Hallmark Christmas Bingo Game

Psst! Want to hear my secret to getting my husband, kids, and other friends and family members to happily binge-watch Hallmark Christmas movies with me each year? We make it a game! Now they beg to watch “just one more” as soon as the final credits roll.

• Christmas Bingo Game Printable
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Last year they were mocking me for watching them, so I made up some basic, handmade Bingo boards and told them to fill the squares with all the things you might see in a Christmas movie. They had a blast making fun of the movies while watching for things on their boards that might win them Bingo.

This year I refined it a bit and figured out some new ways to play, so I thought I’d share them with you. Take a look!

Note: You can play this with any of the Christmas TV movies playing this time of year, whether they’re on Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, or wherever. Also, there are Amazon affiliate links in this post that may earn me commission.

How to Play Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo

I especially love the holiday movies that feature fabulous houses like the one in Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane, which I featured last year.

I’m using “Hallmark” as a shorthand to describe the types of movies I’m talking about. They can be on any of the stations that roll out these kinds of flicks, really, like Lifetime, Netflix, or UPtv.

Even though the plots may be as thin as a Gingerbread cookie, they’re usually mindless fun.

And I found that they’re even more addictive when you watch with friends or family members with a Bingo card in hand.

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Here’s the first Bingo card I made last year when I was trying to convince everyone to play:

I cut up yellow Post-It notes to use as “markers” to cover the squares, as you can see below.

A Bingo App for Your Phone

That was pretty basic, and the sheets didn’t hold up well with repeated use.

So this year we decided to experiment with Bingo apps on our phones.

There are several out there to choose from, but we settled on the app called “Bingo Editions.”

It’s free, easy to use, and makes it possible to change up and scramble the options on the board for each round, which keeps things interesting.

With the Bingo app, you can create different game boards with however many entries you’d like.

Hit the “Refresh” button whenever you’re ready to start a new game and it’ll scramble them for you.

(Note: There’s not a lot of room to write the words in the squares, so you sometimes have to abbreviate them or use code words that the group agrees on.)

Here’s what a typical Bingo board will look like on your phone:

Some of the Hallmark Christmas Movie categories we all agreed on were:

• The main character wears a red coat
• An ex boyfriend or girlfriend comes on the scene
• Story involves a Christmas-themed business like a candy cane factory
• A kiss gets interrupted
• There’s a Christmas miracle
• Someone bakes a family recipe
• Main character lost a mother or father and talks about them
• Character travels from a big city to a small town
• The snow is obviously fake
• The green screen in a scene is so bad it’s laughable
• Main character lives in a charming house they probably couldn’t afford in real life
• Someone drives a classic red pickup truck

See the house from Holly & Ivy (it’s for sale!)

You can use whatever you want on your boards, just as long as you all agree on them to make it fair.

You can make it harder to get Bingo depending on how specific you are with the categories. Last year we learned that certain things were hard to get and made the games drag on longer.

This year we opted for easier things like gingerbread houses and Santa sightings to keep things moving.

Our cat Cress has a habit of jumping up on the console in front of the TV and blocking the screen while we’re watching, so we even added a square for that! 🙂

Whenever you see something onscreen that you have on your board, point it out to the other players and make sure everyone agrees that it fits the category.

You’ll simply tap the squares with your finger to mark them and the square will turn green.

Here’s what the screen looks like when you get Bingo:

When you get 5 in a row in any direction, the app calls out “BINGO!”

We keep a running tally on a small white board throughout the holiday season.

We even bought a trophy to give whoever has the most points by New Year’s:

Hallmark.com has Bingo boards you can download, print out and use.

If you prefer a pre-made paper version, you can buy a game pad in Hallmark stores:

Visit my Movie Houses page to see all the holiday movies I’ve featured,

including Holly & Ivy and Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane.

Fun Gifts for Hallmark Christmas Movie Fans

(Amazon affiliate links below)

A Mug for Your Hot Chocolate While Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies

Do Not Disturb: I’m Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies Socks

Hallmark Shirt

A Hallmark Christmas-Movie Pillow

Christmas Bingo Game Printable

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