# 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:** 3473

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69449 "2019-12-09T20:04:29Z")

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Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

1. Marley’s Ghost
2. Fezziwig
3. Belle
4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
5. Tiny Tim
6. The Ghost of Christmas Present
7. Mrs. Cratchit
8. Fan Scrooge

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Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

1. Marley’s Ghost
2. Fezziwig
3. Belle
4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
5. Tiny Tim
6. The Ghost of Christmas Present
7. Mrs. Cratchit
8. Fan Scrooge
9. Ignorance

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69451 "2019-12-09T20:35:42Z")

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Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

1. Marley’s Ghost
2. Fezziwig
3. Belle
4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
5. Tiny Tim
6. The Ghost of Christmas Present
7. Mrs. Cratchit
8. Fan Scrooge
9. Ignorance
10. Bob Cratchit

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69452 "2019-12-09T21:02:09Z")

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Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

1. Marley’s Ghost
2. Fezziwig
3. Belle
4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
5. Tiny Tim
6. The Ghost of Christmas Present
7. Mrs. Cratchit
8. Fan Scrooge
9. Ignorance
10. Bob Cratchit
11. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

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**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69453 "2019-12-09T22:22:01Z")

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Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

1. Marley’s Ghost
2. Fezziwig
3. Belle
4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
5. Tiny Tim
6. The Ghost of Christmas Present
7. Mrs. Cratchit
8. Fan Scrooge
9. Ignorance
10. Bob Cratchit
11. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
12. Fred’s Wife

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69454 "2019-12-10T00:28:42Z")

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Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”

1. Marley’s Ghost
2. Fezziwig
3. Belle
4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew)
5. Tiny Tim
6. The Ghost of Christmas Present
7. Mrs. Cratchit
8. Fan Scrooge
9. Ignorance
10. Bob Cratchit
11. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
12. Fred’s Wife
13. The Ghost of Christmas Past

Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69455 "2019-12-10T00:54:45Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> Bob Campbell does not fit the list.

How do you figure that?

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69456 "2019-12-10T00:56:59Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. [Warm in December - Julie London](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=573JiFpQ_PY)

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69457 "2019-12-10T01:33:24Z")

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_Originally Posted by atimnie View Post  
Bob Campbell does not fit the list.  
How do you figure that?_

Are you talking about the dummy on Soap? If so, that’s rather an obscure reference, and could have been helped with a side note, as in my addition of Wayland Flowers’ Madame. Bob Campbell, from Soap, would have cleared things up.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69458 "2019-12-10T01:34:24Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69459 "2019-12-10T01:46:56Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69460 "2019-12-10T04:15:16Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69461 "2019-12-10T04:55:14Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69462 "2019-12-10T08:31:39Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69463 "2019-12-10T08:50:31Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8. [A Long December](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5PtyrewSs) - Counting Crows

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69464 "2019-12-10T13:19:44Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8. A Long December - Counting Crows
9. December - Collective Soul

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69465 "2019-12-10T14:19:07Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8. A Long December - Counting Crows
9. December - Collective Soul
10. December Child - Cyndi Lauper

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69466 "2019-12-10T14:25:29Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8. A Long December - Counting Crows
9. December - Collective Soul
10. December Child - Cyndi Lauper
11. Flowers in December - Mazzy Star

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69467 "2019-12-10T14:29:05Z")

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8. A Long December - Counting Crows
9. December - Collective Soul
10. December Child - Cyndi Lauper
11. Flowers in December - Mazzy Star
12. If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard

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Songs about December

1. December Makes Me Feel This Way - Dave Koz
2. Warm in December - Julie London
3. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
4. Something About December - Christina Perri
5. December Moon - Morbid
6. Back to December - Taylor Swift
7. December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
8. A Long December - Counting Crows
9. December - Collective Soul
10. December Child - Cyndi Lauper
11. Flowers in December - Mazzy Star
12. If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
13. Remember December - Demi Lovato

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