Whether your holiday season involves gatherings with family and friends for whom fun comes easily — or more fraught festivities where social grooves need some greasing — a good game can come in handy.

Search "how to have fun" on Google and literally billions of search results come up. People pay hundreds of dollars to hire party coaches and play coaches. There are seminars and workshops on how to ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, about why it can be so difficult for adults to have fun and how people can find ways to incorporate fun into their life.