What is the christmas wheel?
The christmas wheel is a free online spinner loaded with 10 starter entries, such as Sing a carol, Bake cookies, Watch a Christmas film, Make a paper snowflake. You can change every slice, add your own items, set odds and keep a record of each result. People also search for it as “christmas wheel spinner”, “christmas wheel of names”, “xmas spinner”.
Because every slice is on screen and the spin plays out in front of everyone, the result feels fair. That matters when people care about the outcome.
How to use the christmas wheel
Review the starter list
Keep the defaults, or replace them with your own options, one per line, and press Apply List.
Adjust the look and feel
Pick a palette, set Slow, Medium or High speed, and choose sounds in Sound Lab.
Spin and see the result
Press Spin the Wheel or tap the wheel. The winner appears with confetti and is saved to History.
Ways to use the christmas wheel
Family advent fun
Spin one festive activity a day through December.
Office parties
Pick games, forfeits and prize winners.
Classrooms
Choose festive writing prompts and brain breaks.
Gift ideas
Spin when you're stuck on what to buy.
Tips for the christmas wheel
- Turn on elimination so each activity is used once.
- Add a gold slice for a special treat.
- Use the Christmas palette and snow confetti for atmosphere.
Christmas activity ideas to put on the wheel
Cosy at home: bake gingerbread, make paper chains, watch a festive film, drink hot chocolate in pyjamas, read a winter story by torchlight, write letters to Santa, make a bird feeder for the garden. Out and about: walk to see the lights, visit a Christmas market, go ice skating, deliver cards to neighbours. Kind acts: donate a toy, write a thank-you note to a teacher or delivery driver, call a relative who lives alone. Mixing cosy, active and kind ideas makes the wheel feel balanced across the month.
Running a 24-day advent wheel
Load twenty-four activities, one for each day from 1 December. Turn on elimination so each activity disappears after it's been chosen. Spin each morning at breakfast and do the activity that day. Keep a few low-effort slices, such as "festive music while tidying" or "Christmas jumper day", for busy weekdays, and save bigger activities for weekends by moving them to a separate weekend wheel. At the end of the month, the history shows every activity you did together, which makes a lovely record.
Christmas party games
Use the wheel to run a whole party. Spin for the next game: charades with Christmas films, pictionary with festive words, "name that carol" from humming, a cracker joke contest or a Christmas quiz. Spin for forfeits when someone loses a round: sing a line of a carol, wear tinsel as a scarf, do your best reindeer impression. For prize draws, swap the activities for guests' names and spin for each gift, removing winners so everyone gets a turn.
In the classroom
December lessons can lose focus, and a festive wheel helps channel the excitement. Spin for creative writing prompts ("an elf goes on strike", "the snowman who didn't melt"), maths challenges using festive word problems, or quick brain breaks like "freeze like a snowman". Spin student names for who opens the class advent calendar door each day. Keep the content inclusive: many classes include children who don't celebrate Christmas, so mix in winter themes and give everyone a chance to share their own traditions.
Office and team ideas
For a remote team, share the wheel on a call and spin for a festive ice-breaker, such as your favourite Christmas food, the worst gift you've received or your holiday plans. For in-person parties, spin the order of a secret gift exchange, choose quiz categories or pick who gives the end-of-year toast. Keep everything optional and work-appropriate.
Making it look festive
Choose a red, green and gold palette, add a picture of a tree or snowflake to the centre, and turn on confetti for the winner. A jingly tick sound and a cheerful fanfare finish the effect. If you're projecting the wheel, keep labels short, around two to four words, so everyone can read them from across the room.
Example
A family of four adds six ideas each, removes duplicates and spins every morning in December. By Christmas Eve they've baked, made decorations, delivered cards to neighbours and watched five films, and the children argue over who gets to press Spin rather than over what to do.
Christmas wheel features
Made for holidays
Templates, images and colours make it fit your activity.
Odds you control
Change any entry's weight and its slice resizes to match its chance.
No-repeat and multi-winner
Remove winners automatically, or draw a whole set in one round.
Images, colours, sound
Pictures on slices, custom colours, tick and fanfare sounds.
Share, fullscreen, OBS
Send a link, project it, or put it on stream as an overlay.
History and receipts
Every spin is logged with a time and code. Export it to CSV.
Odds on the christmas wheel
With equal weights each of the 10 entries has a 10.0% chance on every spin. Change a weight and that entry's chance becomes its weight divided by the total. Elimination removes winners and recalculates the odds for the rest. Test any setup on the randomness audit.
Christmas wheel FAQs
Can I use names instead of activities?
Yes. Replace the slices with names to pick who opens a gift, reads a cracker joke or wins a prize.
Can I make an advent wheel?
Add 24 activities and turn on elimination so each one comes off after its day.
Does it work on a TV?
Yes. Open it in a browser on a smart TV or cast your screen, then use fullscreen.
Is the christmas wheel free?
Yes. The christmas wheel on WheelSpinner is free, with no sign-up or entry limit.
Is the christmas wheel truly random?
Each spin uses your browser's cryptographic random number generator, so with equal weights every visible entry has the same chance.
Can I save and share my christmas wheel?
Entries save automatically in this browser, and Share copies a link with your list included.