Welcome to Punday Monday!

tl;dr

make a pun about the topic of the week,
the topic is Christmas,
here's how to make a pun, if you don't know: https://steemit.com/contest/@improv/puns-and-prizes-learn-to-pun-easy-fun-anybody-can-be-a-hit-at-parties

New To Punday?

Pull up a stool, order a spiked PUNch, and get to know some of the regulars. I'm your PUNtender, @improv.

How To Make a Pun

This contest is open to everyone. Here's a handy dandy guide on how to make a pun: Learn to Pun

Rules for the PUN-test:

If you hope to win a prize, your pun must be your original work
Puns must be relevant to the topic of the week to win a prize, but they can be very loosely related.

Last Week's Punday Monday:

Here is last week's Punday Monday, and all the puns that were eligible to win this week are in the comments!

Hang on to your PUNderwear. The Winners of This Week's PUNday Monday Are...

(GIF by @littlescribe)

Rookie of the Week:

None

Pocket Choice Awards:

I am of the opinion that there are four responses to creative works one doesn’t like.

Constructive criticism. Help them get better!
Useful review. Help audience members know which of them will like and which won’t like this piece.
Outdo them. Demonstrate to yourself and others what “good” looks like.
Keep it to yourself.

There is, however, only one way to respond to creative work one DOES like.

Send them POCKET.

What pun was your favorite?
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@improv/3mkdoy-pocket-friday

No one voted for anyone on this post, but @ecoinstant voted for @mo-nique on the main post and @theabsolute sent some to @acolucky, so we’ll pretend that was the right place to vote with pocket and say they both win!

POCKET Choice Winner's Circle Season One:

@aloha-creations, @professorbromide, @tcpolymath, @miniature-tiger, @lilygolightly, @chrisroberts, @stinawog, @f3nix, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @diebitch, @acolucky, @ablaze, and @paul.atreides.

POCKET Choice Winners' Circle Season Two:

@ablaze, @coinsandchains, @dollarsandsense, @doctorcrypto, @heroic15397, @littlescribe, @jk6276, @acolucky, @deceth, @richatvns, @wpkwolfe, @stanism, @lordoffaux, @blockingback, @theartofori, @rainite, @chrisroberts, @kharma.scribbles, @theabsolute, @mo-nique and @mensa-sig

POCKET Choice Winners' Circle Season Three:

It’s still season two.

Grand Prize (which isn’t bigger than the other prizes, just grander):

Best Pun
Best Pun of the Entire Week
Best Overall Pun

DRUMROLL PLEASE…..

@mo-nique

And What Prizes Do They Win, You Ask?

See @steembasicincome for details. I’ll sponsor each qualified entrant for two SBI levels each week! Each winning entry will get an additional two SBI!
This week,

Our entrants were:
@acolucky, @theabsolute, @mo-nique, @ecoinstant

Our winners were:
@acolucky, @mo-nique twice!

We’ll also reward @theabsolute and @ecoinstant for taking the time to vote on their favorite punsters!
That’s 16 divided between the four participants and then two more for @mo-nique!

Glad there are four of you playing this week! I hope @wakeupkitty will give it a shot this week. And that more will come! Let people know!

This Week's Pun Topic Is:

Christmas! The 25th is Christmas day!

As in,

I finally figured out what to get @stinawog for Christmas. I had been wracking my brain but then I had my immaculate conception. I told her this morning, “I’m going to make it, rein, deer!”

Awesome joke. Nonetheless, I think you can do better.

I'm So Good at Puns

If you've never punned before, it might seem like magic! You can do it, too! Learn how in My Free How-To Guide on Punning!

Sponsors, related content, prizes, and money

Sponsors!

@improv/ @freewritehouse

I mean, am I a sponsor of my own contest? Yes? I guess? Also, because I’m involved in @freewritehouse and they’ve/we’ve hosted Punday Monday events over on that page, I’d like to suggest that they (we) are also a sponsor! Regardless, check out the @freewritehouse community!

Outside referrals that benefit @improv.

Coinbase:

Cryptocurrency exchange Join HERE and we’ll both get $10 of BTC

Coinbase is adding maker fees, so there’s probably a better way out there. Do you know it?

Robinhood:

Investment platform buying/selling stocks Join HERE and we’ll both get a share of a stock (probably worth ~$4)

Crypto.com:

An app and if you want also a prepaid credit card that uses staking of their MCO coin to unlock certain card perks. If you do want to sign up, I’d take it as a kindness if you’d use my referral code. We each get $50 worth of MCO. https://platinum.crypto.com/r/usfz8rprz6 (or the code is simply usfz8rprz6… and this is actually my wife’s code, @stinawog.)

Earn.com:

Small tasks for small rewards. Need a business or .edu email, Join HERE and we’ll both get $1 of BTC

Mannabase:

Swift:

Yet another attempt at a UBI Join HERE

M1 Finance

Like Robinhood, like Swell… invest in stocks, but with the auto-fund feature, it does dollar cost averaging for you, and without Swell’s fee. My referral code is here We both get a signup bonus if you use that code.

SBI

Do you like what I do, and want to support me with more than your upvote? Buy me Steem Basic Income, and we’ll both get returns forever! Just send 1 steem to @steembasicincome with @improv in the memo line! Do you want to support the steem fiction writers who are putting out books and getting the name of Steem out there in the wider world, too? Then put @steemfiction in the memo line! Don’t care about SBI yourself? Put @improv:@steemfiction in the memo line, and both those accounts will get the support! (but you won’t. But you’ll get the support of my love.)

LUMENS

We’ll each get $10 of Stellar Lumens if you use this link. You have to answer 5 short questions, each question is worth $2
https://www.coinbase.com/earn/xlm/invite/z8nb4dqf

EOS

Same as above, but for EOS https://coinbase.com/earn/eos/invite/jksv4mx3

131, Punday: Christmas Edition. Ho Ho Ho! I have a lot of prizes to give you. Consider them presents!