Thanks for playing our Thanksgiving ‘Caption This!’ Contest. Congratulations to all of the winners! The judges had a hard time making a decision. So many good submissions were sent in! Read the winning entries below.
We compiled nine vintage Thanksgiving greetings the ‘Caption This!’ Thanksgiving 2017 contest. We’re looking for interesting captions in the Victorian vernacular (extra points for this). Funny, serious, poignant, whatever direction you’d like to take is fine with us. The only thing we ask is that you keep your caption family-friendly. You may caption one character in the greeting or all of them. Let us know who is “speaking” so we can enjoy your train of thought.
Happy Thanksgiving from Recollections. Have fun playing ‘Caption This!’ Thanksgiving 2017!
Rules
- Caption one or caption as many as you would like. You don’t have to caption each photo to win.
- One winner per greeting.
- You can only win once.
- Each winner receives a $25 gift certificate
- Please note the photo number with your caption in the comments section below.
- Please include your first name and last initial, and your city, state (or country outside of the USA).
- All comments are moderated before being posted to the blog.
- We’re looking for captions in Victorian vernacular (extra points for this!) that can be easily shared in a public forum (keep it reasonably clean, please).
- Contest ends on November 27, 2017, at midnight (Pacific Time).
- If there is a tie, names will be placed into a random drawing to determine a winner.
- Winners will be notified by email on Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
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- Jack learned at an early age the meaning of being “roped into doing things” by a lady. – Becca S., Nebraska
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- (Female to male turkey) “Honey, you better slow this bugaboo down, or we’ll have the muttonshunt – er after us!” – Lisa F., Barboursville, VA
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- That bird sure does have his dander up and is huffy! He must know what season it is. – Anna W. Sauk Centre, MN
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- Go west young turkey! – Kianna H.
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- Dressed in holiday finery and ready for a party, the guest of honor ne’er suspects it will make the feast more hearty. – Kathy R., Cripple Creek, CO
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- “Mr. Turkey learnt the hard way not to accept rides from strangers” – Anna C., Castro Valley CA
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- “I think George Washington had an easier time with his cherry tree than I’m going to have with this turkey.” – Andrea L.
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- This proclamation means you, turkey, as you will be giving the most as we say thanks. – Sarita H.
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- Sharing Thanksgiving sentiments with my chuckaboos! – Donna R.
Greeting 1: “How do we get this pumpkin into the pie?”
Greeting 2: “Chuckaboo, lets get corny” (Mr. Turkey to Mrs. Turkey)
Greeting 3: “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a Turkey”
Greeting 4: “Let’s eat, time to fill the sauce box”
Greeting 5: “They say you should always go out in style and that’s just what I’m going to do, wearing my hat from Recollections”
Greeting 6: “Mr. Turkey learnt the hard way not to accept rides from strangers”
Greeting 7: “When little Jimmy volunteered to carve the Turkey, this is not what he had in mind”
Greeting 8: “It’s no skilamalink, Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful and gather with family and friends”
Greeting 9: “The children were mad as hops for pumpkin pie”
Anna C.
Castro Valley, CA
Kathy R., Cripple Creek, CO
Greeting #1: The pumpkin patch yielded such a prize, we scarce could believe our eyes…with a heave and a ho to the table we go!
Greeting #2: “Over the river and through the woods”, on our way to hob nob in a rolling corn cob!
Greeting #3: What would Thanksgiving be without these three?
Greeting #4: The turkey really should look behind as the cook surely has a feast in mind!
Greeting #5: Dressed in holiday finery and ready for a party, the guest of honor ne’er suspects it will make the feast more hearty.
Greeting #6: Motoring along with a feast on the way to help celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
Greeting #7: A hated chore which caused such dread that Jack had porridge for Thanksgiving instead!
Greeting #8: Thanks for all that comes from Above, may we gather in Gratitude and in Love.
Greeting #9: Wishing you aA bountiful harvest of Cheer – Thanksgiving is here!
1) After years of rolling large pumpkins, Frank would come to find out that a roll in the hay was much more fun.
2) Freedom is just around the “corn-ear”
3) Once you hop on, hang on for the ride of your life.
4) Seriously!?- do I look like a horse? This isn’t going to end well, is it.
5) Henrietta: As you “reflect” back, you’ll realize these were the good times.
6) Turkey: Tell me again about what happens at Grandma’s house – I’ve never had a place at the table.
7) What’s this I hear about an “axe-ident” waiting to happen?
8) So the sign says this is a “turkey-ish bath house”? I’m a turkey, Let’s go inside!
9) Pumpkin: I told you we should have stayed in the tall grass.
Greeting #1: (Girl to boy)“Pull a little harder, you big buffoon, you’re so handsome I think I’ll just stand here and gaze into your eyes”
Greeting #2: (Female to male turkey) “Honey, you better slow this bugaboo down, or we’ll have the muttonshunter after us!”
Greeting #5: (Girl to turkey) “You look absolutely voluminous with your aigrettes and baubles. I can’t wait to take you to the Thanksgiving Soirée!”
CAPTION CONTEST
1) Jack learned at an early age the meaning of being “roped into doing things” by a lady.
2) “Cobb-ble, Cobb-ble” – “O Tom, you’re so corny”
3) “What was it that Grandma Turkey used to say, Don’t stick your neck out or Stick your neck out?- Wish I could remember.”
4) Tom Turkey: “I have a BAD feeling about this………”
5) After seeing Becky’s handiwork, Tom Turkey had to agree that getting “dressed” on the outside was much more preferable than getting “dressed” on the inside.
6) Little Boy: “It will be a great feast, Tom Turkey, everyone will be stuffed – including you!”
7) “Sooooo, tell me about that short straw thing again………”
8) “Are you sure this is where they have the White House turkey pardoning ceremony?”
9) And to think we almost volunteered to be Jack-o-Lanterns
Greeting #3: Mind the petticoat!
Greeting #4: Go west young turkey!
Greeting #6: Full steam car ahead!
Greeting #1: “I think you’re just as cute as pie!”
Greeting #2: “It’s downright corny the way you gobble up so much space, dearie. Do move over!”
Greeting #3: “Look out! You’re about to hit the frozen turkey!”
Greeting #4: “Beware the driver, who sits astride you,’ with a knife, a fork, and…oops, the spoon got left behind.”
Greeting #5: “You look every so goosey…I mean, turkey-ey. Turkeyesque?”
Greeting #6: “Now this is riding in style!”
Greeting #7: “I think George Washington had an easier time with his cherry tree than I’m going to have with this turkey.”
Greeting #8: “I wonder if “come all ye” applies to turkeys.”
Greeting #9: “Oh, goodie! Peace and Prosperity is bigger this year than Good Wishes. There’ll be more to go around.”
Roberta S., Judsonia, AR
Greeting #1: You push, I’ll pull and we’ll work off some of our good Thanksgiving dinner.
Greeting #2: We got away just in time. NO turkey for them this year!
Greeting #3: Let’s grab that turkey and we can feed the whole town.
Greeting #4: Got room for one more guest.
Greeting #5: Pretty Turkey. You’ll be even prettier stuffed.
Greeting #6: God is good, God is great, bringing dinner for all who’ll wait.
Greeting #7: I can’t do it, he’s my pet.
Greeting #8: I am so blessed to live in America, the home of the free and brave.
Greeting #9: God Bless Us, One and All.
greeting #1- (little girl to boy) Lets just sponge it out! We’ll never be back for Thanksgiving dinner since you had to pick the biggest pumpkin!
greeting #2- I’m sure glad your digging me out today! It’s nice to have a holiday break, and I don’t think the humans will mind that we’re gone for just one day.
greeting #3- That bird sure does have his dander up and is huffy! He must know what season it is.
greeting #5- Little girl to turkey, “aren’t you a stunner in that catafalque! It will soon be a nice one with a few of your feathers.”
greeting #6- (little boy) Has anyone ever told you that you have a parish pick-axe?
greeting #7- Maybe i’m not up to dick today. I think I’ll just absquatulate before I get the morbs. Goodbye old chum.
greeting #8- (turkey’s thought) Butter upon bacon! A day of proclamation to give thanks and eat Turkey! I am honored, yet offended!
greeting #9- Oh what nanty narking this is finding the right pumpkin for mums pie!
Greeting 1: Best wishes for your being able to move after Thanksgiving dinner!
Greeting 2: I hope this is what they meant when they said to come to dinner well-dressed.
Greeting 5: See, now we are both well-dressed for Thanksgiving!
Greeting 7: Hey Kid. Why don’t we switch places this year, as it looks like you cannot even hold up that axe?
Greeting 8: This proclamation means you, turkey, as you will be giving the most as we say thanks.
Greeting 9: Again? I thought Halloween was the holiday when you decorated pumpkins.