The Last few years, since 2014, I've played story games I know very well and are the top of my list, with enough meat on the bones to last through the Xmas period. There is comfort in playing games you have played before and you know you love and it's become somewhat og a tradition. I don't know if I'll do the same this year or just continue what I'm playing cause I have so many games on the installed waiting to be played but if I do, I'll be choosing from one of the same games of the last 10 years which have each had a playthrough or two during the Christmas period, over the last decade. 

GTA 5,

The Witcher 3, 

Divinity OS1 and most recently,

Divinity OS2. 

I have racked up so many hours in these games because of Christmas playthroughs. 900 in TW3, 1250 in GTA5, for example and nearly 300 hours in the other two. It is simple comfort food and I'd highly recommend it if you're one to get the holiday blues. 

Do you have a game, games or some kind of Christmas routine you employ as somewhat of a tradition around gaming?

I have for long played my alltime favorite Wing Commander 1 couple days before christmas, except when I've recently played some other game of the series. But I'm just about to give up that tradition, along certain others related to the series.

I do always play a bit Christmas Lemmings demos 1991-1994.

Because I got my Master System for christmas, but actually few weeks early, I always have it out annually this time of year for a month or so. But not really specific christmas tradition there.

There's a small old Finnish adventure game - something someone just made up quickly - roughly translating "Santa's Christmas Hangover" that I do often look up:

Additionally there's Slick'n'Slide, a little shareware driving game with tons of tracks. As each track has top 10 records, at the end of year I like to try to get couple more records in before year changes. That's not typically right at christmas, but often some too.

Most of the time it's just watching home alone lol

It's not Christmas without home alone. 

In my home we celebrate Kwanzaa, no video games allowed on those days. There's more to life than video games.

I'm sorry, but music and a person's favourite hobby (video games) are integral parts of life, the same as food and freedom. They should be classified as a human right, music especially but also the main hobby, if someone is deprived of music or time to engage with their hobby at least once a week this should be considered as something that needs to be rectified in the same way as if someone was given solitary confinement as a punishment or clinical depression. The soul needs time to enjoy what it wants to pursue and not everyone is so lucky to be in a job that fulfils this need. 

Ok, but just do it in moderation. Some of you guys here are addicted to video games. Get away from the TV, it's ok to go outside and have some fun.

I normally play a story driven game while my spouse goes to visit his family in Ohio. I was originally going to play FF7 Rebirth but I think I might do Alan Wake 2 instead. Not quite sure yet, I have 3 or 4 days to decide.

I normally get hooked on a new longer game during the holidays and we play co-op games together but this year there is no such release that interests me and we ran out of co-op games to play :/ I'm playing Tlou Pt2 again which fits the bill, next to more time in VR. But for action couch co-op I have no idea anymore.

It's -11 outside, with windchill -18, better to stay inside.

In my current country, I usually have to work on Christmas Day. So I tend to just relax after work with my current game, like any other workday.