“How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?”/“With oar-naments.”

A Christmas riddle is:
 
Q: How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?
A: With oar-naments.
 
The Christmas joke has been cited in print since at least 2005.
 
         
Google Books
Crazy Christmas Jokes
By Alison Grambs
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2005
Pg. 30:
How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?
With oar-naments.
 
10 November 2008, The Spectrum & Daily News (Saint George, UT), Southern Utah Life, pg. D3, col. 2:
How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?
Use oar-naments.
 
Twitter
Chase Automotive‏
@ChaseAutomotive
Holiday Hump day humor: How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?
12:53 PM - 21 Dec 2011
   
Twitter
Jeff Cobb‏
@jeffcobb67
How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?  With OAR-naments.
6:42 AM - 23 Dec 2011
 
Twitter
Nikki Bridges Hicks‏
@nikkibhicks
How do decorate a canoe for Christmas?  With OARnaments!
11:52 AM - 25 Dec 2011
   
Google Books
Insults Anywhere Kids Presents
‘Twas The Jokes Before Christmas
By Franklin Yantz
Insults Anywhere
2014
Pg. ?:
How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas?
[With OAR-naments]

Reddit—Clean Jokes
How do you decorate a canoe for Christmas? (self.cleanjokes)
submitted December 23, 2017 by madazzahatterQuality “Ugh” Contributor
With oar-naments.
 
Reddit—Oneliners
You decorate a canoe for Christmas with oar-naments.
submitted December 23, 2017 by madazzahatter