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Advent Calendar Day 24: May Your Days Be Merry

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Every year Kailana and I share the honor of finishing the Blog Advent Calendar together. Our trademark seems to be something to make you think, no doubt much to everyone’s chagrin. This year will be no different. When I was in second grade I remember checking out a book of Elephant jokes from the library. These jokes were every bit as groan-worthy as you might imagine, but I laughed aloud as I made my way through the book, sharing the jokes aloud with my peers while choking back tears. In the spirit of those bygone days, you will find a list of 10 Christmas Jokes, worthy of boos, hisses, and shouts of Bah, Humbug! You will find another 10 on Kailana’s site. You will find the answers to these nuggets of “humor” below after the jump. Give them the ol’ college try before you make that jump, or Santa might deliver the proverbial lump of coal in your stocking.

To give you a little incentive to work the little gray cells in the midst of Christmas prep madness, those who comment on both my site and Kailana’s, letting us know how you did, will be entered into a drawing for a $15 online bookstore gift certificate of your choice. The drawing will be held on Monday, December 27th, 2010, chosen from those who comment on both sites by 11:59 p.m. CST Sunday, December 26th, 2010.

May God bless you all this Christmas season. The gift of your friendship is the most precious gift of all, thank you.

Questions:

1. What did Adam say on the day before Christmas ?

2. Why does Father Christmas go down the chimney ?

3. Why does Scrooge love all of the reindeer?

4. What do snowmen eat for lunch ?

5. What happened when the snowgirl fell out with the snowboy ?

6. What did the bald man say when he got a comb for Christmas ?

7. If Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus had a child, what would he be called?

8. Why are Christmas trees such bad knitters?

9. How do you make a slow reindeer fast ?

10. How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas?

Bonus question: Why did Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer cross the road?


Answers:

1. What did Adam say on the day before Christmas ?
It’s Christmas, Eve !

2. Why does Father Christmas go down the chimney ?
Because it soots him !

3. Why does Scrooge love all of the reindeer?
Because every buck is dear to him!

4. What do snowmen eat for lunch ?
Icebergers !

5. What happened when the snowgirl fell out with the snowboy ?
She gave him the cold shoulder !

6. What did the bald man say when he got a comb for Christmas ?
Thanks, I’ll never part with it !

7. If Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus had a child, what would he be called?
A subordinate claus!

8. Why are Christmas trees such bad knitters?
They are always dropping their needles.

9. How do you make a slow reindeer fast ?
Don’t feed it !

10. How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas?
Deep pan, crisp and even!

Bonus Question: Why did Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer cross the road?
Because he was tied to a chicken!

20 thoughts on “Advent Calendar Day 24: May Your Days Be Merry”

  1. Hardee har har :p Merry Christmas to you Carl!! Hope it’s wonderful and full of cheer 🙂

  2. I’m embarrassed to admit how much I laughed finding these for our posts. You and yours have a Merry Christmas as well, Chris.

  3. I’ll have to save these to ask my third graders who are often so much more clever than I. They did make me smile, this Christmas Eve, holding my cup of Starbucks. Merry Christmas to you, Carl, and every blessing for 2011. XOXO

  4. Well I have to give you credit for one thing… you told the truth.. they are *groaners* lol Sad to say I didn’t do well at all.. must be to early in the morning ! sheesh

  6. Fun post. I smiled with all them, and chuckled for a few. I definitely think these would be fun to do with the fam. 🙂

    Merry Christmas!

  8. I only got a few… laughed hard at 7 and 10… I was reading them aloud to my husband, the daughter woke and participated.

    In response to the bonus, she asked: why did the turkey cross the road? –to prove he wasn’t a chicken.

    thanks for the amusement Carl.. And I hope you have a fantastic holidays! Merry Christmas!

  9. My favorite one was Good King Wenceslas because the answer got me singing. My least favorite was what would Santa and Mrs Claus’ child be called, that was a groaner. Merry Christmas Carl and Kailana!

  10. John G: That has grown into one of my favorite carols, and I think it was my favorite of the jokes as well. I giggled a lot when reading it aloud to my wife. Merry Christmas to you as well.

    L: Your daughter is a born bad joke teller! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas weekend.

    Nymeth: Same to you, I hope yours is relaxing and special…and of course filled with good books!

    Ibeeg: Yes, you definitely have to force these upon your hubby and kids and let me know how much they are annoyed with me afterwards. Ha!

    Amanda: I feel the same way about you. I hope you and your family have a fantastic Christmas holiday.

    Deslily: I aim to please! 🙂 And yes, it is awful early in the morning for this kind of joke.

    Bellezza: Yes, I found this kind of humor wildly funny at that age. And yet I still enjoy it…guess that shows at what age I stopped developing. 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and to yours.

  11. Oh my. I did groan over a few, and didn’t even try to guess the answers.

    I hope you and your family have a Christmas full of love, laughter and happy surprises! Thanks for your posts to my blog throughout the year and your support during the difficult moving period. Not done yet but got garage cabinets and shelves yesterday, now “only” need to put things in/on them!

    Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

  12. Groan indeed, but I might have to share these with my niece–she’ll get a chuckle out of them! 🙂 Have a great holiday Carl!

  13. Danielle: I hope you do! Have a wonderful holiday yourself. Any snow on the ground in Nebraska?

    Richard: I generally cannot figure any of these things out either. But I boo and hiss with the best of them. Reading your blog, and engaging with you in conversation here, there and in email has been a great pleasure this year. I hope you and your wife are having a special first Christmas in your new home and I look forward to your adventures, and sharing more about classic sci fi, mystery, etc. in the year to come.

  17. I think I may need to count how many I’ve got *after* I read the joke. Icebergs are still eluding me 🙂

    Merry Christmas, Carl! Best of wishes for 2011 🙂

  18. Maria: Merry Christmas to you as well. I hope you had some good food for your holiday and not ice burgers. 😉

    Iliana: Sad, aren’t they? Thanks, I hope you are with yours as well.

  19. Hope it was a wonderful day for you all, and that your stocking (or whatever) was filled with neat stuff, including some books. Hoping for a report on that soon!

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