Gold launches its annual Christmas cracker competition

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TV comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition

The broadcaster is again seeking the best festive gags based on the  ups and downs of the tumultuous 2020.

Last year’s winning joke was: ‘Why does Donald Trump have his Christmas dinner on a plastic plate? He doesn’t get on with China’ – the second year the US President was the butt of the gag, following 2018’s ‘What does Donald Trump do after he pulls a cracker? Pays her off.’

Topics for this year’s competition – the eighth – could include as Brexit chaos, Zoom quizzes,  Megxit , Kanye’s run for presidency and the end of the Kardashians – beyond the biggest topic of the lot.

Enter by tweeting ‘original, witty and family friendly’ Christmas jokes with the hashtag #GoldCrackers by  11.59pm on Sunday October 25

The best jokes will be shortlisted by a panel led by comedy critic Bruce Dessau, who said: ‘I’m looking forward to see what comic gems emerge from this year’s Gold Christmas Crackers competition."

Gerald Casey, Gold’s channel director, added: ‘Putting a humorous twist on life is what Gold does best, and I’m looking forward to seeing what jokes the British public come up with this year.’

The winner will receive £1,500 experience vouchers, a festive  food and drink hamper and as well as their joke being included in a personalised set of crackers. It will also be featured on Gold ad breaks throughout December. 

Nine runners-up will receive a hamper, a box of bespoke Gold Christmas cracker, which includes the top six winning jokes, as well as seeing their joke on Gold ad breaks.

HOW TO ENTER

Open to all UK residents aged 18 and over. To enter:

• Follow @GoldChannel and tweet a Christmas-themed joke via your personal Twitter account including #GoldCrackers
• Gold is looking for the most original festive jokes that put a comedy twist on the news agenda or pop culture across the past year
• Jokes must be original content and suitable for a family audience (e.g. no swear words or offensive content)
• The joke entry must be included within one tweet (i.e. not be more than 280 characters), including #GoldCrackers
• Multiple entries are allowed
• All entrants must follow @GoldChannel (so we can notify the winners) - but the @GoldChannel twitter handle does not need to be included in the joke entry
• Competition ends at 23:59 on 25/10/2020

For full terms and conditions, click here.

Published: 8 Oct 2020