’Tis the season to be jolly. We wish you a lighthearted holiday, and this collection of “cyberhumor” is our gift to you.
Carols for the Digital Age
- Pixel Chestnuts on a Virtual Fire
- Rudolph the GPS Reindeer
- Santa’s Drones Are Coming to Town
- I’ll Be Home for Christmas, If Only on Your Screens
Riddles
- How do computers like their eggnog served? In screenshots!
- What do you get when you cross a smartphone with a Christmas tree? Bytes of cheer!
- What’s the top-selling reindeer game app? Truth or Deer!
- Why did the laptop ask for a ride on Santa’s sleigh? To get into the cloud!
- What money-transfer app did Santa use to pay for his new sleigh? He didn’t have to pay: it was on the house!
Groaners
- Do AI systems get Cyber Monday off?
- Child to mall Santa: “Let’s see your Notes app. I want to make sure you write everything down so you’ll get it right.”
- Crazy holiday-shopping story: A customer insisted that the clerk show him devices that came with “universal podcast” apps. Asked what he meant by “universal,” he replied: “An app that’s preloaded with every episode of every podcast ever made.”
- Crazy Christmas-gift story: A four-year-old received a wireless computer mouse with extra features and a five-year warranty, plus guaranteed 24/7 tech support. Just one problem: the child didn’t have a computer to go with the mouse.
Holiday Apps That Bring Chuckles
Lots of apps offer humorous videos, jokes, and funny games. Here are a few suggestions from our own BridgingApps Christmas App List.
- Christmas App 2025
- Christmas Sweeper 3
- ElfYourself®
- JL Edwardian Advent Calendar (see also Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar)
- Pinkfong Christmas Fun
- Reading Train Christmas
- Tiny Dentist Christmas
AI on AI: ChatGPT Suggestions for “Holiday Cyberhumor”
(With a little editing help from “OI,” aka organic intelligence.)
- Santa’s “naughty” and “nice” lists are now encrypted with two-factor authentication, a precaution against ransomware attacks demanding extra toys.
(And beware of scam messages that claim, “The North Pole has received a message that you want to be taken off the ‘nice’ list. If you didn’t send that message, contact Santa at this link and confirm your login info.”)
- The Grinch didn’t really steal Christmas: he just hacked the system and reset everyone’s shopping passwords.
- Santa’s workshop has a new inclusive accommodation: sensory-friendly sleigh rides with complimentary noise-cancelling headphones.
- All I want for Christmas is apps that work the first time, every time.
- IT during the holidays: “Have you tried turning Christmas off and back on again?”