Choose, host, and play a Christmas murder mystery
This is the hosting path: kits, a dinner, a home escape room, and ideas if you would rather write your own. It is not the film and not the browser game.
Looking for the movie? A Christmas Murder Mystery (2025) is a television film. This section is for a room full of people.
Four formats I actually found for sale
Digital print-at-home kits (Night of Mystery, My Mystery Party, Masters of Mystery, and one itch.io calendar). Boxed kits on some My Mystery Party pages. A cold-case file from Masters of Mystery, Unsolved Christmas Cold Case File: Where is Santa?, listed 15+. And a 25-day printable advent from Mojo Hill at $12 on 13 Nov 2026. Broadway Murder Mysteries holiday pages did not return product text that day, so those names are not in the table.
Player counts that were printed: Ho Ho Homicide sells bands from 6–8 up to 20+. Masters of Mystery Christmas kits say 4–20. Kringel's Block Party and the ugly-sweater party say at least 8. Empty cells mean the product page I opened did not say.
Where to go next
Compare rows on the kit table. If you already own a kit, read how to host. A seated meal is the dinner page. A house full of locks and paper clues is the DIY escape room. Themes and weapons, if you are writing your own, are ideas.
One search phrase I could not attach to a product: "Christmas Dinner Case File." An exact search on 13 Nov 2026 returned no seller using that name. The closest real file is the Masters of Mystery cold case already in the table. I am not giving the missing name its own page.
Questions
What is the best Christmas murder mystery kit?
I do not rank them. I sort by the printed player count, age line, and format. Only two prices were visible on 13 Nov 2026: Ho Ho Homicide at $35–$110 and the itch.io advent at $12.
How long does a party take?
Party of Suspects describes their own night as about two and a half hours for 6–12 people. That clock is theirs. I do not copy it onto every kit.