Las Posadas Bingo Card Generator

About Las Posadas bingo

All 46 Las Posadas bingo words

Every entry from Aguinaldo to Villancicos, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Farolitos if it does not suit your group, or add your own.

• A: Aguinaldo, Angel, Atole
• B: Bethlehem story, Blindfold, Buñuelos
• C: Call and response, Candles, Champurrado, Community feast
• D: December 16 to 24, Donkey
• F: Falling candy, Farolitos, Final night
• G: Guatemala
• H: Host family
• I: Innkeepers
• K: Knock at the door
• M: Mary and Joseph, Mexico, Misa de Gallo
• N: Nacimiento, Neighborhood walk, New Mexico, Nine nights, Noche Buena, Nochebuena flower
• O: Open door, Oranges
• P: Paper lanterns, Pastorela, Peanuts, Pedir posada, Peregrinos, Piñata, Ponche, Prayer, Procession
• S: Seven-point star, Shepherds, Stick, Sugarcane
• T: Tamales, Tejocotes
• V: Villancicos

Las Posadas bingo at a glance

When to play Las Posadas bingo

How long Las Posadas 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 14, which is about 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call, and a full card by call 42 of 46.

How to host Las Posadas bingo

1. 1

   Print the Las Posadas cards

   Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Community feast, Knock at the door, Stick, Neighborhood walk and Oranges.

2. 2

   Print the caller sheet

   All 46 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Mary and Joseph, Community feast, Aguinaldo, Ponche and Final night; tick each one as you read it out.

3. 3

   Use the Spanish words as a mini-lesson: say Villancicos, Aguinaldo or Pastorela and give the English meaning before players mark the square.

4. 4

   Play one round per night across the Nine nights, keeping the same cards; the Final night lines up with Noche Buena on December 24.

5. 5

   Fill a real Piñata with the fruits from the card, such as Tejocotes, Sugarcane, Peanuts and Oranges, and break it when someone wins.

6. 6

   Call until someone shouts bingo

   With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 14 (Candles in this set's order) and a blackout near call 42; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.

Las Posadas bingo variations

• Las Posadas variation

  Knock-knock round: the caller knocks on a door and players respond with a square word as the password. The first player whose card fills a line opens the door and is welcomed in as the host.

• Blackout round

  Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Community feast to Peanuts; 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 Las Posadas set

Seed "las-posadas" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 22 of the first 30 completes the N column (Call and response, Ponche, Angel and Innkeepers) on call 15, and card 4 is the first full card on call 43.

Themes like Las Posadas bingo

Nativity bingo is the closest list: it shares 2 entries with this one, such as Donkey and Shepherds. For a longer game, paste both lists into the Edit words box; duplicates are removed automatically.

More Christmas bingo cards

Las Posadas bingo is one of 39 Christmas lists here, and the Christmas bingo ideas page sets all 39 side by side. Christmas Picture bingo is the closest fit for kids and ESL lessons and shares one entry with this list, Angel.