This week’s contest

Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption below, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Finalists for this week’s cartoon, by Paul Karasik, will appear online January 6th and in the January 13, 2020, issue of The New Yorker. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To read the complete rules, click here.

Contest #691

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The Finalists

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Contest #689

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The Winner

Contest #687

“How much did you spend at Macy’s this year?”

Seth Wittner, Henderson, Nev.

second place

“I’d hate to be on the third floor.”

Steve Marth, Brooklyn, N.Y.

third place

“It’s a perfect likeness, George. Right down to the hot air.”

Michael H. Lester, Los Angeles, Calif.

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