Take one drink of your favorite holiday drink (hot chocolate, egg nog, etc.) if the following happens during a Christmas romance movie:
Setting/Effects
-Aerial/panoramic view of the city/town (2 drinks if it’s that one street with the zigzag lights)
-Picturesque small town (2 if it’s Evergreen, 3 if it’s their hometown and they’re back after a long time or unexpectedly)
-You hear “Good King Wenceslas”
-Snow falling (2 drinks if they have big pieces of fake snow in their hair)
-Magical sprinkly swoosh chimes or sleigh bells sound effect (2 if it happens gratuitously)
-Magical twinkling/brightening light effect/shooting star (2 if it happens gratuitously)
-There’s a narrator/letter narrated
-Leading actress has tendrils of hair that look like done with a curling iron
-Holiday names – Kris, Holly, Nick, Eve, etc.
-Product placement (2 for Folgers, 3 for Balsam Hill)
-Cute pet
Major Plot Elements
-Snowed in or otherwise trapped together (2 drinks if it’s a small town)
-Someone is going/usually goes to Fiji/Aruba/Jamaica/warm island/Hamptons/Aspen for Christmas
-Single father/mother (2 if amazing kid, 3 if they’re questioning Santa and come to believe again by the end)
-Long lost love/old flame/first love
-Someone loses their job right before Christmas
-Someone needs a lot of money/effort/time to save something
-Someone has to give up a big opportunity to stay
-The actual bf/gf or ex shows up unexpectedly
-Someone is a grinchy and/or a workaholic/doesn’t like decorations (2 drinks if it’s because of a past tragedy at Christmas)
-Someone lost their spouse/fiancée 3 years ago
-Someone doesn’t know who they are/amnesia or can’t reveal their true identity
Occupations
-Someone is a chef/owns a restaurant/caretaker (2 drinks if they are a pastry chef, 3 if they are a b&b owner)
-Someone is a doctor/nurse/veterinarian
-Someone works at an ad agency or is a TV show host/planner/organizer or is a singer/musician/performer
-Someone is an artist/crafter/architect/designer/decorater/antiquer/writer/woodworker/photographer/art history major
-Someone is an accountant/clerk/financial/lawyer/appraiser/downsizer/“big city” developer
-Someone is a sheriff/judge/veteran/military/politician/elected official/ranger
Interactions
-Almost kiss (2 if mistletoe/holly, 3 drinks if more than one)
-Real kiss at end of movie (2 if mistletoe/holly)
-Mix up/miscommunication/white lie (2 drinks if they overhear a conversation and take it the wrong way)
-Family hug/group hug
-Someone squeals/squees
-Everyone says what they’re thankful for
-Accidentally touching hands
-Someone calls a child “Bug,” “Bud,” or “Buddy”
-A twirl on the dance floor
-Window shopping for a present they get later
-Unexpected/unwanted awkward proposal from the wrong person (2 if the ring gets stuck on the finger)
-When a breakup happens, they say “Merry Christmas”
-Ex/actual bf/gf doesn’t actually know what the person likes/values
-Matchmaking occurs/arranged meet up
-Picking something out of hair/wiping food/paint/etc. off face
-Fall down on each other and kiss/almost kiss/have a moment
-Playing car/travel games (2 drinks if it’s the abc game)
Magical Elements
-It’s secretly the real Santa/God/elf/magical person
-Someone from the North Pole/Heaven claims they’re from “up north”
-Someone from the North Pole/Heaven loses/misplaces a magical item
-Santa’s list/naughty or nice list
-Someone makes a wish/wishing well/letter to Santa/God
-Someone winks
Christmassy Items
-Snow globe collection or a snow globe is integral to the plot
-There’s a date board/Advent calendar counting down the days until Christmas
-A nutcracker or The Nutcracker is important to the plot
-Poinsettias are important to the plot
-Bell-ringing Santa (2 if someone donates, 3 if they drop the money into their drink rather than the donation bucket)
-Christmas carols/caroling (2 drinks for Dickens’ era dressed carolers)
-Reindeer are important to the plot
-A nativity is important to the plot
Food & Drinks
-Hot chocolate (2 drinks if it has a candy cane in it)
-Candy canes are important to plot
-Egg nog (2 drinks if someone doesn’t like it)
-Cinnamon rolls for breakfast (2 drinks if that’s what someone who is deceased always used to make)
-Someone talks about brining turkey
Christmas Activities
-Picture with Santa
-Making decorations by hand (2 drinks for paper snowflakes, 3 drinks for popcorn garland, 4 drinks for red & green chains)
-Chopping down a real tree/working at a Christmas tree farm/pop-up
-Decorating a Christmas tree (2 for angel tree topper, 3 if they boost a kid to put on topper, 4 if it’s a Charlie Brown tree)
-Making/decorating a gingerbread house (2 for contest, 3 for winning)
-Making/decorating Christmas cookies (2 drinks for gingerbread men)
-Tree lighting ceremony
-Ice skating (2 drinks if one of the lead characters is terrible at it and the other lead has to teach them)
-Snowball fight
-Someone lays under the Christmas tree
-Making a wreath
-Snow angel
-Christmas gala/party/ball/fair/festival/parade/stroll
-Donate/work at charity/children’s center/hospital/community center/food pantry
-Everyone sits down for a dinner all together
-Opening presents (2 drinks if it’s one present on Christmas Eve)
-Ugly sweaters (2 drinks for an ugly sweater party/contest)
-Someone reads “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas” or other Christmas book
-Someone puts children’s wishes on ornaments on a tree or fulfills one of these wishes
-Someone dresses up as Santa/Mrs. Clause/elf
-Children’s pageant/show
-Make a snowman (2 if there’s a contest, 3 for winning the contest)
-Making/putting up/filling stockings
-Sledding
-Carriage ride/sleigh ride/hay ride/horse riding
-Someone chops wood
-Someone leaves milk and cookies out for Santa
-Checklist of Christmassy stuff to do