Christmas Finish the Phrase: a page from the printable

Christmas Finish the Phrase: another page from the printable

Conversation & word games

Christmas Finish the Phrase

A Christmas finish the phrase game: 60 favorite lines from carols, “The Night Before Christmas” and classic holiday sayings to finish together, each with its story.

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Players: the whole room out loud in Easy Mode, or teams of two to four with a worksheet
Time: 30 minutes for the Gentle 20, 45 or 60 with scoring
You need: pencils for the points game. Easy Mode needs none
Print: US Letter and A4, at 100% (Actual size)
Print size: one phrase to a full-page card, body text 18 pt

At the table

You hold up the card and read the start twice: “Christmas comes…” The room says the rest in one voice. Then the Host Pack gives you the next line to say: “What is one Christmas treat you only have once a year?”

Ring out the old…

What you get5 PDF files

Game file, US Letter and A4 (85 pages each)60 display cards, player worksheets, lap sheets, a score board, paddles and certificates
Host Pack, US Letter (64 pages) and A4 (62 pages)every finish with its accepted versions, two hints, the meaning, the origin and a talk question, a Bonus Round of 12 and the answer key
TV slides, 16:9 (265 slides)

Why it works

Carols are sung in more than one version, so the Host Pack lists every real ending that earns the point. Nobody is marked wrong for the words their own family sang. Each line and its origin note were checked against published sources, and all 60 lines were first published before 1929.

Made for: Family Christmas, church socials, senior centers and office parties. Two of the 6 rounds are carols and Scripture.