Christmas music game: guess the year of the carol
Carols, pop classics and the song you hear in every shop in December. Who can place them in the right year?
Free to try. Log in with an email code, no password and no app to install.
Christmas songs are the perfect trap for a timeline. Everyone knows them, many are covers, and the original version might be forty years older than the one you heard.
It works after dinner, when a card game would take too long to set up. One phone on the table, a pot of tea, and a surprising amount of arguing.
How it works
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Log in with a code
Enter your email address and type the code we send you. No password, no app.
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Pick a deck
Choose a popular deck, one of your own, or scan the QR code of a deck you have.
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Add the players
Add everyone who plays and choose how many cards are needed to win. One phone is enough.
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Listen and place
Hear a 30 second preview and place the song on your timeline. Right answers grow your timeline, the first to fill it wins.
The timeline in one look
Every player builds a timeline of songs in release order. You never see the year of the new song: you listen, then decide where it fits between the songs you already placed.
Tips for this game
Check the original
A cover version might be decades younger than the song. The preview decides.
Mix pop and carols
A deck of both gives wide year gaps and surprises.
Make it a tradition
Play one round after the meal every year and keep a score.
What you get
One phone, whole group
The phone goes from hand to hand. Nobody needs their own device or an account.
Real music
Songs play as 30 second previews, enough to recognise a chorus and argue about the year.
Free decks to start
Popular public decks are free to play. Want your own songs? Turn any playlist into a deck, the first 100 cards are free.
Prefer real cards?
The same game also exists on printed cards with a QR code on every card. See how that works for this subject.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a Christmas deck?
Make one from a Christmas playlist in a minute, the first 100 cards are free.
Does it work on Christmas Day?
Yes, any day, as long as there is a connection.
Do I need to install an app?
No. The game runs in your phone browser. You only log in with a code sent to your email address.
Can we play together on different phones?
Not yet. The game is made for one phone that the group passes around, the way you would pass a stack of cards.
Ready to play?
Open the game, log in with a code and start your first round in a minute.
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