A riddle about Christmas and Easter is:
Q: Where does Christmas come before Easter?
A: In the dictionary!
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2009.
“Where does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?”/“In the dictionary” and “Where does Easter come before Valentine’s Day?”/“In the dictionary” are similar riddles.
Blaine’s Puzzle Blog
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec. 13): All The Digits Puzzle
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ChuckSun Dec 13, 07:46:00 AM PST
As I promised last week, here’s the Stupid Christmas Quiz. I apologize in advance for some of the answers. Have fun 😊
1. Where does Christmas come before Easter?
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BlaineMon Dec 14, 08:10:00 AM PST
1. In the dictionary.
24 December 2009, Daily Mail (London, UK), “Heard the one about the funny cracker jokes?: (It’s the way Frank Carson tells them),” pg. 28:
Anonymous. Daily Mail; London (UK) [London (UK)]24 Dec 2009: 28.
When does Christmas come before Easter? In the dictionary.
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Where does Christmas come before Easter? The dictionary! #thatjokewaslame
12:11 PM - 4 Dec 2011
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KD Hotel
March 25, 2013 ·
Riddle:
Q: Where does Christmas come before Easter?
A: In the dictionary!
Funster
Friday, 29 March 2013
Easter Jokes – Page 1
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Q: Where does Christmas come before Easter?
A: In the dictionary!
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Easter Joke
@easterjoke
Funny Easter Joke 2015
Where does Christmas come before Easter?
In the dictionary!
#easterjoke
12:42 PM - 2 Apr 2015
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Kijana Stevie Nderi
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Q:;When does Christmas come before Easter??
A:;In the dictionary….í ½í¸ í ½í¸ í ½í¸ í ½í¸
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1:47 PM - 24 Mar 2016
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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