# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 2417

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48326 "2016-12-19T00:10:22Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay

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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 19, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48327 "2016-12-19T01:29:34Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48328 "2016-12-19T02:34:22Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong

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**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 19, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48329 "2016-12-19T03:11:03Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Actually recorded by Savatage in '95 (the TSO version _is_ the Savatage version) but I couldn’t think of any others.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48330 "2016-12-19T05:11:15Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)

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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 19, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48331 "2016-12-19T05:15:30Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)
8. That’s Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (also 2014)

One of my favorite recent Christmas songs: [That's Christmas to Me - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAszTEhKLIA)

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**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:** [December 19, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48332 "2016-12-19T12:38:07Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)
8. That’s Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (also 2014)
9. All the Way to Bethlehem (Donna Ulisse)

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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 19, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48333 "2016-12-19T14:06:01Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)
8. That’s Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (also 2014)
9. All the Way to Bethlehem (Donna Ulisse)
10. Proper Crimbo (Bo Selecta)

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**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 19, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48334 "2016-12-19T14:19:05Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)
8. That’s Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (also 2014)
9. All the Way to Bethlehem (Donna Ulisse)
10. Proper Crimbo (Bo Selecta)
11. The Annoying Drummer Boy (Eric Rockwell)

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**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:** [December 19, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48335 "2016-12-19T15:22:02Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)
8. That’s Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (also 2014)
9. All the Way to Bethlehem (Donna Ulisse)
10. Proper Crimbo (Bo Selecta)
11. The Annoying Drummer Boy (Eric Rockwell)
12. All I Ever Get for Christmas Is Blue (Over the Rhine)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48336 "2016-12-19T16:35:54Z")

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Christmas songs written in the last 20 years.

1. Where Are You Christmas (performed by Faith Hill)
2. Maybe this Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
3. Christmas Lights by Coldplay
4. White Christmas Blue (Loretta Lynn)
5. The Christmas Shoes, by NewSong
6. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. What God Wants for Christmas, by Darius Rucker (2014)
8. That’s Christmas to Me by Pentatonix (also 2014)
9. All the Way to Bethlehem (Donna Ulisse)
10. Proper Crimbo (Bo Selecta)
11. The Annoying Drummer Boy (Eric Rockwell)
12. All I Ever Get for Christmas Is Blue (Over the Rhine)
13. Where’s the Line to See Jesus

Easily the most self-righteous holiday glurge ever- makes Christmas Shoes sound like Jingle Bells.

Classic Movies set at Christmas Time (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle  
Use your own definition for “classic”.

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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 19, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48337 "2016-12-19T16:39:50Z")

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Movies set at Christmas Time (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48338 "2016-12-19T16:40:19Z")

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Movies set at Christmas Time (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter

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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 19, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48339 "2016-12-19T16:54:15Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48340 "2016-12-19T17:02:40Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Die Hard

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**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 19, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48341 "2016-12-19T17:27:19Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Die Hard
6. Home Alone

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**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:** [December 19, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48342 "2016-12-19T17:54:19Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Die Hard
6. Home Alone
7. Gremlins

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48343 "2016-12-19T17:59:20Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Die Hard
6. Home Alone
7. Gremlins
8. We’re No Angels

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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 19, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48344 "2016-12-19T18:40:53Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Die Hard
6. Home Alone
7. Gremlins
8. We’re No Angels
9. Miracle on 34th Street

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48345 "2016-12-19T18:45:39Z")

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Movies set at Christmastime (bonus points if they aren’t necessarily Christmas movies)

1. Bell, Book, and Candle
2. Love Actually
3. The Lion in Winter
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Die Hard
6. Home Alone
7. Gremlins
8. We’re No Angels
9. Miracle on 34th Street
10. Scrooged

(Die Hard and Gremlins was taken)

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