone gets to show off their holiday spirit—and their culinary skills!
Ideas for Christmas Boards
When brainstorming ideas for Christmas boards, we focus on a balanced mix of savory, sweet, and cocktails. To avoid duplicates, we ask guests to share what they’re bringing ahead of time. We prioritize savory options like cured meats, cheeses, and seasonal dips, adding a touch of sweetness with treats like gingerbread or chocolate truffles. Of course, a festive cocktail or mocktail board is essential! The goal is to keep everything balanced so your guests can enjoy a variety without feeling overwhelmed.
Ideas for Christmas Boards: Christmas Cocktail Board
Drink up, it’s Christmas time! We knew a cocktail board would steal the show at our Christmas boards party. It’s such a fun and interactive way to let guests create their own sparkling pomegranate Aperol spritzes—or mocktails for non-drinkers. To add some holiday magic, we poured pomegranate juice and spirits into festive cocktail ornaments for guests to mix and match. Garnishes like dried limes, dried blood oranges, and mint added the perfect finishing touch. Styled with cocktail napkins and a sprinkle of seasonal sparkle, this board brought plenty of cheer and creativity to the celebration!
Ideas for Christmas Boards: Ornament Tea Sandwiches
Let’s sandwich in some holiday fun! For our Christmas boards party, we rolled out bite-sized tea sandwiches that looked just like Christmas ornaments. Using cookie cutters, we shaped them into ornaments, then added colorful spreads and garnishes to make them pop. They were the perfect mix of playful and posh, and trust us—our guests couldn’t stop snapping pics of these adorable bites!
Ideas for Christmas Boards: Charcuterie Wreath
Let’s meat under the mistletoe! Our friend Brittany stole the show at our Christmas boards party with her stunning charcuterie wreath. She arranged cured meats, cheeses, grapes, and olives in a festive circle and garnished it with rosemary sprigs for a touch of evergreen magic. It was as delicious as it was dazzling—and made the perfect holiday centerpiece! Guests couldn’t stop admiring (and grazing on) this edible masterpiece.
Ideas for Christmas Boards: Cheese Board Extravaganza
Let’s brie honest—no Christmas boards party is complete without an epic cheese board! Our friend Connie brought the magic with her stunning creation. She paired creamy bries, sharp cheddars, and tangy blues with fun extras like fig jam and honeycomb for a mix of textures and flavors that kept everyone coming back for more. And because Connie knows how to party, she added pink marshmallows, Twizzlers, adorable snowman bowls, and more for a playful holiday twist. This board was so fabulous, it deserved its own Christmas carol!
Ideas for Christmas Boards: Snack Boards Galore
Ready to snack the halls? Our friend Seemona and her daughter brought the sweetest holiday spirit to our Christmas boards party with their adorable snack board. It featured popcorn served in Santa measuring cups, bell- and Christmas tree-shaped sugar cookies, yogurt-covered pretzels, snowman and Christmas tree marshmallows, Lindt teddy bear chocolates, pumpkin cookies, and more. Every detail was a whimsical nod to the season, making their board as delightful to look at as it was to eat!
Ideas for Christmas Boards: Sweet Ending with Dessert Board
Let’s sugar and spice things up! Our friend Mriganka totally wowed us with her decadent dessert board at the Christmas boards party. She filled it with gingerbread cookies, flaky pastries, Lindt truffles, candied pecans, macarons, and a variety of nuts. Every bite was a sweet treat that left everyone coming back for seconds (or thirds!). It was the ultimate indulgence, and the perfect way to end the holiday feast on a delicious note!
Let’s wrap up this holiday season in style! Skip the ordinary and make your Christmas boards party the talk of the town. These creative ideas will have your guests oohing, aahing, and coming back for more. So, grab your platters, pour the mulled wine, and let the festive feasting begin. Cheers to making memories as sweet as your dessert board and as merry as the season itself!
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Norman Vincent Peale
These aren’t just great ideas for Xmas gatherings, but literally any gatherings, even the most casual ones. Thank you for sharing!
These are gorgeous ideas! They’re as beautiful as they are tasty. I have to try something like this for my next party.
I love your unique ideas for Christmas Boards. Needing dairy free, and sugar free, I rarely find boards suited for me. My favorite of your boards is the Ornament Tea Sandwiches with the cucumbers!
These are so festive! I love the variety. They’re all so different but still have that holiday spirit.
The Christmas board ideas are really fun! They seem like a great way to add a personal touch to holiday gatherings. Perfect for making memories.
Such a wonderful and fantastic ideas, very classy and elegant that everyone will love it, delicious! 😋
What an AWESOME IDEA! Everything is so festive, and I love all the different boards, I really loveeeeeee this idea, and I’m going to do this next year.
Great ideas you came up with for holiday parties! They are classic and elegant all at the same time and have some of my favorites like caramel corn and yogurt covered pretzels! Yum.
Those are all amazing Christmas board ideas and love the different choices, I’m always up for the sweet or savory kind of boards.