Holiday puns every communicator should avoid
Don’t wear out the season with grating word play. Here are some tragic missteps to avoid when writing about the holidays this year—heck, any year.
Be ready for it.
Now that Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, the holiday marketing marathon begins.
For the next few weeks, there will be no escaping the holiday slogans, puns, jingles and wordplay. Some of it will be clever; some, not so much.
Below are a bunch that fall into the “not so clever” group. You might even call them ho, ho, horrible. You better watch out.
Puns
Yule love this
Be the ghost of Christmas present
Fleece Navidad
Let’s get elfed up
Get caroled away: Give the gift of music
Brace your elves
You’ll love our new Santa-tizer
Do you suffer from Tinselitis?
All I want for Christmas is ewe.
Don’t be shellfish this Christmas
Hairy Christmas?
Bros before ho-ho-hos
Just wanted to sleigh have a Happy Holiday.
Jolly holly-days to you and yours!
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