Christmas bingo
Free printable Christmas bingo cards, filled with festive words and every card different, plus a caller to run the game. Change the words to make them your own.
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How to play Christmas bingo
- Print the cards. The list above has 40 Christmas words, from Santa to snow globe, so every card is different. Download up to 30 cards per PDF, one to six to a page.
- Hand out pens, stickers or candy to mark the squares. Mini marshmallows and chocolate coins are a hit.
- Call the words. Use the word caller on this page (on the TV, if you like), or cut out the caller’s list at the end of the PDF and draw the words from a Santa hat.
- First to a line shouts “Bingo!” (or “Ho ho ho!”). Check their card against the words called, hand out a prize, and play on for four corners or a full card.
Christmas bingo for large groups
For an office party, a school assembly or a church hall, print a batch of cards for each table: each PDF holds up to 30 cards, all different, and you can make as many batches as you need. Shuffle the cards between batches so no two players hold the same card.
For a really big crowd, play number bingo instead: give everyone a numbered bingo card and run the online bingo caller on the big screen. A real voice calls every number, and you can check any winning card by its number in seconds. Players can even join on their phones, so there’s less to print.
Christmas bingo calls
Playing number bingo? Swap the usual bingo calls for festive ones:
| Number | Call |
|---|---|
| 1 | One bright star |
| 2 | Two turtle doves |
| 3 | Three wise men |
| 4 | Four calling birds |
| 5 | Five gold rings |
| 6 | Six geese a-laying |
| 7 | Seven swans a-swimming |
| 8 | Eight maids a-milking |
| 9 | Nine ladies dancing |
| 10 | Ten lords a-leaping |
| 11 | Eleven pipers piping |
| 12 | Twelve drummers drumming |
| 24 | Christmas Eve |
| 25 | Christmas Day |
| 26 | Boxing Day |
| 31 | New Year’s Eve |
| 38 | Christmas cake |
Christmas bingo ideas
- Family Christmas bingo: mix the generations, with 3×3 or 4×4 cards for the little ones and 5×5 for everyone else.
- Christmas movie bingo: type in moments from a favorite film (a snowball fight, a kiss under the mistletoe, a broken ornament) and mark them as you watch.
- Christmas bingo for adults: office in-jokes, party moments (“someone wears a reindeer sweater”), and a prize table of wrapped gifts, where each winner picks one.
- Classroom Christmas bingo: festive vocabulary or spelling words, called slowly with a picture of each word on the board.
- Gift-opening bingo: everyone marks the presents as they’re unwrapped on Christmas morning.
Want other themes? The bingo card generator also has Thanksgiving, baby shower and sight word lists, or type your own.
Christmas bingo questions
Are these Christmas bingo cards free?
Yes. Print up to 30 different cards in each PDF, as many times as you like, with no sign-up.
Can I change the words on the Christmas bingo cards?
Yes. Edit the list above: add family names, inside jokes or movie moments, take out what you don’t want, and every card is made from your list.
How many Christmas bingo cards do I need?
One per player, or two each for a longer game. For a big party, make several batches and press Shuffle cards between them so every card is different.
What prizes are good for Christmas bingo?
Small wrapped gifts from a prize table, candy canes, chocolate, ornaments, or a “get out of washing up” voucher. Let each winner choose a gift, and save the best one for the full-card game.
How do I play Christmas bingo online?
Run the bingo caller on a shared screen or a video call, and let players join on their phones with a code. Each phone gets a numbered card that marks itself as you call.