Bingo · Large print

Christmas Bingo for Adults

One hundred bingo cards from seventy-five Christmas words the whole table knows - candy cane, mistletoe, eggnog, Silent Night, snow globe, fruitcake - and no two cards are alike. Fifty large print cards, 4 x 4, every word set at 23 pt or larger. Fifty classic cards, 5 x 5, every word 17 pt or larger. One call order for both, so one caller runs the whole room.

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What: 100 cards (50 large print) · Words 23 pt+ / 17 pt+ · Letter & A4 · TV slides
Play: About 15 min a line · Up to 100 players

At the table

Made for church socials, office parties, family tables and senior centers. Grown-up design: navy and gold, clean type, no cartoon clip art. Play a line in about fifteen minutes, or a full card in an hour.

Christmas Bingo for Adults: a page from the printable

Every call has a line to read out

The caller does not just say “Tinsel.” The call sheet gives one short line for every word - that tinsel was first made of real silver in Nuremberg, that Jingle Bells never once mentions Christmas, that the first Christmas card was printed the same year as A Christmas Carol. Seventy-five of them, checked against sources, so the game carries the conversation while the room marks its cards.

Two sets of cards, one game

Hand the large print cards to anyone who wants them and the classic cards to everyone else. A 4 x 4 line needs four calls and a 5 x 5 line five, so the first BINGO usually comes from a large print card - or run the sets one at a time for an even race. Both sets are dealt from the same seventy-five words, so one call sheet, one tick sheet and one set of chips run the whole room.

Checked, not claimed

Every card is read back out of the finished PDF and re-proved before the pack goes out:

100 cards, no two the same within a set - as a grid and as a set of words
no word twice on one card
every word on every card is on the call list, so every card can win
within a set, no two cards share a row, column or diagonal, so two players cannot complete the same line on one call
the ready call order is tested on these cards: use cards 1 to N of one set, shuffled, and the first three BINGOs each have one winner
each word falls on 10 or 11 of the 50 large print cards and on 16 or 17 of the 50 classic cards - nothing is dead weight
large print words 23 pt or larger, classic words 17 pt or larger

The seventy-five words

Decorations: Christmas Tree · Tree Topper · Ornament · Tinsel · String of Lights · Wreath · Garland · Stocking · Mistletoe · Holly · Poinsettia · Candles · Snow Globe · Nutcracker · Nativity Scene · Advent Calendar · Christmas Cards

Treats: Candy Cane · Gingerbread House · Gingerbread Man · Eggnog · Hot Cocoa · Fruitcake · Sugar Cookies · Figgy Pudding · Chestnuts · Cranberry Sauce · Cookie Exchange · Sugar Plum

Santa: Santa Claus · Mrs. Claus · Sleigh · Reindeer · North Pole · Letter to Santa · Milk and Cookies · Photo with Santa

Traditions: Caroling · Candlelight Service · Yule Log · Wrapping Paper · Tree Lighting · Christmas Pickle · Church Bells · Toy Train · Teddy Bear · Christmas Eve · Fireplace

Carols: Jingle Bells · Silent Night · Deck the Halls · O Christmas Tree · The First Noel · We Three Kings · O Holy Night · Good King Wenceslas · Auld Lang Syne · Twelve Days · Hark! the Herald · Ding Dong Merrily

Winter: Snowflake · Snowman · Snow Angel · Snowball · Icicles · Mittens · Ice Skating · Sled · Evergreen · Pine Cone · Window Frost · Winter Solstice · Cardinal · Sleigh Bells · Earmuffs

How to play

1. Hand out the cards. Buttons, beans or a pencil all work for marking.

2. Draw a chip or follow the call order, say the word, read its line.

3. A full line - across, down or corner to corner - and call out.

What you getinstant download, 4 files

Start Here guide (3 pages)what is in each file, how to open a ZIP on a computer or a phone, which cards for whom, and how to run the day
Large Print Cards, US Letter (54 pages) and A4 (53 pages)how to play, three lengths of game, then cards 1 to 50, one to a page, 4 x 4
Classic Cards, US Letter (54 pages) and A4 (53 pages)the same, 5 x 5
Host Pack, US Letter (27 pages) and A4 (26 pages)your first words, all seventy-five words in a ready call order with a line to read out for each, a tick sheet, cut-out call chips, and the page that lists what we checked
TV & video call slides (16:9, 77 slides)one word at a time, big enough for a television or a shared screen

A smaller table?

Christmas Bingo Starter is the same game for up to twenty players: ten large print and ten classic cards from the same seventy-five words and the same call order. No Starter card shares a line with a card of this pack, so a Starter table and a full-pack table can play one game from one caller.

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Christmas Bingo Starter

20 cards (10 large print) · Words 23 pt+ / 17 pt+ · Letter & A4 · TV slides

About 15 min a line · Up to 20 players

Christmas Bingo for Adults.

100 cards (50 large print) · Words 23 pt+ / 17 pt+ · Letter & A4 · TV slides

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Good for

Also on the shelf: Church games

Questions, answered.

Printing, downloads, licenses: every answer on one page

Is this a physical item?

No. This is an INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD; nothing will be shipped.

Is it for children?

It is made for adults - the words and the caller’s lines are for grown-up tables, church groups and office parties. Older children play along fine; for a children’s table see our Christmas Picture Bingo.

Can I mix the two sets in one room?

Yes - one call order runs both. For an even race, play the sets one at a time.

How many players?

Up to fifty on each set, one hundred in all. Print only as many cards as you need.

Is there a free space?

No - every square is a word, so every card is proved to be winnable on the same call list.

The “Quick Start” page of Christmas Charades, a real page from the printable. — The “Quick Start” page of Christmas Charades.