Boxing Day Bingo Card Generator

About Boxing Day bingo

All 46 Boxing Day bingo words

Every entry from Afternoon film to Wren Day, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Muddy boots if it does not suit your group, or add your own.

• A: Afternoon film, Alms box, Australia
• B: Bank holiday, Board games, Boxing Day dip, Boxing Day sales, Boxing Day Test, Bubble and squeak
• C: Canada, Cheese and crackers, Chocolate tin, Christmas box, Christmas cake, Cold cuts, Cold ham
• D: December 26
• E: Exchanging gifts
• F: Fancy dress swim, Fireside chat, Football match
• H: Hunting for bargains
• I: Ireland
• J: Jigsaw puzzle
• L: Lazy morning, Leftover trifle, Long walk
• M: Mince pie crumbs, Muddy boots
• N: Nap after lunch, New toys, New Zealand
• P: Pantomime, Pickles, Pork pie
• R: Recycling day
• S: Sausage rolls, Servants' day off, Spare batteries, St. Stephen's Day
• T: Thank-you letters, Tree still up, Turkey curry, Turkey sandwich
• V: Visiting relatives
• W: Wren Day

Boxing Day bingo at a glance

When to play Boxing Day bingo

How long Boxing Day bingo lasts

This list was simulated 150 times in random call orders on its first 60 cards. A room of 30 usually has a line by call 13, which is about 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call, and a full card by call 42 of 46.

How to host Boxing Day bingo

1. 1

   Print the Boxing Day cards

   Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Board games, Servants' day off, Long walk, Sausage rolls and New Zealand.

2. 2

   Print the caller sheet

   All 46 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Cheese and crackers, Australia, Alms box, Christmas box and Sausage rolls; tick each one as you read it out.

3. 3

   Play after a late lunch of leftovers; food squares like Pork pie and Leftover trifle get marked as plates come out of the fridge.

4. 4

   Explain the Christmas box and Alms box when called: the day's name is usually traced to gifts for workers and church alms boxes for the poor.

5. 5

   For relatives from different countries, ask who calls it St. Stephen's Day and who calls it Boxing Day before marking those squares.

6. 6

   Call until someone shouts bingo

   With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 13 (Boxing Day sales in this set's order) and a blackout near call 42; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.

Boxing Day bingo variations

• Boxing Day variation

  Leftover bingo: before the meal, players guess which leftovers will appear. Mark only squares that actually reach the table, from Cold cuts to Sausage rolls; the closest guess picks the afternoon film.

• Blackout round

  Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Board games to Football match; on average one card fills after 45.1 of the 46 calls (98% of the deck).

• Quick 4x4 round

  A 4x4 card needs 16 of the 46 entries and no free space; one card is full after about 44.2 calls instead of 45.1.

First 15 calls of this Boxing Day set

Seed "boxing-day" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 1 of the first 30 completes the diagonal from the top right (New Zealand, Fireside chat, Australia and Turkey sandwich) on call 12, and card 4 is the first full card on call 43.

Themes like Boxing Day bingo

Twelve Days of Christmas bingo is the closest list: it shares 1 entry with this one, such as St. Stephen's Day. For a longer game, paste both lists into the Edit words box; duplicates are removed automatically.

More Christmas bingo cards

Boxing Day bingo is one of 39 Christmas lists here, and the Christmas bingo ideas page sets all 39 side by side. Christmas Markets bingo is the closest fit for adults and family game nights.