Wordsters and wits – write the ultimate Xmas cracker joke to win a £1500 prize!
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It’s October so you’re probably already thinking about (or complaining about) Christmas – it also means the festive funnies are back, as a national competition to find the best modern Christmas cracker jokes is launched today by UKTV channel Gold for the third year running.
Last year’s competition garnered hundreds of entries, with contemporary corker “What will be missing from Take That’s Christmas stocking this year? An Orange”, crowned the winner for its seasonal pun about Jason Orange’s departure from the superstar boy band.
Gold wants you to update the traditional Christmas cracker joke for 2015 – the best jokes will feature in bespoke sets of crackers and the funniest seasonal joke will win £1500 worth of holiday vouchers, with a festive hamper and a box of Gold crackers for 9 runners-up.
HOW TO ENTER
Open to all UK residents aged 18 and over, to enter please:
– Tweet a Christmas-themed joke via your personal Twitter account including the hashtag #GoldCrackers
– Gold is looking for modern festive jokes that put a comedy twist on the current news agenda or pop culture phenomenon.
– Must be original content and suitable for a family audience.
– The joke entry must not be more than 140 characters, including the hashtag #GoldCrackers
– Multiple entries are allowed.
– Follow @GoldTVChannel (so we can notify the winners) – but the @GoldTVChannel twitter handle does not need to be included in the joke entry
For further information on the terms and conditions, please visit the Gold website. The competition opens on Tuesday 6th October 2015 at 9am and will close on Tuesday 27th October 2015 at 11:59pm.
The best jokes will be shortlisted by a comedy panel led by Bruce Dessau, Comedy Critic at the Evening Standard and Editor of comedy website, beyondthejoke.co.uk, and then put to a public vote – with the top ten winning jokes being announced in December.
Give the stale old Xmas cracker joke a 21st Century makeover and win!