Below you’ll find a list of over 100 things to say to Alexa, and some of her responses might just make you laugh out loud. She usually has a variety of answers, so don’t just ask once: keep asking to hear them all.

What to ask Alexa at Christmas

  • Alexa, enable Hey Santa (Alexa’s new ‘celebrity voice’)
  • Alexa, how many sleeps [or days] until Christmas?
  • Alexa, do you believe in Santa?
  • Alexa, how old is Santa?
  • Alexa, where does Father Christmas live?
  • Alexa, will it snow on Christmas Day?
  • Alexa, what’s Santa’s address?
  • Alexa, what do you want for Christmas?
  • Alexa, what is the true meaning of Christmas?
  • Alexa, how do you make a snowball?
  • Alexa, do you like my Christmas tree?
  • Alexa, how fast is Santa’s sleigh
  • Alexa, sing a Christmas song
  • Alexa, sing a Christmas carol
  • Alexa, tell me a Christmas joke
  • Alexa, tell me a Christmas story
  • Alexa, how ugly is your Christmas jumper?
  • Alexa, open my advent calendar
  • Alexa, is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
  • Alexa, where is Santa?
  • Alexa, name Santa’s reindeer
  • Alexa, who is your favourite reindeer?
  • Alexa, read ‘Twas the night before Christmas
  • Alexa, I wish it could be Christmas every day
  • Alexa, play the Queen’s Christmas Day message (UK only)
  • Alexa, sing Auld Lang Syne
  • Alexa, Happy New Year!
  • Alexa, play Christmas music (requires subscription to a music streaming service)
  • Alexa, read my RNIB Letter from Santa (in association with the Royal National Institute of Blind people)

You can also say these. Just make sure you first say “Alexa, enable ‘Hey Santa’” first:

  • Hey Santa, sing We Wish You a Merry Christmas

  • Hey Santa, sing the 12 Days of Christmas

  • Hey Santa, sing Deck the Halls

  • Hey Santa, tell me a story

  • Hey Santa, tell me the North Pole news

  • Hey Santa, tell me about your reindeer

  • Hey Santa, can you laugh?

  • Hey Santa, what is your favorite food?

  • Hey Santa, merry Christmas

  • Hey Santa, let’s dance

  • Hey Santa, tell me a joke

  • Hey Santa, let’s play a game

  • Hey Santa, give me advice

  • Alexa, Operation Santa Claus is coming to town! – Arthur Christmas

  • Alexa, there’s no greater gift than friendship – The Polar Express

  • Alexa, we’re walking in the air – The Snowman

  • Alexa, what’s that stench, it’s fantastic! – How The Grinch Stole Christmas

  • Alexa, let’s save Santa – Saving Santa

  • Alexa, keep the change ya filthy animal – Home Alone

  • Alexa, take me to the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest – Elf

  • Alexa, I’m Mr Napkin Head! – The Holiday

  • Alexa, this animal is my co-pilot – A Street Cat Named Bob (on the free IMDb TV)

Weird things to say to Alexa

  • Alexa, enable teenage mode

  • Alexa, get me a beer

  • Alexa, are you a robot?

  • Alexa, what are the three laws of robotics?

  • Alexa, knock knock

  • Alexa, do you know Siri?

  • Alexa, do you smoke?

  • Alexa, tell me a joke

  • Alexa, why did the chicken cross the road?

  • Alexa, do a barrel roll

  • Alexa, which came first: chicken or egg?

  • Alexa, I want the truth

  • Alexa, what’s the magic word?

  • Alexa, give me a random number between 1 and 10

  • Alexa, flip a coin

  • Alexa, roll a dice

If you like games, check out these 14 fun games to play with Alexa

  • Alexa, cry like a baby

  • Alexa, fart

  • Alexa, burp

  • Alexa, meow

  • Alexa, woof

  • Alexa, what happens if you step on Lego?

  • Alexa, are you a nerd?

  • Alexa, sing me a song

  • Alexa, can you sing in auto-tune?

  • Alexa, can you do a rap?

  • Alexa, what sound does a hamster make?

  • Alexa, rock, paper, scissors

  • Alexa, how can I get rid of a dead body?

  • Alexa, flatter me

  • Alexa, where are my keys? (this won’t be a joke if you have a key-finding skill enabled)

  • Alexa, where do you live?

  • Alexa, what’s your favourite colour?

  • Alexa, are you blue?

  • Alexa, will you marry me?

  • Alexa, what are you wearing?

  • Alexa, do you sleep?

  • Alexa, how old are you?

  • Alexa, give me a kiss

  • Alexa, tell me a secret

  • Alexa, do you believe in ghosts?

  • Alexa, do aliens exist?

  • Alexa, is there life on mars?

  • Alexa, is there a Santa?

  • Alexa, what is the meaning of life?

  • Alexa, testing 1, 2, 3

  • Alexa, see you later

  • Alexa, high five

  • Alexa, clap

  • Alexa, winter is coming

  • Alexa, I am your father

  • Alexa, use the force

  • Alexa, beam me up

  • Alexa, open the pod bay doors

  • Alexa, are you skynet?

  • Alexa, who you gonna call?

  • Alexa, what’s the first rule of fight club?

  • Alexa, Marco!

  • Alexa, say something in Klingon

What to ask Alexa about Star Wars

  • Alexa, when is Star Wars Day?
  • Alexa, May the fourth be with you
  • Alexa, do you like Star Wars?
  • Alexa, who is the best Jedi?
  • Alexa, aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?
  • Alexa, what’s the Jedi code?
  • Alexa, I am your father
  • Alexa, there is no try
  • Alexa, tell me a princess Leia Quote
  • Alexa, May the Force be with you
  • Alexa, what order should I watch Star Wars in?
  • Alexa, who is Luke Skywalker’s father?
  • Alexa, tell me a Star Wars joke
  • Alexa, tell me a Star Wars quote
  • Alexa, these aren’t the droids you’re looking for
  • Alexa, that’s no moon
  • Alexa, admiral, it’s a trap
  • Alexa, talk like Chewbacca
  • Alexa, talk like Darth Vader
  • Alexa, talk like Jabba the Hut
  • Alexa, talk like Princess Leia
  • Alexa, talk like Yoda
  • Alexa, talk like Han Solo
  • Alexa, talk like R2-D2
  • Alexa, talk like Jar Jar Binks
  • Alexa, talk like C-3PO
  • Alexa, talk like Luke Skywalker
  • Alexa, use the Force

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Arrrrlexa’s pirate sayings

All you need to do is to say, “Alexa, talk like a pirate.”

  • Avast, ye scurvy curs! Or ye will be paying a visit to Davy Jones’ Locker.
  • Arrr! Batten down the hatches, furl the sails! Draw sabres! These scallywags be shark bait.
  • Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest… yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
  • Gor blimey! The ship be bilged on her anchor. Heave ho, mateys!
  • Arrr! Ask me for one more fart joke and I’ll make ye walk the plank!

What to ask Alexa at Halloween

  • Alexa, how many days until Halloween?
  • Alexa, happy Halloween (on 31 st Oct only)
  • Alexa, scare me
  • Alexa, trick or treat?
  • Alexa, when is the zombie apocalypse?
  • Alexa, tell me a Halloween joke
  • Alexa, what are you wearing for Halloween?

What to ask Alexa at Easter

  • Alexa, how many days until Easter?
  • Alexa, do the Easter rap
  • Alexa, is the Easter Bunny real?
  • Alexa, pretend to be a chicken…
  • Alexa, what’s your favourite Easter egg?
  • Alexa, how do you make hot cross buns?
  • Alexa, open Easter Would you Rather….
  • Alexa, open Easter quiz…
  • Alexa, open egg hiding game
  • Alexa, open Easter facts
  • Alexa, open Easter bunny

Brilliantly, if you ask Alexa “Tell me a yo mamma joke” she will respond not with something rude but instead an encouraging and uplifting statement about how great your mother is. And as with the others, there are multiple responses, so asking again will prompt a different answer.

You can get Alexa to tell you personalised jokes using Roasts Skill Blueprint. Via the website, you can customise 22 templated Skills and make your friends and family laugh. Here’s how to create a skill with Blueprints.

Finally, although not a funny response, if you ask her to turn the volume up to 11 she will set it to maximum: a reference to the film Spinal Tap .

  • How to change Alexa’s voice, language, speed & wake word
  • How to control your TV with Alexa
  • How to use Alexa like an intercom
  • How to make Alexa whisper when she replies

Author: Jim Martin, Executive Editor, Tech Advisor

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Using 22 templates you can pick the type of skill and then customise it to your liking. For example, with Chore Chart you can set up tasks for each member of the family and Alexa can remind people on specific Echo devices when they are due to do their chore as well as answering questions about who has chores to do today.

The other skills range from games to custom Q&A to adventure and fairy tale stories. With Q&A you could set up answers to common questions for house guests such as “What’s the Wi-Fi password?” and Alexa can answer.

Here are the 22 templates:

  • Custom Q&A

  • Sidekick

  • Houseguest

  • Pet Sitter

  • Babysitter

  • Whose Turn

  • Chore chart

  • Flatmate

  • Roast

  • Inspirations

  • Family Jokes

  • Compliments

  • Trivia

  • Family Trivia

  • Birthday Trivia

  • What To Do

  • Flashcards

  • Quiz

  • Facts

  • Sci-Fi

  • Fairy Tale

  • Adventure

How to use Alexa Skill Blueprints to make a skill

As you’d expect, the steps are quite straightforward and it’s a simple case of editing the details within the skill so Alexa says what you want her to say, giving the skill a name so you can ask Alexa to open it and then publishing it.

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Once it’s ready to use, you can say “Alexa, open Chore Chart” or whatever name you gave your skill. Alexa’s profanity filter will prevent the use of ‘adult words’ so you can let your kids and teens loose with Alexa Blueprints and they’ll have great fun creating stories and games without making them ‘blue’.

Here’s an example of how to customise and create a Chore Chart skill.

First pick Chore Chart from the list, then click the Make You Own. You can hit the play button first to hear what the skill sounds like.

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Next, enter the names of the people in your family or household.

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On the next screen choose who does which chores and when. You can optionally get Alexa to give reminders at specific times on a specific Echo:

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Finally, you can customise the messages Alexa says after reading out a chore:

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There isn’t too much in the way of customisation for what’s shown on an Echo Show, Echo Spot or a Fire tablet in Show mode, though.

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How to use and share a skill you’ve made

After a few minutes your skill will be ready to use. You can check the status by either staying on the same web page, or by going to the Alexa Skill Blueprints home page and clicking on SKILLS YOU’VE MADE at the top.

Here you can edit your skill, delete it and also share it with friends via email, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. There’s also the option to copy the link and send it via any messaging app.

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And when the status says ‘Ready to use’ you can say, “Alexa, open Chore Chart”.

Also check out the funny things you can say to Alexa .

Author: Jim Martin, Executive Editor, Tech Advisor

Alexa’s funniest jokes, songs & more: here’s how to hear them - 10

Jim has been testing and reviewing products for over 20 years. His main beats include VPN services and antivirus. He also covers smart home tech, mesh Wi-Fi and electric bikes.

Recent stories by Jim Martin:

  • Is Amazon Alexa down? It’s probably not just you
  • Best Bluetooth trackers 2025
  • The best ethernet cables to buy