Christmas Cracker Fun - Paying it forward #pif contest ed. 5

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πŸ€ΆπŸŽ…πŸŽ„One week til Christmas πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸ€Ά

I really do need to get my head in the game IRL with gifts for this year!!! I was starting to feel bad haha, but my kids' little lists keep changing and given I received a late complete change from my eldest son 2 days ago, I am actually quite grateful that I haven't really got going yet ... It's very unusual for me as I normally have Christmas presents under wraps by now!!! This year, it's going to be a race to Christmas Eve lols, but my plan is to enjoy the online shopping and click and collect facilities, this weekend, and only venture into the shops where I have no option. My kids have been quite sensible and have asked for just a few things that they would really like to receive. I guess that is what happens as they get older. What they are most looking forward to is having a whole family sleepover at my Dad and Sister's place on Christmas Eve, and seeing their cousins on Christmas day πŸ’—

But for now...

Welcome to the 5th monthly edition of my contest to Pay it Forward. It's a contest with a focus on brand new Hivers although anyone can enterπŸ™. This month the 250 POB delegation is reserved for a brand new Hiver who has been here for less than 3 full calendar months... but the contest and the rest of the prizes, are open to everyone πŸ˜ŠπŸ€—

As it's Christmas, I thought I'd do something different again πŸ˜‚

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So one of the things synonymous with Christmas is the bright and colourful Christmas Cracker. Each Christmas you will find these iconic tokens of delight, wrapped in paper and foil decor, littered across the dining table. Each person will get their own cracker and pull it with the person next to them or across the table from them until it splits in half with a loud crack or bang and out will fall a small novelty gift, a paper crown, and a festive joke. Traditionally, the contents go to the person on whose side of the cracker, the contents fall, although most people ensure that everyone gets something in the end. In the same way, I'll be spreading some cheer with a slice of !PIZZA), a breath of !ALIVE, a dash of laughter !LOLZ, or a little !LUV by calling on the bots to visit in the comments during the week.

Fun fact:

The tradition of pulling Christmas crackers originated in the mid-1800s with a London sweet maker, Tom Smith who, inspired on a visit to Paris, by the French paper-wrapped 'bon-bon' sweets, decided to make his own. He came up with the idea to place a gunpowder strip inside the wrapped paper exterior so that they opened with a 'bang' and introduced this concept to both his toy and sweet range, adding the idea of a festive joke into the mix too. source

As you might have guessed, the reason for talking about Christmas Crackers in this post is because this is the theme of this month's contest ...and ... here are the contest rules:

We are going to pretend we are all sat at the Christmas table together, having Christmas dinner, and to join in the festive fun, you need to do 5 simple things, and include all 5 of them in a single comment to the post below to be in with a chance to win one of the listed prizes... as you will see, they are all designed to be fairly quick to do and hopefully you will find it fun too!

  1. Share your favourite Christmas Cracker Joke. If you don't have one ... go ask your search engine or online AI bot πŸ˜‚, or make one up (even better! hehe).

  2. Write an original Christmas story using 10 words or less (entries will be checked for originality)

  3. Find a !gif or two that you think reflects an aspect of your personality, in any way shape, or form, and share it here. Don't explain it... here is a link to Giphy to help you out
    here to Tenor. πŸ‘Š

  4. Tag 3 or more people to come and join the Christmas 'table' and share in the fun! If you can tag a new Hiver too, that would be awesome!

  5. Engage with at least one other Hiver 'at the table' (in the comments), although there is no upward limit to engagement😁

You can enter more than once if you want to, but each entry comment must satisfy the 5 requirements.

I'll start us off with the first comment (...and I'll engage once we have a few entries, lol):

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What do you call Santa's little helpers?
Subordinate clauses! source

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To Santa ...

He smiled, swigged, crunched; unwrapping gifts of innocence.

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Tagging a cross-section of peeps to start us off - Anyone fancy joining us at the fun table, hehe, and taking part? It's a BEEEG table lols ...

@liftslikealady, @khoola, @princessj190, @thealbytross, @peaq, @consciouscat, @doziekash, @blezyn, @deraaa, @merit.ahama, @amberkashif, @davidbright, @khaleesii, @ayesha-malik, @chincoculbert, @wrestlingdesires, @dreemsteem, @penderis, @calumam, @flamistan, @beeber, @agreste, @kaerpediem, @snook, @shadowspub, @jaxsonmurph, @bluefinstudios, @quirky.countess, @kemmyb, @kenechukwu97, @mcyusuf @mezume, @scholaris, @nonsowrites, @wil.metcalfe, @dibblers.dabs, @fionasfavourites, @thekittygirl

The contest ends on Christmas morning when the post payout period ends. I'm looking forward to some fun. I hope you are too 😍

Prizes will be awarded on the following basis:

All entries will be entered into random.org and I will let the randomiser rearrange the order for us.

Then I will have a list of Christmas Cracker hits and misses where I will pop all the prizes (excluding the delegation) into the random.org randomiser, with all the extra slots being a Christmas Cracker 'miss', and hit the randomiser button.

Finally, I will line the two lists up together to see which people occupy the positions where the prizes are hiding (I won't even know until this is done hehe). I will post a screen shot of both randomised lists for transparency.

πŸŽ„πŸ˜ŠπŸŽ„.

There will be one delegation prize, and as my favourite number is 17, I have decided that there will be:

17 Random Cracker Prizes

1 x 250 POB delegation for 1 month (This will be delegated to the highest-ranked NEW HIVER after the randomiser is run)

Balance of Prizes will be allocated as per the above explained methodology

5 x 2 Hive SBI units

5 x 10 Liquid POB

2 x 20 PIZZA (20 PIZZA is the minimum required to enable one to call the PIZZA bot)

2 x 10 LUV (10 LUV is the minimum required to enable one to call the LUV bot)

1 x 8 LOLZ (8 LOLZ is the minimum required to enable one to call the LOLZ bot)

1 x 10,000 STARBITS (Rising Star currency)

1 x 500 DEC (Splinterlands currency)

πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸ€Ά I hope we get lots of people at the table πŸ€ΆπŸŽ…πŸŽ„

If the post generates a surplus of rewards over the official listed prizes, then I will add more prizes to the mix before I draw. πŸ˜πŸ™πŸ‘Š

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#1.What is Santa's favorite Railroad?
The Santa Fe!

#2.Turkey, Gravy, Pumpkin Pie all the things that help us die

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#4. @cmmndrbawang @pixiepost @kimikimi

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Ha ha ha I love the GIFS....so fitting! You are a magical being, for sure! Thanks for the tag...writing my entry now β„οΈβœ¨

Love you, Fam! πŸ’™πŸ˜πŸ€—

!LUV

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Thanks for the tag! Gonna tag as many as possible on my entry

!LUV !PIZZA

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Great happy vyby entry 😎You even managed to make your story funny! !PIZZA !ALIVE Thanks for popping over from PYPT, appreciate you visiting at my table. I hope you enjoyed it ... and did anyone ever tell you that you have a voice to rival Matthew McConnaughy? πŸ˜‚πŸ’— Have a great day @drabs587.

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  1. What do you call Santa when he takes a break? Santa Pause. source

  2. And they found each others eyes under the mistletoe.

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  4. @lennn @markmd1925 @ketchup177 @tiagomrramos @auxous @cutedawako @siutcase @shawnmichael-gt @usamaro @dynamicrypto @wongbraling @bakuoni @godly-rich @bordel

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Thank you @kimikimi for stopping by at my table πŸ™Love your story by the way. Amazing how so few words can draw one in, when written rightπŸ€— !PIZZA !ALIVE

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LOL santa pause hahaha

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First of all, Merry Christmas to you & your family! :) I know what you mean about being behind. I barely got my Charlie Brown Christmas tree up hahaha....

Now, for my entry:

  1. How did the ornament get addicted to Christmas?
    He was hooked on trees his whole life (cymbal crash)

  2. Giving gifts of love, joy, peace & pixie dust βœ¨πŸŽ„

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  1. @ph1102 @rakhmen @squirrelacus @luthien12
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Love this entry hehe. That joke is super clever and the story is lovely and personal. Different ends of the spectrum in the gifs... total balance hahaπŸ˜ŽπŸ’—πŸ™!PIZZA !ALIVE Thank you for stopping by the table to share a moment and Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you too x

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  1. Why did Santa's Kitchen Dawg burst into tears?
    Because the pans were all non-stick.
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  2. Dawg barks. Dawg eats. Dawg poops. Snow begins to fall.


    3.



  3. @shepherd-stories, @leprechaun, @woodathegsd
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Oh my ROTFL 🀣🀣🀣EVERYTHING about this comment made me !LOL so much. The joke cracked me up and that 1st dog face...man... I have to keep going back to look at it ... tickles the hell out of me πŸ˜‚ Honestly loved all of it. The joke, the story, the gifs. @flamistan, you're a clever gurl dawg πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘Š !PIZZA !ALIVE

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What is the truck drivers favorite part of the movies?
The trailers

@flamistan, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @samsmith1971
Use the !LOL or !LOLZ command to share a joke and an $LOLZ. (1/2)

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that 1st dog face

....tawld ya Imma Nalpha Bitch yo 🦾

I have to keep going back

Lemme know if you need a lift... I ALSO chauffeur cars in my spare time ;)

πŸ€—

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Loved this!!!
Made me laugh
Just one question - Do you like dogs? πŸ˜‚

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πŸ™

Do you like dogs?

I LOVE Dawgs
I LAWV Myself
...and Squirrels too ;)

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hahahahaha i think MAYBE! hahahahahaha i was laughing so hard too

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You're pretty obsessed with dawgs πŸ˜‚

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That's 'cos she is a dawg, lol. She is Flamistan aka Flame, @barge's lovely black dawg. Very clever dawg, right? πŸ˜‚

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🀣🀣🀣.

This is absolutely hilarious. You like dogs. Don't you?

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Thank You πŸ™

I'm a Dawg, friend.... so that's kinda my thaaang......doing Dawggy things and suchlike.

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That's some pretty swanky dwags you got there 🀟got to love a canine with the right attitude 🀩🀩

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Yeah FO SHO sister! I'm the one who didn't burst into tears coz I got the stick in the first pic :D.

Thank you for your gracious appreciation of DAWGS πŸ’šπŸ’š

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Ok your dog gifs are amazing that boxer with the toque is just the sweetest thing I have seen all day
!PIZZA

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Who is never hungry at Christmas? The turkeyβ€”he’s always stuffed. Source

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He was hungry. He couldn't understand why he had to go hungry on a Christmas day.

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@zellypearl @temitopemichael @merit.ahama @amberkashif @edystringz

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@mmykel A common theme I see... I guess there's a funny side to it and a very real poignant and deeply sad element to what you have shared; that so many people do go hungry in a world where there is enough food to go around. Thank you for running to the table hehe That was very kind of you ...can I be more demanding !LOLZ ? Could you shorten your story to max 10 words to meet the contest requirement so that I can make sure you are also entered in the draw hee hee?

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OH NO!
You are out of jokes for the day!

@samsmith1971 you can call @lolzbot a maximum of 2 times per day.
Level up by buying more $LOLZ so you can share more jokes per day!

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@samsmith1971 It's been reduced.

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Who is never hungry at Christmas? The turkeyβ€”he’s always stuffed. Source

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He was hungry on a Christmas day.

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@zellypearl @temitopemichael @merit.ahama @amberkashif @edystringz

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awesome, thanks for the revision πŸ‘πŸ’— !PIZZA !ALIVE

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Ok you sure are a foodie @mmykel
Hope you get as stuffed as that turkey this Christmas

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Lol. Thanks for the wishes. I hope so too.

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@samsmith1971 super awesome initiative πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡ also appreciate the mention πŸ’―
alright so since i am already on the table here is what I have to say

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What is the best Christmas present in the world?

A broken drum... you just can't beat it
Source

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"Live and let live,humanity overrun by love is goal"

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and finally let me invite this three cool but still new hivers to come join this Christmas table, to take part in the fun and get in line for some cool prizes @imeneayari @mystic0601 @queenstar trust me you don't want to miss this one πŸ˜‰

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Thank you for inviting me. I appreciate.

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Glad you came πŸ‘ waiting to see what you got for us πŸ˜‰

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Love it, thank you for dropping by for 'dinner' @princessj190 ... and thank you for finding some new Hivers to include too ...please come and play guys... !PIZZA !ALIVE

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hahahahahahahahahahaha great joke LOLOL

but your gifs aren't working! LOL

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@princessj190
Totally get that "broken drum"
My brother's kids were here for a week and my dad gifted them some toy instruments.... oh my word!!!

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My Joke

Who is Santa’s favourite singers?

Elf-is Presley and Beyon-sleigh Knowles


My Story

Only Snowmen fells cold during Christmas


My Self




I'll tag the brotherhood @demotry, @pinkhub, @maverickinvictus and @takuris

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haha that's hilarious πŸ˜‚ but ouch! Hope that doesn't happen often to you !LOLZ and the joke is clever ;-) !PIZZA !ALIVE

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OH NO!
You are out of jokes for the day!

@samsmith1971 you can call @lolzbot a maximum of 2 times per day.
Level up by buying more $LOLZ so you can share more jokes per day!

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Thank you Glad you like it Mam!

*Salutes

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You learn something new every day - Christmas Cracker jokes? - did not know it was a thing - so yes had to google it

Christmas Cracker πŸ‘‰> Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars? Because their days are numbered

Christmas Story πŸ‘‰They followed the star and found the Star of stars.

Me in GIF πŸ‘‡


sourced from https://giphy.com/

Come join in the fun @itsostylish @arrliinn @justclickindivaπŸ˜ƒ
And thank you for having me at the table @samsmith1971 πŸ’“

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haha yeah, it's a thing 🀣Thank you for accepting the invite and bringing a lovely contribution to the table. I just thought I'd try to do something light, easy, and fun before Christmas. Now that's what I call a tuck and roll, hey!!! :-) !PIZZA !ALIVE

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#I

What made the the skeleton miss the Christmas party?

He had noBODY to go with.

#II

I ordered a rug carpet for Christmas and I got ??!!

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#III

Hey @merit.ahama have you joined the table? Now I have saved a seat for @samostically @dreemsteem @beeber help me tag @baffalobison correctly πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™€

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

all those gifs LOLOLOL

thank you for the tag - i joined in too hahahaha

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πŸ˜‰ I can visualize you giggling from over here lol. I'm glad you joined the big tableπŸ€—

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Thanks for sharing... It looks like your Christmas is filled with Bloopers.

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hehehe your gifs told a funny story ...those poor kids at the end ...I shouldn't be laughing ...but πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ oh my goodness and that kitty got more than he bargained for!!! 🀣 !PIZZA !ALIVE

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@doziekash! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (4/10)

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Honestly those poor kids got me laughing hard.. I just hope they don't fall a great height lol. I'm glad I could make you laugh with this.

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Oh my God. ROTFL...

What a joke! The gifs... You made my night...

Maybe you'd end up tagging Santa by his alias 😏

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Hahaha.. I wouldn't do such a thing to santa lol. I'm glad this made your nightπŸ˜‰

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OMG, the "conversation" you've brought to the "table" this Christmas @doziekash is hilarious!! !LOL thanks for making me grin, broadly ;)

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What do you call a knight who is afraid to fight?
Sir Render

@doziekash, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @consciouscat
Use the !LOL or !LOLZ command to share a joke and an $LOLZ. (4/4)

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LOL @doziekash
Was that deal on the rug carpet just tooooooo gooooood toooooo beeeee trueeeeee? :D

And those GIFs hahahaha

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Lol lol... I should have seen that hand towel rug coming because the deal was too goodπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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  1. ... 😬

  2. Guy spends two days thinking of a cracker joke; fin.

  3. oh yes, my kind of party






  1. @l337m45732 @scholaris @mineopoly

It took me a little while, I'll blame that on the joke though! love the idea, lots of fun πŸ˜€ hope you have an awesome start to the week Sam! (I'm up on a night pattern again for a couple of days, see you around 😁)

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Your gifs are shouting,

> "I have roommate problems!!"

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πŸ˜‚

Funnily enough, they're fixed! Maybe I need to work on my reflection!

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haha that's hilarious 🀣a whole story of relationships in a few gifs LOLZ and the story is priceless hehe ... I just nicked one instead. !PIZZA !ALIVE

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I'm glad you like it! It has levels 😎

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the last one....
the last gif i mean.

do you remember when she said "no Dianne. What do you mean? Tell me Dianne."

hahahahaahahah in the interview with Dianne Sawyer. honestly. What was she thikning of??? She don't know Whitney dont play?!?!?! LOLOLOLOLOL

oh my gosh best interview ever. I have never been so terrified for an interviewer before hahahahahaah

how did they get you to model for that 2nd gif though??? hehehehe

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Now I have to go watch this !LOLZ

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1. Why did the cracker croon and swoon?

* He didn't want to go pop!

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2. A Christmas story.

You'll shoot your eye out. That's ten.

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3. You want another gif.

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  • And a call out...

Well,

I don't see @chincoculbert, @dreemsteem or @doziekash here. I wonder if they fancy paying it forward. How about some new friends like @stevenwood and @joseph23. Would you like to celebrate the holidays in style?

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Thanks for the mention @mineopoly . I have dropped my entry.

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Cool. I will check it out.

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Smiles you know I love these sort of things. Just been too busy and too sick lately. I'll do justice to this now.

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Thanks for the mention bud, I'm joining the action right away

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If was a fun initiative from @samsmith1971

I used the gifs from peakD to save time.

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love it ...and the little yellow bird makes an appearance πŸ’–Hope all your Christmas wishes come true, sweet dreams πŸ€— Guessing Santa thought he'd been naughty haha !PIZZA !ALIVE

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My favourite Christmas crackers joke;

In what year does New Year’s Day come before Christmas? EVERY year!

My original Christmas's story

Santa came in just in time before my snowflake melted.

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@popmanj , @vikbuddy, @ozohu I will like to hear you guys favorite Christmas jokes and stories.

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This is fab @funshee haha. Is that little kitty cat reading @flamistan's posts and getting appawled at the doggy focus, hehe? I mean ...cats are important too, right? πŸ˜‚ !ALIVE !PIZZA

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Right!!! he he he......

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Since everyone prefer chicken during Christmas, this is to inform us that they are not moving with gunπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Hahahaah, operation protect yourself.

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Heavens! 🀣🀣🀣🀣

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That cat... Lol. He reminds me so much of an anime character... Lol.

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Hahahah, he is a cat with a swag.

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I am guessing you are Hiving all the time LOL

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I'm having all the fun in the world buddy

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Let's boost it to 20 prizes hehehe
I'll add in three $5 of HBD

to people!

(so $15 total hehehe)

ok now coming back to add my commenthahaha

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Thank you Dreems πŸ™πŸ’— I appreciate you so much. Hope you enjoyed reading the comments as much as I did lol

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i did! hehehehe you know me - lolol I jump around in the comment section cuz i'm nosey and they're usually hilarious hahahahaha

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My joke - How do you know when Santa’s around? You can always sense his presents.

My story - How could Santa bring Christmas cheer if he was depressed?

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I am going to use the time to tag @deraaa, @princessj190, @khoola, and also @piratethanos, he is a new hiver.

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I !LUV these gifs. I think you chose well from what I've read in your blog πŸ’—πŸ€— !PIZZA !ALIVE

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Thank you 😊

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How could Santa bring Christmas cheer if he was depressed?

Hot Dawg......damn, somone should give him some therapy or shroom microdoses or something ....else Santa KLAUS might bring his brand of 'cheer' this Xmas, which IS depressing 🀣.

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πŸ˜† hey you can blame him, he didn't expect to have a covid Christmas this year.

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That your first gift, he is sure wisdomous, only that it did not show on his face !lol

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I received straight Ds in all my biology classes in college
I guess I’m bio-D-grade-able

@khaleesii, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @funshee
Use the !LOL or !LOLZ command to share a joke and an $LOLZ. (1/2)

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πŸ˜† yeah

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Thanks for the tag!

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Ayaaa
.. lol. πŸ˜‚

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πŸ˜†

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So where would you love to disappear to?

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I don't know but somewhere.

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Thanks for the second tag to the table dear πŸ€—πŸ€—
Must take a special kind of ability to sense presents 🀣🀣🀣 stay wisdomous πŸ˜‰

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πŸ˜† stay wisdomous

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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that joke was great!!!!!!!

but the gif was sad :(

don't disappear on us hehehe

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I am still here so I won't be disappearing anytime soon, hopefully.

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This. Is. Gold. @samsmith1971 πŸ˜€ I !LUV it so much! Thanks so much for tagging me πŸ™ How fun! Okay, let's begin πŸ€”

JOKE:

What carol is heard in the desert?
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O camel ye faithful! πŸ˜‚
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Source!


STORY:

He arrived. He gave. She gratefully received. He left.

Photo source


GIF:


GIF Source


Tag other Hivers to join the table:

I'm looking at you, Brad, my love, because why would I do dinner without you :) @new.things
I'm thinking of you, Jess, my darling and how much you love Xmas @jessgwynne
And I'm inviting you, Liam, since you're still somewhat of a newbie! @maccazftw


Engage with someone else in this thread:

I had a good chuckle when I saw your first GIF @khaleesii with the word Joey made up: "wisdomous". Hilarious. I wish I could see that scene in Friends and actually hear him say it out loud. I think it would be even funnier πŸ˜† And gentle hugs for your second GIF. I hope that your desire to disappear is only to escape to somewhere beautiful outside, away from people, for a temporary break from the crazy world we live in, instead of anything more serious πŸ€—


Most epically long comment ever!! πŸ˜‚ Hopefully I nailed it. And by nailed it, I mean, nailed something awesome and full of love to that Christmas tree behind me as I talk to you all at the table πŸ˜‰

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@consciouscat(1/1) gave you | wallet | market | tools | connect | <><

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It's 5 am and everyone is sleeping but I am howling at your joke πŸ˜†

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Well, that's excellent πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

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Nailed it, you definitely did πŸ€— Smiles, goosebumps, warm fuzzies πŸ’— A lovely comment CarolineπŸ™Thank you for being epic and joining us at the table hehe. I am having fun reading these comments that have come through on this first day. 😎!PIZZA !ALIVE

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Thanks @samsmith1971 πŸ’— I'm glad to hear you had such visceral responses to my sharing. I take that as a fabulous sign πŸ’– Thanks again for this fun way to engage and connect. And ta for the tokens!

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Oh camel ye faithful... Guess what? I'm on my way to write a hymn.

I wrote one with Single Bells... @jaydr remember? Come join in on the fun.

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Abeg, @khaleesii @chincoculbert @readthisplease come and see something...🀣

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πŸ˜† it's a single Christmas for all of us, sadly.

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Lol!! I’m with you with the singleness

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πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ how e been dey do you for body madam??

Γ“mo sapa no go hold us o...in Jesus Name o.

Me I can't relate to the first song sha πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Tagged!


Since I don't know any Christmas jokes and my Google assistant keeps coming up with just one, I had to grab one on the web.

How do the elves clean Santa’s sleigh on the day after Christmas?
They use a Santa-tizer


'Late delivery!' He unloads the presents from the car's boot.



gif from tenor


Those I'd love to tag have been tagged in the main post. πŸ˜‚


Would be back to engage with other comments.

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Well you did good! Your gif showed up, ha ha ha. What do I add to the front of my link to make it show in the comments? I am on my phone, but can't remember off the top of my head. Usually the computer does it for me!

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It's a link from tenor. I'm not sure Giphy gives image links on mobile. Haven't used their service for long. πŸ™‚
And thanks for dropping by my comment.


p.s. Saw that Sam has mentioned copying the link from PC. I hope it's fine already.

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Love it! Thank you for kicking this off Ismaheel !LUV !PIZZA !ALIVE Joke is very in keeping with the times. Good story and nice sharing on the Gif, my friend. Sorry, I went a bit wild on the tagging...just wanted to get things started haha.

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@mcyusuf! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (2/10)

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@mcyusuf! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (3/10)

The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want.

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Thanks a lot, SamSmith.
It's good to write something at least. πŸ˜‚

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πŸ˜† I immediately caught up on the joke, and it is so fitting for the Corona Christmas.

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Haha πŸ˜‚ now this is the joke for the covid and variants arrival period.
Let me create in the same way you did as I am also in your position, πŸ˜‚

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I like that joke! Great one! !lolz

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OH NO!
You are out of jokes for the day!

@bobthebuilder2 you can call @lolzbot a maximum of 1 times per day.
Level up by buying more $LOLZ so you can share more jokes per day!

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JOKE

Which Animal Never Get to celebrate Christmas in the public from Christmas Eve till 3 days into the new year?

The Chicken πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

FUNNY STORY :

Santa planned a special entry but things went wrong

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GIF THAT REFLECTS AN ASPECT OF MY PERSONALITY

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Thanks to @mineopoly for the mention . I invite @oluwasamlex1 @doziekash.
@calman , @mineopoly affirms you can even work more than a bot , so am expecting to see your entry 😏

ENGAGE WITH OTHER COMMENTS

@mineopoly Your gif shows you love music . Hope you are not like me who loves music but do not know how to dance 🀣🀣.

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This made me !LOLZ out loud, what a great way to start a Monday morning with a funny story, thank you! haha. !PIZZA !ALIVE Thank you for visiting the table...πŸ™
πŸŽ…πŸ’¨πŸŽ„πŸ’₯πŸ˜‚

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There is a autopsy convention starts this week.
Friday is open Mike night.

@joseph23, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @samsmith1971
Use the !LOL or !LOLZ command to share a joke and an $LOLZ. (1/2)

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@joseph23! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (1/10)

The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want.

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Thanks for setting this up. I had fun reading other comments.

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I barely work enough as a human, talk more of a bot. Been less active lately. Thanks for the mention anyways

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The bot stuff is for @calumam . @mineopoly can tell better. 🀣.
@doziekash have you made your entry ?

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It's cool you made a call out to @calman, but you probably meant @calumam and he does work better than a bot. He made his entry instantly.

My body knows how to dance but the rest of me can't keep up.

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Yeah. I have made the correction

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Thank you for the mention! My username can be a mouthful, I think my favourite has been @calcumam from @scholaris in this post πŸ˜„

I have already dropped an entry, but you've inspired, here are a few jiffies!








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These are cool gifs . Will check out your other entry later.

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lol. That was a rough week for me.

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A million thanks for the invite @joseph23 ... A remind of the great tidings the season holds... wishing you all the laughter !LOLZ πŸ˜‚ joy and love that comes with the season...
My gifts are coming via santa πŸŽ… just keep the fun !ALIVE

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@oluwasamlex1, sorry! You need more $ALIVE to use this command.

The minimum requirement is 1000.0 ALIVE staked.

More $ALIVE is available from Hive-Engine or Tribaldex

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Knock knock...
ERROR: Joke failed.

@oluwasamlex1, You need more $LOLZ to use this command. The minimum requirement is 8.0 LOLZ.
You can get more $LOLZ on HE.

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Christmas is a celebration that comes with special excitement, joy of the birth of Jesus Christ, the happiness of making it to celebrate it once again.

I believe @funshee is on the table too, please we need more wine for celebration
@dprudent @samostically and @blezyn come ooo the table is set.

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My personality can be shown in one of the frame

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hi @popmanj ... almost there hehe...can you drop a 10 word or less story about Christmas and I can get you entered in the draw too 😊

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Christmas is a celebration of God's fulfilled covenant for mankind

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Thank you for the mention, I have already make my entry comment.

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What did the present stuffed stocking say to Santa's hat?
I'm gonna hang around, you go on ahead...
-inspired from a lolz joke

Panced by a reindeer, all the elves burst in laughter.


via GIPHY

@thelastmelon @bigbrainproblems @bitsofwisdom You're all new and can enjoy a spot at the table...@liftslikealady I see you've already destroyed the mashed potatoes...

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Brilliant! Get in there @bobthebuilder2 !LOLZ. Some really funny shares hehe. And thank you for dropping by and inviting some more new Hivians to the table πŸ™πŸ’— This is what it's all about πŸ‘... Oh dear, @liftslikealady, Becca, your surreptitious appreciation for the tatties has been uncovered hehe 🀣

via Tenor !PIZZA !ALIVE

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Why are brain surgeons so good at persuasion?
They can really get inside your head.

@bobthebuilder2, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @samsmith1971
Use the !LOL or !LOLZ command to share a joke and an $LOLZ. (4/4)

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@bobthebuilder2! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (9/10)

The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want.

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Ha ha ha @samsmith1971 and @bobthebuilder2

I would smash the pies after dinner more likely! I would !lolz, but am currently a little short. Watch, it is gonna scold me for.trying. Ha!

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Tagged ;

What do snowmen eat for lunch?
Ice Burgers
Source

And Santa's little helpers obtain vitamins ice from flakes

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Source

I have no idea whether it would be cracker or not but an effort to bring a smile hehe.
@esmeesmith @rakel1406 you can give it a try,

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This made me smile πŸ˜„thanks for playing along Ayesha πŸ’— !PIZZA !ALIVE

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@ayesha-malik! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (5/10)

The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want.

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Hehe I am glad my little knowledge made you smile 😁

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Yo Ayesha, looks like you've got Dawgs dancing on the ceiling....or mebbe it's them lil' helpers doing something with those newly-mined vitamins? Either way, looks fascinating!

Enjoy the show :D

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Haha, are they dancing,
I thought I am flying on the flakes and they are rushing behind me to get their vitamins. πŸ˜‚

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  1. How can you tell when Santa has gotten to the naughty list?
    -HO, HO, HO, HO (Hubby made this up)

  2. He was born, she cried, she held him, we rejoiced.

3.https://giphy.com/gifs/masonramsey-mason-ramsey-cdNSp4L5vCU7aQrYnV

  1. @thelastmelon, @bobthebuilder2, @beautifulwreck

Hopefully, I did all that correctly, I am operating on teeny amounts of sleep

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hey @liftslikealady ...not sure from a phone... from PC you usually just right-click on the gif and select 'copy image address' and paste it in wherever you want the gif to appear. Like so...here's the one you linked hehe

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That is the one, I wanted to post. Ha ha ha
I copied the link amd pasted, bit I thought I had to put !gif in from of the link.....or something, so.the pic will show 9nstead of the link. Not at a computer for a while.

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https://docs.github.com/en/github/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax This is a great site to use for getting the basics. I think a gif would use the same callout as an image.

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hey, thanks for this @bobthebuilder2, much appreciated 😊

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πŸ˜† did you just call Santa a Ho?

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Ha ha ha. Nope, just the people on the naughty list. Doh!

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!PIZZA

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@liftslikealady, right clicked on the gif I wanted, clicked "Inspect" and got to the element that called out the code specifically for the gif on the page. I copied and pasted it to get the link.

It looked like this:
<img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/hAcDHEhZHA2bu/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47gohvma5q2gayt78bedz652s485qo6elymiuijfjy&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g" alt="jon stewart crying GIF" style="width: 500px; height: 567.816px; left: 0px; top: 0px; opacity: 0;">

Then I took the website found after <img src=" and cut it out.

It now looked like this: https://media4.giphy.com/media/hAcDHEhZHA2bu/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47gohvma5q2gayt78bedz652s485qo6elymiuijfjy&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g.

Then I added https://images.hive.blog/0x0/ in front of that link and created:

https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://media4.giphy.com/media/hAcDHEhZHA2bu/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47gohvma5q2gayt78bedz652s485qo6elymiuijfjy&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g

which looks like this when I don't force Hive to show you the code:

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I just added this to my bookmarks!

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As I mentioned on PYPT, my wife's family gives out Christmas Crackers on Xmas eve... then, they all pop them.

I save mine, never pop them, until a few months later... when we're together and out of no where, I pop it!

Drives them nuts! (That's jsut my own personal goal)

I found this post on #PYPT from @dreemport

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hehe that's hilarious Greg πŸ˜‚I'll be πŸ‘€you in March !ROTFL ...you should so bring some along...😜🀣 !PIZZA !ALIVE

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@bluefinstudios! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @samsmith1971. (6/10)

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OH, YES!!!

Awesome idea... POPPIN' CHristmas Crackers and also, we should do some glitter projects, while we visit @dreemsteem and @biggerjoe

She loves glitter!

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  1. Why did Santa get slapped by Mrs. Claus? Cuz he called her a ho ho ho. ROFLLLLLLLLLLL i just made that up and i'm crying with laughter right now.

  2. Christmas 2022: the best Christmas ever - wait and see!

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  1. gotta be @shadowspub @bluefinstudios and @penderis LOL

  2. and interacted with 5 hehehehe

I'm crying laughing over that gif that I chose hahahahahaha

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too funny! bad bad Santa 🀣🀣🀣 For some reasons quite a few of the gifs are not working today, even they were yesterday. .... lol ...now I wanna see that gif you shared but its just looking like a picture... must be something gone funny with giphy... thank you for joining us at the table Dreems 😍

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the gif is so crazy and funny LOLOLOL its still loading for me and I giggle every time! hahahahaha

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Why? Oh my God... Why? 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣@dreemsteem. Santa must be steem-ing right now...

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ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl

it just popped into my head hahahahahaha

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You are already planning Christmas 2022 @dreemsteem
LOL
I cannot even imagine what's up your sleeves ;D

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hehehehe something befitting the great year of 2022 :)

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OMG that joke is so funny LOL!!! Supeeeeer.🀣🀣

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hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha i cracked myself UP!!!!!!!! lolol

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1. What is Santa's favorite kind of candy? Jolly ranchers. 

2. Once she understood Christmas she understood love.

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3. @edward.martin @godly-rich @bordel @davethegreat @magooz
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I didn't realise I had called on a Hive bot!!!😲😱

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Crazy shit Sam... might be black-magic afootpaw :O..........I reckon 'she' should listen to her Dawg rather than a cardboard box - or else she could just find her own voice....innit ;)

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@samsmith1971... Sam! You received more than TEN THOUSAND upvotes πŸ™Œ


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how the heck did that happen????🀣 thank you Caroline ...wow... I need to slow down hehe. !PIZZA !ALIVE !LUV

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Thank you Sam!

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@mmykel come play hehe

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I'm coming. Thanks

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