Christmas Wavelength: 55 holiday prompts
Wavelength for the holidays: is a sweater from Aunt Linda a gift you keep or a gift you regift? Where does “sprouts” land between side dish and main event? Every card here is about December, and they all play in the free online game — no box or app needed.
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All 55 Christmas Wavelength prompts
Sorted by theme so you can pick a round to match the evening. The online game shuffles them all together.
Christmas · 18
- Naughty↔Nice
- Bad Christmas movie↔Great Christmas movie
- Bad Christmas song↔Great Christmas song
- Underrated Christmas song↔Overplayed Christmas song
- Minimal decorations↔Way too many decorations
- Thoughtful gift↔Last-minute gift
- Gift you keep↔Gift you regift
- Cheap stocking stuffer↔Expensive stocking stuffer
- Easy to wrap↔Impossible to wrap
- Not festive↔Extremely festive
- Bad tree topper↔Perfect tree topper
- Real Christmas tradition↔Made-up Christmas tradition
- Santa would approve↔Santa would not approve
- Elf job↔Reindeer job
- Classic holiday food↔Weird holiday food
- Bad Christmas sweater↔Great Christmas sweater
- Opens presents early↔Waits until morning
- Grinch↔Christmas elf
Winter · 7
- Mild winter↔Brutal winter
- Indoor winter activity↔Outdoor winter activity
- Cozy↔Freezing
- Bad snowman↔Great snowman
- Hot drink↔Very hot drink
- Ski trip essential↔Useless on a ski trip
- Winter overrated↔Winter underrated
Family & dinner · 11
- Easy holiday guest↔Difficult holiday guest
- Safe dinner topic↔Dangerous dinner topic
- Side dish↔Main event
- Leftover you love↔Leftover you throw away
- Kids table↔Grown-ups table
- Short family visit↔Way too long family visit
- Quiet holiday↔Chaotic holiday
- Underrated holiday dessert↔Overrated holiday dessert
- Hosting is easy↔Hosting is a nightmare
- Traditional recipe↔Experimental recipe
- Small talk↔Deep talk
Thanksgiving · 4
- Worst Thanksgiving dish↔Best Thanksgiving dish
- Thankful for it↔Not thankful for it
- Pie you skip↔Pie you fight over
- Light meal↔Food coma
Office party · 6
- Good Secret Santa gift↔Bad Secret Santa gift
- Fine at the office party↔Not OK at the office party
- Boring office party↔Legendary office party
- Leave early↔Stay until the end
- Good party game↔Bad party game
- Small group↔Huge party
New Year’s Eve · 9
- Easy resolution↔Impossible resolution
- Resolution you keep↔Broken by January 2
- Calm New Year’s Eve↔Wild New Year’s Eve
- Good year↔Bad year
- Asleep before midnight↔Out until sunrise
- Overrated celebration↔Underrated celebration
- Classy party↔Messy party
- Fresh start↔Same old me
- Small celebration↔Fireworks-level celebration
Clues that work in December
Holiday cards reward specific memories. “The year the turkey caught fire” beats “a bad dinner”, and a named film lands far more precisely than “a Christmas movie”.
Mixed ages at the table? Let grandparents and kids sit on the same team: one knows the old carols, the other knows every animated special.
Playing in person with the Wavelength board game? Write these prompts on blank cards and shuffle them into the deck. Want more? Browse all Wavelength prompts or read the rules.
FAQ
- Is there a Christmas edition of Wavelength?
- There’s no official Christmas box, so we wrote our own holiday cards. They are built into this free fan-made online version, and you can also print them as extra cards for the board game.
- Can we play Christmas Wavelength with family in different houses?
- Yes. Start a room, share the 4-letter code in the family chat, and everyone plays from their own phone or laptop while you talk on a video call.
- Are the holiday prompts OK for kids?
- Yes, the holiday pack is family-friendly. For very young players, add the Kids pack in the room settings so the cards stay simple.
- How long does a game take?
- Around 30–45 minutes to reach 10 points. The host can lower the target score to 5 for a quick game between dinner and dessert.
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