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55 Christmas Wavelength categories

Christmas Wavelength categories for the holidays: movies, Secret Santa, family dinners, winter and New Year’s Eve.

Every category below is built into the free online game — start a room with this pack just below. Playing at the table instead? Print them as extra cards for the Wavelength board game.

Hosting a holiday game night? See Christmas Wavelength for the cards sorted by theme.

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Clue tip

Name a specific gift, film or relative’s habit. “Socks from Grandma” is a perfect clue for Gift you keep ↔ Gift you regift.

Example

Naughty ↔ Nice, target just right of center: “Eating the cookies left for Santa”.

All Holiday Party cards

  1. 1Naughty↔Nice
  2. 2Bad Christmas movie↔Great Christmas movie
  3. 3Bad Christmas song↔Great Christmas song
  4. 4Underrated Christmas song↔Overplayed Christmas song
  5. 5Minimal decorations↔Way too many decorations
  6. 6Thoughtful gift↔Last-minute gift
  7. 7Gift you keep↔Gift you regift
  8. 8Cheap stocking stuffer↔Expensive stocking stuffer
  9. 9Easy to wrap↔Impossible to wrap
  10. 10Not festive↔Extremely festive
  11. 11Bad tree topper↔Perfect tree topper
  12. 12Real Christmas tradition↔Made-up Christmas tradition
  13. 13Santa would approve↔Santa would not approve
  14. 14Elf job↔Reindeer job
  15. 15Classic holiday food↔Weird holiday food
  16. 16Bad Christmas sweater↔Great Christmas sweater
  17. 17Opens presents early↔Waits until morning
  18. 18Grinch↔Christmas elf
  19. 19Mild winter↔Brutal winter
  20. 20Indoor winter activity↔Outdoor winter activity
  21. 21Cozy↔Freezing
  22. 22Bad snowman↔Great snowman
  23. 23Hot drink↔Very hot drink
  24. 24Ski trip essential↔Useless on a ski trip
  25. 25Winter overrated↔Winter underrated
  26. 26Easy holiday guest↔Difficult holiday guest
  27. 27Safe dinner topic↔Dangerous dinner topic
  28. 28Side dish↔Main event
  29. 29Leftover you love↔Leftover you throw away
  30. 30Kids table↔Grown-ups table
  31. 31Short family visit↔Way too long family visit
  32. 32Quiet holiday↔Chaotic holiday
  33. 33Underrated holiday dessert↔Overrated holiday dessert
  34. 34Hosting is easy↔Hosting is a nightmare
  35. 35Traditional recipe↔Experimental recipe
  36. 36Small talk↔Deep talk
  37. 37Worst Thanksgiving dish↔Best Thanksgiving dish
  38. 38Thankful for it↔Not thankful for it
  39. 39Pie you skip↔Pie you fight over
  40. 40Light meal↔Food coma
  41. 41Good Secret Santa gift↔Bad Secret Santa gift
  42. 42Fine at the office party↔Not OK at the office party
  43. 43Boring office party↔Legendary office party
  44. 44Leave early↔Stay until the end
  45. 45Good party game↔Bad party game
  46. 46Small group↔Huge party
  47. 47Easy resolution↔Impossible resolution
  48. 48Resolution you keep↔Broken by January 2
  49. 49Calm New Year’s Eve↔Wild New Year’s Eve
  50. 50Good year↔Bad year
  51. 51Asleep before midnight↔Out until sunrise
  52. 52Overrated celebration↔Underrated celebration
  53. 53Classy party↔Messy party
  54. 54Fresh start↔Same old me
  55. 55Small celebration↔Fireworks-level celebration

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