You can find the fun at paddypowerbingo.co.uk, with the full schedule running up until the 1^st January. Get things started with an evening of fixed prize games tonight from 6pm, with £50k waiting to be grabbed and some fab 1TG and 2TG games to create even more winners in time for the New Year. Speaking of which, as of tomorrow, you’ve got three days of £100,000 prize pots at Paddy Power Bingo with special Bingo Linx games with even stevens jackpots of £2012 (geddit?!) for 1-line, 2-line and full house winners!

The promos are a networked special, with plenty of other online bingo sites including Crown Bingo and Virgin Bingo getting on board as well, meaning you’ve got plenty of options for choosing your New Year destination. Get yourselves over this evening roomies – and here’s hoping for a big new years win for everyone! GL!

Plenty of online bingo sites are still in festive promo overdrive, which means you can look forward to a few more days of great big money bingo fun. Be it extra guaranteed jackpots, some free bingo games or online bingo bonus codes, the online bingo world is still in that generous spirit in a bid to tempt you away from the online sales and onto their sites. Our advice?? Get looking around and you’ll see that even when your tinsel is starting to look a bit faded, it really is the most wonderful time of the year in online bingo.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing you some of our favourite picks of the year from the world of online bingo. Whether it’s to do with the latest trends we’ve noticed, the biggest new bingo sites or the biggest jackpots, we’re rounding up left right and centre. Why? So you can keep track of the real ones to watch next year. Make sure you stay tuned for our definitive 2011 top fives, where we’ll really separate the bingo studs from the bingo duds.

You can start entering your pics right now at Jackpotjoybingo.co.uk, with the rules pretty darn simple. Get out those stockings and tinsel and deck yourself out in festive gear and send Jackpotjoy Bingo your picture along with your answer to the following caption: I love Christmas because… It’s really that easy – you can even change your entry before the closing date of Thursday 22^nd December.

After that, it’s all up to the good people of JackpotJoy Bingo, with roomies invited to vote on each entry, rating pics with ”˜Festive Fantastic’or ”˜Bah Humbug’. The top 30 pictures that have been most voted on will receive £200 cash from Jackpotjoy Bingo on Tuesday 3^rd January – the perfect treat for any hungover bank balance! And if that wasn’t enough, there’s an additional Judges Vote competition, where you can upload another picture for yet another chance to win £200. With a massive £6,000 waiting to be distributed amongst JackpotJoy Bingo’s best festive roomies, what are you waiting for?! Get uploading now – and GL!

And I’ve well and truly stuffed myself before the party has even started. From all these online bingo advent calendars through to their fancy new homepages with virtual falling snow, from the banners telling me to stock up on my tickets for the biggest Christmas bingo games – it seems the online bingo world has gone into full on festive overdrive, and it’s just a little bit overwhelming.

But as I was moaning about it for the umpteenth time, I realised that although every bingo site right now seems to be directing you to a festive promotion faster than you can say Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, it’s not like you have to take part. Getting caught up in this seasonal madness can be fun for a while, but so are the usual online bingo games that are there, day in, day out. And given that there are plenty of real world Christmas things I need to be getting on with, I found once I filtered through the Santas and sleighs online, the bingo site became more like a break from Christmas stress, rather than adding to it.

Of course, I’ll still be playing some of the big games come Christmas Day, and I’m more than happy to try and grab something from a freebie advent calendar, but when it comes to the special promotions, I’m more inclined to plump for the year round fun, rather than too many festive flings.

Gala Bingo – £50k in big bingo jackpots

Good old Gala Bingo know that there’s never the need to have an excuse for a jackpot extravaganza, with their weekly Bingoland Jackpot schedule serving up guaranteed jackpots by the bucketload week in, week out. Look out for selected games with up to £1,500 to be won from 6pm to 12am on Saturday evening. With a total of £50k up for grabs, it’s an unmissable event from the good folk of Gala Bingo. Check out the City room for your chance to play all the games!

Virgin Bingo – A free bingo weekend treat!

Alongside their usual free bingo games, Virgin Bingo up the ante every single Saturday night, with roomies invited to take part in two hours worth of free bingo games via their fantastic Hidden Treasure room. Get your spade in hand and start digging for some free wins from 7.30pm on Saturday evening – just make sure you enter the Virgin Bingo code FREEANDSUPER54 in the lobby on the night, and you’ll get two hours of the good stuff, no strings.

Posh Bingo – Still time to enter their Winter Wonderland!

£500 worth of cash is enough to get us rollin’ up our sleeves and throwing a couple of elbows in a fab bingo tourney at Posh Bingo. With less than ten days to go until Christmas, time’s running out to grab your share of the £500 prize pot. Get your points by playing bingo and instant games – and don’t forget, you can add some extra funds to your account this weekend by using the Posh Bingo bonus code SALSA2 tomorrow for a 90% reload bonus, and SALSA3 on Sunday or Monday for a 95% reload bonus.

Fabulous Bingo – A seriously stylish (and free!) laptop

The guys over at Fabulous Bingo are really making a name for themselves as the most stylish kids on the bingo block, with the site a real haven for fashionistas who just happen to love bingo. And they’re looking for your top style tips of the past year right now. You have until Monday 9^th January to email your style do’s and don’t s of the year, and if Fabulous Bingo like your style, you could be one of five roomies who will walk away with a rather cute pink laptop. Simple, stylish – and best of all, it’s FREE.

William Hill Bingo – BOGOF and free bingo treats

As much as we are trying to avoid the festive promos, there are a few that are too good to miss right now. Step forward William Hill Bingo, who are offering a daily £1,000 guaranteed jackpot right up until the 24^th . Alongside that, you can also check out £500 of daily free bingo games, with £30 games playing from midday until 2pm, and £50 cash pots from 7pm to 10pm in the Bargain Basement. Add to that BOGOF bingo in the Community Room all day Saturday, and it’s enough to change our no, no, no into a ho, ho, ho. Enjoy roomies!

Following their earlybird Christmas wishlist promotion, things over at sunbingo.co.uk are definitely moving up to full festive speed, with tidings of comfort, joy and plenty of free swag for Sun Bingo roomies. The guys are offering a daily prize of anything from Kindles to Cash, from iPad’s to 3D TV’s – and plenty of other treats in between. Today, you could win an iPad, and if you fancy having a shot, getting involved couldn’t be simpler. The promo is open to all Sun Bingo roomies who wager just £10 on bingo or £30 on slots and side games in a single day. That then automatically enters them into the daily prize draw to win one of 10 prizes per day – and there’s even a great twist for the players who don’t walk with the swag.

If you get entered and miss out, you’ll be automatically re-entered into a runners-up prize draw, which will play on December 28^th. There will be a prize pot of £2,500 in total, shared out between 10 roomies. It’s one of the easiest online bingo offers out there right now, and factor in all the fun of Sun Bingo’s bingo and side games and you’ve got plenty of reasons to be jolly this Christmas season. Enjoy roomies, and GL!

Think Bingo – A Winter Wonderland

We’re loving being spoilt by plenty of the online bingo advent calendar promos out there – and one of our faves is run by none other than Think Bingo. The guys are offering all kinds of gifts and great value games in their Winter Wonderland promo. Click on to Thinkbingo.co.uk today, and you’ll find a fab surprise game lurking in the 90-ball bingo Think 90 room. There’s a whopping £250 up for grabs sometime between 4pm and 6pm – so get your skates on and see if you can pick up some of that Christmas spirit.

Crown Bingo – spend now for a free party tomorrow!

The annual Crown Bingo Christmas party is taking place tomorrow, with Room2 transformed into a festive bingo bash with plenty of games and quizzes from 6pm-10pm. And as for prizes, you can feast on shopping vouchers a plenty, plus the chance to win an Xbox 360 Console at 9pm, just in time for Christmas. If you fancy getting on board, you can also get yourself a fab free bingo bonus of £5 to splurge tomorrow night – all you have to do is head over to Crown Bingo today and top up your account with £20. Stash then splurge roomies!

Wink Bingo – a daily festive fifty!

Good old Wink Bingo know that amongst all this promo overdrive, it’s great to keep the daily promos running like clockwork – which is why they’ve still got their Festive £50 room open for business. £50 for 2p certainly works out in our minds, and if you fancy something a little higher stakes, there’s also the fab Daily £150 game at 8.45pm for £1 a card.

888Ladies Bingo – Festive free bingo a plenty

Nothing channels that spirit of giving like a dollop of free bingo, and at 888Ladies Bingo, there are plenty of free bingo treats to be found every single day. A jackpot of £300 is up for grabs in the Bubbly Bingo room at 7pm all this week, with the total rising to £500 at the weekend. If that wasn’t enough for you, there’s also cheeky £10 free bingo pots playing every hour from 11.30am to 11.30pm in the Ladies First room, giving you plenty of options to grab a full house for nout.

Sing Bingo – get your Christmas chat on for extra Sing Points!

All you lovers of Christmas songs listen up – Sing Bingo have got the perfect treat with plenty of Sing Bingo points up for grabs to boot. There are two special festive chat hours running every day in the lead up to Christmas, playing at 3pm-4pm and 11pm-12am everyday at Sing Bingo. Check out the Disco Grooves, Karaoke Nights, Dancing Queen, Winner Takes it All or Staying Alive rooms and whenever there’s a winner, your CM will ask you a Christmas No.1 related question. Be the first roomie to get it right, and you’ll get 1,000 Sing Points to swap for bonus funds. You can also choose to double or nothing and bag 2,000 points by answering a second question – all you music buffs, make sure you form an orderly queue.

Cheeky Bingo – double your deposits!

There’s a brilliant balance boosting offer at Cheeky Bingo today, with the guys giving all their roomies a huge 100% reload bonus on their first deposit of today. Top up your account today and Cheeky Bingo will offer you the same amount in bonus funds on top of it, giving you tons of funds to see you through the weekend. The offer is part of Cheeky Bingo’s advent calendar promotion, which gives roomies plenty of added extras to the usual free bingo fun. Look out for £50 worth of extra bingo founds today, with random games playing in the rooms under the Cheeky Mix tab. These games cost just 2p, making it more than worth your while to check out Cheeky Bingo.

Bingostreet – two ways to £500 big ones and plenty of bonuses

The new Fiery £500 game will be playing at Bingostreet this Saturday, with 75-ball bingo fans treated to a great new way to get their hands on a juicy £500 prize pot. There’s a £300 full house jackpot up for grabs, alongside a tasty £100 1TG pot and £50 for all 2TG players. On top of that, you can also find the £500 weekly special if you prefer 90-ball bingo, with cards selling at just 5p and a £250 fullhouse. Both games play at 9.30pm, and if you are looking for extra funds, be sure to use the bonus code DING when topping up today to get a one off 75% reload bonus, or the bonus code DONG tomorrow (or Sunday) for a 70% reload bonus. The codes are valid once on any deposit of £10-£100 – enjoy!

Jackpotjoy Bingo – Still dangling a £3k Friday bingo bauble

Fair and square is the way JackpotJoy Bingo are playing it this Friday – the guys have got their Bingo Bauble still dangling every Friday evening in December, with the game kicking off at 9.45pm. The tickets cost 10p and there’s a whopping £3,000 up for grabs – with a fair split of £1k for the full house, 2 line and 1 line winner. You can get your tickets now at Jackpotjoy Bingo – meaning there’s no chance of missing out on the fun.

Paddy Power Bingo – a bonus point weekend bonanza

The guys at Paddy Power Bingo have stacked their rooms full of bonus points this weekend, with a double and triple bonus point bonanza this Saturday and Sunday. Tune into the Topaz, Sapphire, Bargain Basement, Paddy’s Fairground or Gold Room and you’ll find double Star reward points on 90-ball bingo games between 8-10pm on Saturday, and triple reward points on all bingo games in the roods all day on Sunday. You can swap your points for free bingo entries into other Paddy Power Bingo games – making it a great way to stash some freebie cash for your balance.

Bet365 Bingo – four chances to grab a £10k prize pot!

It’s the final few days of Bet365 Bingo’s amazing £10k jackpot spree at the moment, with Bet365 Bingo offering four chances to win £10,000 every single evening up until the 11^th December. A weekend of jackpot chasing awaits, with four games offering a guaranteed pot of £100 available at 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm and 9pm this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost 25p, and there’s an extra coverall bonus depending on the number of calls you can bingo in. With a maximum of £10k, it’s a big money weekend that’s a must for bingo fans everywhere. GL roomies!

There have been plenty of charity bingo games over the last month or so. Jackpotjoy Bingo recently treated their players to an extra month of charity bingo, with a proportion of proceeds from games going to the RSPCA – the perfect match for any animal lover out there. And Bingo Giving (a charity bingo site that allows you to donate money everytime you deposit and play) managed to get Kerry Katona to donate…herself! Yup, because the site featured one of Kerry’s fave charity’s, she agreed to accompany one lucky winner out to a swanky dinner as part of one of their tourneys.

So what is it about charity bingo that gets us roomies on board?! Well, it’s not just us lot that can win big with a charity bingo game. The best part is that whether you win or lose, a bit of your money will go to a good cause. Given that online bingo is a notoriously one-way street kinda thing – you either win or lose, with little thought for anyone else. You don’t really have to worry about parting from extra funds either, with most donations coming out of the bingo site’s profits rather than your pocket. And of course, although we do like to give, the fact that you could also win some cash makes the whole idea a pretty tempting proposition, whichever way you look at it.
There’s plenty of charity bingo sties out there, with Bingo Heart and Bingo Giving among our personal favourites, so why not discover the spirit of Christmas and get yourself some involved in some charity bingo games that’d make Tiny Tim proud.