A Christmas riddle is:
Q: What’s the most popular Christmas wine?
A: “I don’t like Brussels sprouts!”
The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2005.
Google Books
1,001 Smiles
By Marion Kaplinsky
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books
2005
Pg. 368:
“What’s the most popular Christmas wine?”
“I don’t like Brussels sprouts!
Google Books
Man Walks into a Bar:
Over 6,000 of the Most Hilarious Jokes, Funniest Insults and Gut-Busting One-Liners
By Stephen Arnott and Mike Haskins
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press
2007
Pg. ?:
What’s the most popular Christmas wine?
“I don’t like Brussels sprouts!”
Twitter
Rax Lakhani
@RaxLakhani
#crapcrackerjokes What’s the most popular Christmas wine? ‘I don’t like Brussels sprouts!’
12:30 PM - 25 Dec 2008
Twitter
manwalksintoajoke
@manwalksinto
What’s the most popular Christmas wine? ‘I don’t like Brussels sprouts!’ http://ow.ly/MIOT
10:39 AM - 16 Dec 2009
Google Books
Christmas Crackers
Compiled by Matt Wilce
Lulu Publishing (Lulu.com)
2012
Pg. ?:
What’s the most popular Christmas wine?
“I don’t like Brussels sprouts!”
Google Groups: uk.people.silversurfers
It tickled me anyway.
Bri
12/24/15
Q. What is the most popular Christmas wine?
A. I don’t like Brussels sprouts.
The Telegraph (UK)
50 best Christmas cracker jokes
Jon Stock
1 DECEMBER 2016 • 9:30AM
(...)
What’s the most popular Christmas wine?
‘I don’t like Brussels sprouts!’
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