St. Nicholas Day Bingo Card Generator

About St. Nicholas Day bingo

All 45 St. Nicholas Day bingo words

Every entry from Austria to White horse, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Feast day if it does not suit your group, or add your own.

• A: Austria
• B: Bari, Italy, Belgium, Bishop of Myra, Bishop's miter, Boots filled
• C: Carrot for the horse, Children's choir, Chocolate coins, Chocolate letters, Church procession, Crozier, Czech Republic
• D: December 6
• E: Evening of December 5
• F: Feast day
• G: Germany, Gingerbread bishop
• H: Hay for the horse, Hungary
• K: Kind deeds, Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus
• M: Mandarins, Mikulás
• N: Netherlands
• P: Patron of children, Patron of sailors, Pepernoten, Poland, Polished shoes
• R: Red robe, Rooftop rider
• S: Saint Nick, Shoes by the door, Sinterklaas, Small gifts, Speculaas, Steamboat arrival, Surprise poem
• T: Three bags of gold, Three daughters
• W: Walnuts, White beard, White horse

St. Nicholas Day bingo at a glance

When to play St. Nicholas Day bingo

How long St. Nicholas Day bingo lasts

150 shuffled call orders, played on the first 60 cards of this set. With 30 players the first line comes after a median 13 calls (about 2 minutes at one call every 10 seconds); the first blackout needs 41 calls (about 7 minutes).

How to host St. Nicholas Day bingo

1. 1

   Print the St. Nicholas Day cards

   Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Netherlands, Austria, Mikulás, Chocolate letters and Surprise poem.

2. 2

   Print the caller sheet

   All 45 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Netherlands, Patron of sailors, Red robe, White beard and Walnuts; tick each one as you read it out.

3. 3

   Play on the evening of December 5, then let children check their Shoes by the door the next morning and mark Boots filled and Mandarins.

4. 4

   Tell the legend of the Three daughters before you start; when Three bags of gold is called, children can explain it back to you.

5. 5

   Keep Krampus gentle with young children: describe him as a grumpy helper, and let older kids mark him with a growl.

6. 6

   Call until someone shouts bingo

   With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 13 (Surprise poem in this set's order) and a blackout near call 41; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.

St. Nicholas Day bingo variations

• St. Nicholas Day variation

  Shoe bingo: hide small numbered treats in shoes around the room. Each child finds one shoe; the number inside tells the caller which square to read next, until someone fills a line.

• Blackout round

  Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Netherlands to Steamboat arrival; on average one card fills after 44.2 of the 45 calls (98% of the deck).

• Quick 4x4 round

  A 4x4 card needs 16 of the 45 entries and no free space; one card is full after about 43.3 calls instead of 44.2.

First 15 calls of this St. Nicholas Day set

Seed "st-nicholas-day" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 14 of the first 30 completes the diagonal from the top left (Patron of sailors, Feast day, White beard and Mandarins) on call 15, and card 6 is the first full card on call 39.

Themes like St. Nicholas Day bingo

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

More Christmas bingo cards

St. Nicholas Day bingo is one of 39 Christmas lists here, and the Christmas bingo ideas page sets all 39 side by side. Christmas bingo for kids is the closest fit for kids and family game nights and shares one entry with this list, White beard.