# Bakers Dozen

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**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21544 "2013-12-16T19:17:45Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> … **Elendil’s Heir** , I’ll vote for you…

OK, that’s two. I’m on my way!

13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”

Just to get that out of the way.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21545 "2013-12-16T20:10:07Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, _everyone_!”

another one “out of the way”

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21546 "2013-12-16T20:18:37Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, everyone!”
9. “Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing…”

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21547 "2013-12-16T20:26:30Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, everyone!”
9. “Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing…”
10. “Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!”

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21548 "2013-12-16T20:27:18Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, everyone!”
9. “Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing…”
10. “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21549 "2013-12-16T20:29:03Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, everyone!”
9. “Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing…”
10. “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
11. “Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!”  
ETA: I just met the ghost of ninja present…

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21550 "2013-12-16T21:21:42Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, everyone!”
9. “Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing…”
10. “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
11. “Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!”
12. “Are there no prisons?”… “And the Union workhouses,” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?”

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21551 "2013-12-16T21:32:42Z")

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13 Quotes from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
2. He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
3. “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
4. “It isn’t that,” said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. “It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count them up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”
5. “This is the even-handed dealing of the world!” he said. “There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”
6. "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,’ said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?”
7. “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”
8. “God bless us, everyone!”
9. “Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing…”
10. “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
11. “Come in!” exclaimed the Ghost. “Come in! and know me better, man!”
12. “Are there no prisons?”… “And the Union workhouses,” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?”
13. “This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”

Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21552 "2013-12-16T21:46:22Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21553 "2013-12-16T23:01:15Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)

It’s apparently a [thing](http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?tag=americaninven-20&ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=garden&keywords=merman&linkCode=ur2&).

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21554 "2013-12-16T23:10:21Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21555 "2013-12-16T23:10:32Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21556 "2013-12-16T23:57:58Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)
6. [Bacon](http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unusual-christmas-tree-ornaments-03.jpg)

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21557 "2013-12-17T01:04:36Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)
6. [Bacon](http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unusual-christmas-tree-ornaments-03.jpg)
7. [hand grenades](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/hand-grenade-christmas-ornament-15-10-2009/)

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21558 "2013-12-17T01:34:50Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)
6. [Bacon](http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unusual-christmas-tree-ornaments-03.jpg)
7. [hand grenades](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/hand-grenade-christmas-ornament-15-10-2009/)
8. [Heinz pickle](http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/uploads/products/heinzpicklepin.jpg)

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21559 "2013-12-17T03:54:12Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. Eric Cartman
2. Dalek
3. Mermen
4. Del’s Lemonade (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. dreidls
6. Bacon
7. hand grenades
8. Heinz pickle
9. Brains

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21560 "2013-12-17T04:24:30Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)
6. [Bacon](http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unusual-christmas-tree-ornaments-03.jpg)
7. [hand grenades](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/hand-grenade-christmas-ornament-15-10-2009/)
8. [Heinz pickle](http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/uploads/products/heinzpicklepin.jpg)
9. brains
10. [Santa Mer-Man](http://homesickdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Unique-Ornaments-for-Christmas-Tree-Decoration.jpg) (really?)

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21561 "2013-12-17T09:37:30Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)
6. [Bacon](http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unusual-christmas-tree-ornaments-03.jpg)
7. [hand grenades](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/hand-grenade-christmas-ornament-15-10-2009/)
8. [Heinz pickle](http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/uploads/products/heinzpicklepin.jpg)
9. brains
10. [Santa Mer-Man](http://homesickdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Unique-Ornaments-for-Christmas-Tree-Decoration.jpg) (really?)
11. Tom of Finland

Though from the quality I don’t think licensed. It was made of…ahem…blown glass of course.

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21562 "2013-12-17T12:22:23Z")

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. [Eric Cartman](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Southpark-South-Park-Eric-Cartman-Christmas-Ornament-1998-by-Comedy-Central-/00/s/MTUwN1gxNjAw/z/DksAAOxyLchRugwh/$T2eC16h,!wsE9suw0PtWBRugwgj6Ng~~60_35.JPG)
2. [Dalek](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NKSh4GNzL._SY300_.jpg)
3. [Mermen](http://inventorspot.com/files/images/Fabulous_Mermen_Ornaments.img_assist_custom.jpg)
4. [Del’s Lemonade](http://www.mylittletown.com/dels-lemonade-cup/) (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)
5. [dreidls](http://s3.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/2BD58C63.jpg)
6. [Bacon](http://cdn.instantshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/unusual-christmas-tree-ornaments-03.jpg)
7. [hand grenades](http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/hand-grenade-christmas-ornament-15-10-2009/)
8. [Heinz pickle](http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/uploads/products/heinzpicklepin.jpg)
9. brains
10. [Santa Mer-Man](http://homesickdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Unique-Ornaments-for-Christmas-Tree-Decoration.jpg) (really?)
11. Tom of Finland
12. Favorite sports team bulbs

Hey, I’m a huge sports fan too, but I can draw a line where tacky begins.

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Unusually themed Christmas tree ornaments you’ve seen

1. Eric Cartman

2. Dalek

3. Mermen

4. Del’s Lemonade (It’s a Rhode Island thing.)

5. dreidls

6. Bacon

7. hand grenades

8. Heinz pickle

9. brains

10. Santa Mer-Man (really?)

11. Tom of Finland

12. Favorite sports team bulbs

13. flamingoes  
New! 13 Christmas/Holiday/Winter songs written after 1990.

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