12/05/2025
❄️☃️📯 WHAMAGEDDON 2025 ❄️☃️📯
HELLO THERE WHAMMAGEDDONISTS! Whether you’re new to the game or a grizzled veteran, here’s a refresher, PLEASE READ THIS THROUGH COMPLETELY BEFORE COMPETING. December 1st is already here so you get a free pass until today. Who's in?
It’s not complicated: if you RECOGNIZE *ANY* PART OF THE ORIGINAL 1984 SONG played during 5-24 December, you’re out and sent to Whamhalla 2025.
📯🏔️📯 THE OFFICIAL RULES 📯🏔️📯
⭐ THE 1ST RULE
The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing WHAM's Christmas classic “Last Christmas”.
⭐ THE 2ND RULE
The game starts on December 1st, and finishes at the end of December 24th. Use your local timezone.
⭐ THE 3RD RULE
Only the original version applies. Enjoy all the remixes and covers.
⭐ THE 4TH RULE
You're out as soon as you recognize the song.
⭐ BONUS RULE
Post on social media with the hashtag when you get hit.
⭐ PLAYER VS. PLAYER (PVP)?
While we can't stop you from deliberately sending your friends to Whamhalla, the intention is that this is a survival game. Not a Battle Royale. So...don’t be a meanie, mkay?
🌲🎄 GROUP RULES TO KEEP IN MIND 🎄🌲
⛄️ Everyone is free to play their own game. However, you can't win a game of dodgeball if you're never on the court. For me, wearing headphones constantly or avoiding TV, radio, or streaming services altogether is no way to spend the holidays. I personally prefer to play to see not IF I get knocked out, but WHEN I do. This is a great, unique time of year. Take precautions, beware of ambushes, but the fun of the game comes from the risk.
♥️ Be kind. This time of year is a lot for many folks, and hopefully this goofy game is a fun distraction that can make these long, cold, dark nights a bit more bearable. The same articles, memes, and silly jokes will be re-posted and re-re-posted -- don’t worry about it. Just keep scrolling.
🤔 Let’s keep things simple. If you ever ask “AM I OUT IF…” re-read the rules. No need to post and ask. Don’t over complicate things, this is a silly game we play for fun. If you’re still not sure, then your answer is “Yes”.
🎅 When it comes to identifying The Song, it is considered the original until you can determine otherwise. Say, if you only hear 5 seconds of “Last Christmas” in a radio commercial and didn’t hear George’s dulcet voice, then welcome to the Halls of Whamhalla. Same goes for speeding it up or slowing it down. It’s still the original recording being played. As the Pudding Mix is an official extended version, is included with the official vinyl, and is minorly “mixed” on par with a radio edit, here it is officially considered NOT a remix under the 3rd Rule, and therefore you are Whammed if you hear it.
🌟 If you’re out, post the details on comments here and on your own timeline if you'd like, along with the hashtag . Bonus points for a photo of the moment.
🎁 Prizes? Awards? None, just a fun distraction and the title of Whamageddon 2025 Survivor to carry you into the new year. Have fun, enjoy the holidays, and don’t get Whammed!
😇 For the noble fallen, Whamhalla 2025 awaits! If your kids or significant other Whamssassinate you, just keep that in mind the next time their birthday rolls around. Whamvenge is a dish best served cold.
🎄 For those wanting a greater challenge, there's always Mariahpocalypse 2025.
🚫 It should go without saying, but keep any posts/comments rated PG.
❄️ I have zero claim or ties to the original Whamageddon concept, so all the credit goes to the folks at Whamageddon.com. This group is in no way affiliated, endorsed, or associated with the originators. We were just a bunch of friends doing our best to avoid a Christmastime music staple to see who the last people standing were.
All in all, have fun, and let’s see who can beat their personal best records!
