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Christmas Movie Trope Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Jesus play
  2. Incredibly annoying family member
  3. Unorganized Santa
  4. “Smart kid” who doesn’t believe in Santa because they “looked at it logically” and didn’t factor in magic
  5. Parent death
  6. Helping Santa deliver presents
  7. Christmas deadline
  8. Being surprised by it snowing
  9. *Minor inconvenience* “CHRISTMAS IS RUINED”
  10. Scroogelike character
  11. Unrealistically mature child
  12. Weird implication that there are no non-Christmas holidays
  13. Children not believing in Santa despite having undeniable proof he exists
  14. Occasionally a musical
  15. Santa disguised as a civilian
  16. Christmas carol playing over unrelated scene
  17. Decorations you’d have to leave up all your because of how much work it would be to take them back down
  18. Using holly as mistletoe
  19. Inconsistent or illogical Christmas magic
  20. Breaking and entering is okay because it’s questionable
  21. Morally questionable character becomes a better person because of Christmas
  22. Parents not believing in Santa and not questioning presents appearing on Christmas
  23. Being divorced makes you unable to make a good meal
  24. Green Christmas threat
  25. Last minute Christmas preparations
  26. “Family won’t be home for Christmas” threat
  27. “What Christmas is ACTUALLY about” speech
  28. Modernization of a Christmas carol/a new Christmas carol written for the movie
  29. Characters with Christmas pun names
  30. Destroyed Christmas tree
  31. Gift of the Magi plot line
  32. “It’s a Christmas miracle”
  33. Emotionally unavailable parent
  34. Unreasonably mean older sibling
  35. Easily avoidable conflict
  36. Small child sees the magic and everyone around them dismisses them only to be proven wrong
  37. Over ambitious elves
  38. Awful parent
  39. Winter activities (ice skating, snow angels, etc.)
  40. Very busy on Christmas Eve (parties etc)
  41. Wise adult tells children a story