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Oh, That Carol Contest

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A fine mess I’ve stumbled into: I’m leading my own Christmas Carol Contest and there’s no help from No. 2 because he or she is Anonymous.

So I am extending the contest to New Year’s, hoping that somewhere along the way an actual reader will take the lead. Remember the rule: the prize goes to the reader who requests the Christmas hymn that gets the most views on the day it’s posted.

I’m leading the pack with 26. As the sponsor of this contest, I’m not supposed to win.

Well, let’s see if I can get the ball rolling today…

Carol Contest Rules

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Okay, the first two entries are in and the game is under way–our annual Christmas Carol Contest.

The winning entry will be the carol that gets the most views on the day it was posted. This way the lead can change hands from day to day, and we won’t know who the winner is until the last day of the contest.

Ordinarily I don’t tell you who’s leading; but I wonder if I ought to, from time to time, tell you how many views the leading carol has–might make it more fun. I’m open to suggestion, but don’t expect me to make any changes after the first day or two.

Note: We only use carols that celebrate Christmas as the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. You can’t enter the contest with “I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus.”

Prizes will be the usual breath-takingly wonderful items.

The State of the Carol Contest

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My fellow Americans! I–

Oops, wrong speech–sorry about that. [Shuffles papers] Ah, here’s the one I wanted…

With only just about a week to go till Christmas, our annual Christmas Carol Contest features two carols in a tie. I’m not going to tell you which two, because I don’t want to say anything that might influence you one way or another.

But I can tell you, with a heavy heart [Sighs], that so far not one of the nominated carols has received 30 views on the day it was proposed. Maybe there aren’t as many readers here as there used to be. The contest is open to all. You can enter every day, nominate as many carols as you please. It doesn’t matter if you’re a first-time visitor, or a reader who just never comments. Get into the contest! After all, you might win.

Our prizes, of course, are legendary and need no promotion here. Suffice it to say that if they could’ve gotten their hands on some of these prizes, Jason and the Argonauts would’ve saved themselves a trip.

Oh, No! I’m Winning My Own Contest

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Isn’t that a nice picture! Anyone know who painted it?

Honest, I didn’t mean to vault into the lead in my own Christmas carol contest! It just sort of happened. I had no entries yet, yesterday morning, so I posted a carol myself and it shot into the lead.

Now, I didn’t get where I am today by entering and winning my own contests and giving myself prizes. Everybody knows how tacky that is. Like those college courses in which you grade your own term papers. “A+++++! Fantastic! Wisest thing ever!”

As of today we’ve only got two weeks till Christmas. And remember–the winner is the carol that gets the most views on the day it’s requested. I wonder if anyone will rack up 30 views. I came very, very close, but let’s face it–I’m ineligible.

Not to speak a cliche, but all the carols that we post are winners! In a very real sense! Anything that draws us closer to Our Savior, anything that draws us more deeply into Christmas, is its own invaluable prize.

Let the Contest Begin!

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Yeah, I know–I opened the starting gate before I let the crowd into the seats. It’s going to be that kind of day. It’s been that kind of month.

So here’s the very first entry in our 2022 Christmas Carol Contest–oh, wait, I already did that. I don’t know what’s the matter with me.

Okay. All Christmas carols are eligible, any carol can be entered more than once–but we are not accepting purely secular carols. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus wouldn’t qualify.

Readers may enter with carol suggestions as often as they please, every day, twice a day, whatever.

The winner will be whoever requests the carol that gets the most views on the day it was requested. It’s a bookkeeping nightmare, but it does allow the leader to change fairly often. The race will always go right down to the wire!

A Reminder from Byron the Quokka

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Merry Christmas, everybody!

I hope you’ve got a lot of nice crunchy leaves handy, something to much on as you listen to all the lovely Christmas carols we’ve posted here–most of them, I’m happy to say, requested by you, the readers.

But look, I’m stuck with all these prizes I’m supposed to hand out to contest winners, starting with whoever wins our annual Christmas Carol Contest. To refresh you on the rules, the winner is whoever requests the carol that gets the most views on the day it was requested. So far the leading carol has only 19 views.

The winner gets either an autographed copy of one of Lee’s books or this cool MAGA-red T-shirt that says “If they have to kill us, they’ve lost.” You will notice I’m NOT complaining about some cheapskate not offering a bicycle for a prize. Nice Byron! We don’t do that anymore, do we?

Most of you have never requested a hymn or a carol. Well, now’s as good a time as any! Stir the place up! Let’s see a Christmas carol with over 20 views! 30, even. Let’s make a joyful noise for Christmas! Christ the Savior is born!

Coming Up: Christmas Carol Contest

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Just a reminder: the day after Thanksgiving, our Second Annual Christmas Carol contest begins. We greatly enjoyed it last year; and if there was ever a year in which we need to proclaim the birth of Jesus Christ Our Lord, 2020 is it.

The prize, an autographed book, will go to whoever requests the carol that gets the most views on the day it was requested. It’ll require some alert score-keeping on my part, but it’ll be worth it. The tricky thing about that is, the score can change repeatedly. But that’s fun, too.

I’m open to suggestions, though, in case any of you have a better idea.

The contest ends Dec. 31–unless popular demand moves me to extend the deadline.

And of course everyone is welcome to enter as many times as he or she pleases.