{"id":35840,"date":"2025-11-12T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/?p=35840"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T18:54:40","slug":"enter-ye-olde-gobble-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/enter-ye-olde-gobble-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter Ye Olde Gobble Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is time once again for the time-honored tradition of the turkey gobble.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32568\" src=\"http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gobble-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Ye Olde Gobble Contest\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gobble-banner.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gobble-banner-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gobble-banner-1030x129.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/gobble-banner-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For hundreds of years settlers and celebrants of Thanksgiving have engaged in the art of the gobble in honor of those noble birds who give their all for us at Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>How better to honor them then to hold a gobble contest?<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a gobble contest? Take a listen to when we\u2019ve done this in the past (and to hear what an exception gobble or two sounds like):<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-35840-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gobblemix.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gobblemix.mp3\">http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gobblemix.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>To enter is simple, just gobble into a phone and save the recording, then upload it here. 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