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Christmas strip bingo

If you've played strip bingo with classes before you know the drill. If not, this is what you do. I've added a vocabulary list after the instructions. Apologies for any poor formatting.

Display the list of French Christmas vocabulary on the board.
Hand out long strip of paper to each pupil (e.g. A4 cut/torn into three vertical strips)
Tell pupils to write down 15 French Christmas words using the whole length of their strip of paper (make sure they spread them out quite evenly).
Tell them that you will say Christmas words randomly. When they hear a word at either end of their strip they may tear it off (thus revealing a new word). You keep saying Christmas words. The first pupil to get rid of all their words is the winner. Remember to keep saying the same words over and over! 
  
Advent Calendar –un calendrier de l’Avent   Present/gift –Un cadeau
Angel – un ange    Reindeer - Un renne
Bells – les clochettes​    Chestnuts – les marrons
Robin – Un rouge-gorge​        Snowman – un bonhomme de neige
Candle – une bougie  Christmas Day – le jour de Noël
Christmas - le Noël ​    Sledge – Un traîneau
Christmas cake – un gâteau de Noël ​     Christmas Eve – la veille de Noël
Christmas Card – une carte de Noël Snowfall – La chute de neige
Christmas Carol – un chant de NoëlNew Year’s Eve – le Saint-Sylvestre
Christmas Tree – un sapin de Noël New Year’s Day – le jour de l’An
Church – l’église Stars – des étoiles
Cracker – un diablotin Stocking – une chaussette
Cranberry Sauce – la sauce à la canneberge Stuffing – la farce
Decorations – les décorations de Noël Yuletide log – une bûche de Noël
Fairy Lights – la guirlande électrique Turkey – la dinde
Father Christmas – Le père noël Mistletoe – le gui

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