# 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:** 2016
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40304 "2015-12-12T15:17:36Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40305 "2015-12-12T15:43:01Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Marisa Hargitay (raised by dad Mickey after Jayne Mansfield’s death) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40306 "2015-12-12T17:47:45Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Marisa Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40307 "2015-12-12T17:58:11Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Marisa Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton Although his mom later remarried. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40308 "2015-12-12T18:25:41Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Mariska Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton Just fixing Hargitay’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40309 "2015-12-12T23:39:29Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Mariska Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton 9. Jared Leto ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40310 "2015-12-12T23:48:22Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Mariska Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton 9. Jared Leto 10. Stephen Colbert Colbert’s father died in a commercfial airline crash. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40311 "2015-12-13T00:22:22Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Mariska Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton 9. Jared Leto 10. Stephen Colbert 11. Maya Rudolph (her mother, singer Minnie Riperton, died young from cancer) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40312 "2015-12-13T00:46:35Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Mariska Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton 9. Jared Leto 10. Stephen Colbert 11. Maya Rudolph (her mother, singer Minnie Riperton, died young from cancer) 12. Gypsy Rose Lee/June Havoc ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40313 "2015-12-13T01:53:44Z")
Famous people raised by a single parent 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Lance THE LIAR Armstrong 3. Stephen King 4. Pres. Barack Obama 5. Ringo Starr 6. Mariska Hargitay 7. Marilyn Monroe 8. Bill Clinton 9. Jared Leto 10. Stephen Colbert 11. Maya Rudolph (her mother, singer Minnie Riperton, died young from cancer) 12. Gypsy Rose Lee/June Havoc 13. Eddie Murphy New! Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40314 "2015-12-13T02:01:20Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40315 "2015-12-13T02:10:23Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40316 "2015-12-13T02:21:46Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40317 "2015-12-13T02:26:52Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40318 "2015-12-13T02:41:41Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop 6. Must Be Santa ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40319 "2015-12-13T02:44:48Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop 6. Must Be Santa 7. The Christmas Tree “Oh this is Santa Claus’s man, Kris Kringle with his Christmas tree.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40320 "2015-12-13T02:46:00Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop 6. Must Be Santa 7. The Christmas Tree 8. I Believe in Father Christmas- ELP ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40321 "2015-12-13T03:24:00Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop 6. Must Be Santa 7. The Christmas Tree 8. I Believe in Father Christmas- ELP 9. The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40322 "2015-12-13T03:34:05Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop 6. Must Be Santa 7. The Christmas Tree 8. I Believe in Father Christmas- ELP 9. The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al Yankovic 10. Santa Baby ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40323 "2015-12-13T05:19:48Z")
Songs about Santa Claus (under any of his well-known names). 1. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 2. Here Comes Santa Claus 3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 4. Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis 5. Up on the Housetop 6. Must Be Santa 7. The Christmas Tree 8. I Believe in Father Christmas- ELP 9. The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al Yankovic 10. Santa Baby 11. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - from The Nightmare Before Christmas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2015) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2017)