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55 Christmas Wavelength prompts

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

Every prompt below is built into the free online game. Playing at the table instead? Print them as extra cards for the Wavelength board game.

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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