GOLD’S Annual Christmas Cracker Joke Returns

It’s time to get those cracking Christmas jokes out as GOLD’s annual Christmas Cracker joke returns with a massive prize up for grabs.

The hugely popular competition is returning for the 12th year and sees jokes from events in 2024 with the winner receiving the top prize of £1500 experience and travel vouchers, plus a bespoke set of Christmas crackers featuring the winning jokes. The nine runners-up will also receive a festive hamper of treats and a set of bespoke Gold crackers.

The competition is open from today (7th October 2024) until 11.59 pm on Monday 21st October 2024. Entries must be made by tweeting original, witty, and family-friendly Christmas jokes with the hashtag #GoldCrackers and all entrants must be following @GoldChannel on X (formerly Twitter, to be able to contact winners).

• Tweet an original Christmas-themed joke via your personal X (formerly Twitter) account including #GoldCrackers and be following @GoldChannel
• Gold is looking for the most original festive jokes that put a comedy twist on the news agenda or pop culture moments 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 in short form content (i.e. not exceed 140 characters), including #GoldCrackers
• Multiple entries are allowed
• All entrants must follow @GoldChannel on X (formerly Twitter) so we can notify the winners – but the @GoldChannel handle does not need to be included in the joke entry
• Competition ends at 23:59 on 21/10/2024

Bruce Dessau said: “Each year I look forward to seeing the latest festive funnies from the British public – the entries never fail to bring a smile to my face! The contest provides the opportunity to reflect on the last 12 months, and to find the humour in some of the many eventful cultural moments. I look forward to seeing what people come up with this year!”

Gerald Casey, Gold, Director of Programming – Comedy and Entertainment said: “At Gold we love when this time of year comes around and we get to challenge the nation to come up with some cracking Christmas jokes – it really marks the start of the festive season for us. We’ve been running this competition for well over a decade, and each year the standard of jokes just gets better and better. Here’s to another year of giggle-worthy gags!”

Last year’s winning joke, crowned by public vote, shone a light on the cake-related chaos the British Museum experienced in 2023 and read: “Did you hear about the Christmas cake on display in the British Museum? It was Stollen.” Whilst back in 2022, the top timely quip was a political pun: “What type of peas ruin Christmas Dinner? MPs.”