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A Christmas bingo is music bingo with Christmas songs, and it is the easiest thing you can put on the programme of an office party. The music is familiar, the mood arrives instantly and everyone can join in, from the intern to the director.
You can build it in ten minutes. Paste a Christmas playlist, choose how long the evening should run and print the cards. We see it most at company parties, Christmas dinners at home, and in care homes where familiar carols bring back memories.
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If you want certainty, pick the classics that come back every single year. For a younger crowd, modern Christmas singles work better. Mixing is fine: put the classics up front so the room warms up and save the surprises for the second half.
For an hour you need about 110 songs. Play short rounds with a bigger win pattern each time, so there is something to celebrate every ten minutes and people can still talk and get a drink in between.
In care homes a Christmas bingo works especially well. Pick a small 3 by 3 card, a calm playing time of half an hour and music from the residents' own youth. Bigger letters on the card make a real difference.
Rather not hunt for songs? The app has Kerstborrel waiting, curated and checked for playable previews. Open it, start it, play. Pasting your own playlist still works too.
For inspiration: these are songs that tend to work well with this theme. You are not tied to any of them — you build your own list, so use them, extend them or ignore them completely.
A link from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music or Deezer, or type your own list of songs. The app collects the titles and removes duplicates.
The app works out how many songs you need and picks the card size.
Two cards per A4 with cut lines, with a matching emoji above every title, plus a checklist for the host.
The Bingo Master plays the recognizable part of every song and verifies each bingo through the card code.
A music bingo where every song on the card is a Christmas song. The host plays short fragments and players cross off what they recognise.
About 55 songs for half an hour and 110 for a full hour.
Yes. Games save themselves, so you can reuse or extend the list next December.
Certainly. Play a short fifteen-minute round between courses with a small card to keep the dinner moving.
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