Christmas Holidays IV 2026

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

Based on the 2025 edition. This year’s field isn’t rated yet.

32 teams (2025)

Motions from this series

Christmas Holidays IV 2025 (2025)8 motions

Round 1This house would treat crushes as a valid form of emotional learning rather than trivial infatuation.
Round 2This house believes that freedom of speech on social media is primary cause of extreme social division.
Round 3THP AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT HEAVILY EMPHASIZES CULTURAL ASSIMILATION OVER CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN COUNTRIES WITH LARGE ETHNIC MINORITIES
Round 4This house as African governments would push for capitalist policies over socialist policies.
Round 5THR the disassociation of the feminist movement with TERFs.
Novice FinalsTH, as a middle-class individual living in a moral credit society, W sell their moral credits.
ESL FinalsTH predicts Taiwan will be fully annexed by China within 10 years.
Open FinalTH, as Todd, W sign the report.

What gets set here

Social & Identity25%

Technology13%

Education13%

Economics13%

Comedy & Novelty13%

International Relations13%

Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

Social & Identity · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Technology · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Education · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
Comedy & Novelty · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Social & Identity motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Social & Identity motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This house would treat crushes as a valid form of emotional learning rather than trivial i...Motion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Social & Identity motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: TechnologyPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.Tournament info ›

Breaking here

13% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.7.

Last edition: 4 of 32 teams broke.

~??% estimated break chance

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

Open break4 teams
ESL break6 teams
Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

76.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.6 and 78.0.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 79.0

Top-10 pace 77.6

Top-20 pace 76.6

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

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