# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1979
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39564 "2015-11-18T18:16:30Z")
Favorite Christmas Songs 1. [Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth](https://youtu.be/b_ReMi7tVWA?t=22) - Bing Crosby/David Bowie 2. What Child Is This? (Traditional Christmas Hymn; with the alternate choruses) 3. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Traditional Christmas Hymn) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39565 "2015-11-18T18:32:09Z")
Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing Crosby/David Bowie 2. What Child Is This? (Traditional Christmas Hymn; with the alternate choruses) 3. 12 Days of Phantom 4. Little Toy Trains - Roger Miller but the Nana Mouskouri’ Old Toy Trains is a personal favorite. 5. Darlin’ (Christmas Is Coming) - Over the Rhine 6. St.Stephen’s Day Murders- The Chieftains 7. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Mannheim Steamroller 8. Carol of the Bells 9. “Mary’s Boy Child” - Harry Belafonte [Mary's Boy Child - by Harry Belafonte - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkq4AlQyIkA) 10. 12 Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser [Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas (original from 1998) - YouTube](http://youtu.be/2Fe11OlMiz8) 11 . Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Traditional Christmas Hymn) 11. Child in a Manger- Sarah Brightman ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39566 "2015-11-18T18:42:30Z")
Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing Crosby/David Bowie 2. What Child Is This? (Traditional Christmas Hymn; with the alternate choruses) 3. 12 Days of Phantom 4. Little Toy Trains - Roger Miller but the Nana Mouskouri’ Old Toy Trains is a personal favorite. 5. Darlin’ (Christmas Is Coming) - Over the Rhine 6. St.Stephen’s Day Murders- The Chieftains 7. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Mannheim Steamroller 8. Carol of the Bells 9. “Mary’s Boy Child” - Harry Belafonte [Mary's Boy Child - by Harry Belafonte - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkq4AlQyIkA) 10. 12 Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser [Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas (original from 1998) - YouTube](http://youtu.be/2Fe11OlMiz8) 11 . Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Traditional Christmas Hymn) 11. Child in a Manger- Sarah Brightman 12. To Drive the Cold Winter Away (traditional, I love the Loreena McKennit version) LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 13. Christmas Shoes I hope the kid makes it back to his mama’s hospital bed and she takes one look at the shoes and says “These things are ugly as hell! And they’re not even my size! Meet Jesus in 'em, I wouldn’t take out the trash…” and the kid pulls the plug. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39567 "2015-11-18T19:01:27Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You Overplayed, that’s why. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39568 "2015-11-18T19:30:33Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch by the Insane Clown Posse. Otherwise, I agree with #1 above. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39569 "2015-11-18T21:29:18Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer It was funny the first 9,004 times. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39570 "2015-11-18T21:40:52Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” So gravelly. So forced. Stage banter so obviously fake. OOG: _1. Christmas Shoes_ My wife, who as a nurse and a Jew has both a huge pragmatic streak and a healthy antipathy for Christmas glurge, was heard to mutter, “F\*\*\* shoes. I’m pretty sure she’d rather have some Christmas morphine if she’s that close to meeting Jesus.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39571 "2015-11-18T21:47:01Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” I love the song in its traditional mode, but when I hate the David Cassidification of it by attempting to make it up-tempo and happy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39572 "2015-11-18T22:23:29Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39573 "2015-11-18T22:57:53Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad 8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39574 "2015-11-18T22:58:11Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad 8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey 9. Christmas Reggae by Bob Marley. It should have been much better. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39575 "2015-11-18T23:05:13Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad 8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey 9. Christmas Reggae 10. Jingle Bell Rock ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39576 "2015-11-19T01:23:32Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad 8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey 9. Christmas Reggae 10. Jingle Bell Rock 11. The ones sung by the Chiipmunks ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39577 "2015-11-19T01:36:27Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad 8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey 9. Christmas Reggae 10. Jingle Bell Rock 11. The ones sung by the Chiipmunks 12. Blue Christmas Too depressing! ---
**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:** [November 19, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39578 "2015-11-19T01:49:02Z")
LEAST Favorite Christmas Songs 1. Christmas Shoes 2. All I Want for Christmas is You 3. Santa’s A Fat Bitch 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 5. Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” 6. O Holy Night when sung “jazzy” 7. Feliz Navidad 8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey 9. Christmas Reggae 10. Jingle Bell Rock 11. The ones sung by the Chiipmunks 12. Blue Christmas 13. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth New! Book or Movie Titles containing animals, BUT with a different animal replacing the original 14. Jonathan Livingston Aardvark ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39579 "2015-11-19T01:55:30Z")
New! Book or Movie Titles containing animals, BUT with a different animal replacing the original 1. Jonathan Livingston Aardvark 2. The Pink Penguin ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39580 "2015-11-19T02:05:36Z")
New! Book or Movie Titles containing animals, BUT with a different animal replacing the original 1. Jonathan Livingston Aardvark 2. The Pink Penguin 3. The Plague Porcupines ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39581 "2015-11-19T02:11:38Z")
Book or Movie Titles containing animals, BUT with a different animal replacing the original 1. Jonathan Livingston Aardvark 2. The Pink Penguin 3. The Plague Porcupines 4. The Maltese Budgie ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39582 "2015-11-19T02:15:47Z")
Book or Movie Titles containing animals, BUT with a different animal replacing the original 1. Jonathan Livingston Aardvark 2. The Pink Penguin 3. The Plague Porcupines 4. The Maltese Budgie 5. Planet of the Dingos ---
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