The votes are in!

Winning the top spot for this month with the unianimous acclaim of both the Flair and User votes is the always deserving /u/itsallfolklore for their response to the question "Were brothels and prostitution as ubiquitous in the American West as is portrayed in film and fiction?".

Following by a mere hair in a field of standouts is /u/thefourthmaninaboat, who takes the second award for "Did the Kriegsmarine ever stand a chance of winning the Battle of the Atlantic?".

The non-flair taking the Dark Horse Award is /u/eminenssi, in recognition of their answer to "Why were such awful colors popular in the U.S. in the 1970s?" .

Finally, the "Excellence in Flairdom" award, which recognizes the contributions of a user in the past month that went beyond a single, standout answer, goes to the millennia-spanning prowess of /u/CptBuck. You know him from his amazing answers in Near Eastern and Islamic history from the origins to today, including taking on the big, controversial questions about the rise of fundamentalist Islam. In November, however, /u/CptBuck ALSO, and repeatedly, stepped up to answer the awkward questions, the methodology or historian questions that don't really aim at a particular field. This month's award may be a quiet one, but in some ways that's the most important work of all. Let no more the hero be unsung! Thank you and congratulations, /u/CptBuck!

So as always, a big congratulations to the winners, and a big thanks to everyone who contributed to the subreddit in the past month! Also a reminder, if you want to nominate answers for the monthly awards, the best way to do so is to submit your favorite posts every week to the Sunday Digest!

For a list of past winners, check out this Wiki page!.