# 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:** 3479
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69569 "2019-12-15T14:11:07Z")
Food or drink mentioned in Christmas or holiday songs or poems 1. figgy pudding, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” 2. turkey, “Christmas Wrapping,” by The Waitresses 3. chestnuts, “…roasting on an open fire” 4. sugar plums, “The Night Before Christmas” 5. wassail - “Here We Come A-Wassailing” 6. hard candy, “Hard Candy Christmas” 7. fruitcake, “We Need A Little Christmas” 8. fruitcake, and each of its ingredients, “Fruitcake” ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69570 "2019-12-15T14:14:36Z")
Food or drink mentioned in Christmas or holiday songs or poems 1. figgy pudding, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” 2. turkey, “Christmas Wrapping,” by The Waitresses 3. chestnuts, “…roasting on an open fire” 4. sugar plums, “The Night Before Christmas” 5. wassail - “Here We Come A-Wassailing” 6. hard candy, “Hard Candy Christmas” 7. fruitcake, “We Need A Little Christmas” 8. fruitcake, and each of its ingredients, “Fruitcake” 69633 9. Candy canes, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69571 "2019-12-15T14:15:12Z")
Food or drink mentioned in Christmas or holiday songs or poems 1. figgy pudding, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” 2. turkey, “Christmas Wrapping,” by The Waitresses 3. chestnuts, “…roasting on an open fire” 4. sugar plums, “The Night Before Christmas” 5. wassail - “Here We Come A-Wassailing” 6. hard candy, “Hard Candy Christmas” 7. fruitcake, “We Need A Little Christmas” 8. fruitcake, and each of its ingredients, “Fruitcake” 9. Candy canes, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” 10. beer, “Same Auld Lang Syne” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69572 "2019-12-15T15:01:12Z")
Food or drink mentioned in Christmas or holiday songs or poems 1. figgy pudding, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” 2. turkey, “Christmas Wrapping,” by The Waitresses 3. chestnuts, “…roasting on an open fire” 4. sugar plums, “The Night Before Christmas” 5. wassail - “Here We Come A-Wassailing” 6. hard candy, “Hard Candy Christmas” 7. fruitcake, “We Need A Little Christmas” 8. fruitcake, and each of its ingredients, “Fruitcake” 9. Candy canes, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” 10. beer, “Same Auld Lang Syne” 11. Latkes, “The Latke Song” ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69573 "2019-12-15T15:29:23Z")
Food or drink mentioned in Christmas or holiday songs or poems 1. figgy pudding, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” 2. turkey, “Christmas Wrapping,” by The Waitresses 3. chestnuts, “…roasting on an open fire” 4. sugar plums, “The Night Before Christmas” 5. wassail - “Here We Come A-Wassailing” 6. hard candy, “Hard Candy Christmas” 7. fruitcake, “We Need A Little Christmas” 8. fruitcake, and each of its ingredients, “Fruitcake” 9. Candy canes, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” 10. beer, “Same Auld Lang Syne” 11. Latkes, “The Latke Song” 12. milk & cookies, “Until Santa’s Gone” ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69574 "2019-12-15T15:49:35Z")
Food or drink mentioned in Christmas or holiday songs or poems 1. figgy pudding, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” 2. turkey, “Christmas Wrapping,” by The Waitresses 3. chestnuts, “…roasting on an open fire” 4. sugar plums, “The Night Before Christmas” 5. wassail - “Here We Come A-Wassailing” 6. hard candy, “Hard Candy Christmas” 7. fruitcake, “We Need A Little Christmas” 8. fruitcake, and each of its ingredients, “Fruitcake” 9. Candy canes, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” 10. beer, “Same Auld Lang Syne” 11. Latkes, “The Latke Song” 12. milk & cookies, “Until Santa’s Gone” 13. rum, “Sugar and Booze” hilarious new holiday song by Ana Gasteyer: [Ana Gasteyer - Sugar And Booze (Official Audio) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Pf2jOWMx4) Pass ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69575 "2019-12-15T17:12:25Z")
News makers of 1900 1. [Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Hull%E2%80%93Ottawa_fire) ---
**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 15, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69576 "2019-12-15T18:36:20Z")
News makers of 1900 1. [Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Hull%E2%80%93Ottawa_fire) 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 That brief summary really glosses over the story. Kentucky had been a hotbad for political corruption and both the incumbent Governor, William Taylor, and his challenger, William Goebel, had engaged in voting fraud in the 1899 election. But Goebel had done it a little better so he was announced the winner. Taylor didn’t accept this result and both men began calling up troops in anticipation of fighting for the governorship. Some members of the Taylor administration apparently felt that fighting in the streets was no way to resolve the issue. So they organized a conspiracy to kill Goebel. The assassins did a half-assed job and Goebel survived long enough to be inaugurated before dying four days into his term. Things calmed down a little. A deal was reached whereby Lt Governor John Beckham became Governor and the Taylor people agreed to accept their defeat. Meanwhile the new Beckham administration agreed not to probe too deeply into who exactly was behind the assassination. Beckham did later successfully run for a second term despite the state constitution prohibiting governors from serving consecutive terms. Beckham argued that his first term had only been a partial term, having been four days short of a full term. Anyone arguing the current discord in American politics is unprecedented should learn some history. ---
**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 15, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69577 "2019-12-15T19:07:30Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69578 "2019-12-15T19:54:05Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69579 "2019-12-16T00:24:31Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69580 "2019-12-16T02:16:11Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. ---
**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 16, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69581 "2019-12-16T03:16:09Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War In London, more than 20,000 people turned out in the streets to celebrate ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69582 "2019-12-16T03:40:54Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War 8. Hawaii becomes a United States territory. ---
**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, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69583 "2019-12-16T07:04:41Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War 8. Hawaii becomes a United States territory. 9. A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas on September 8. It will be the deadliest natural disaster in United States history with approximately nine thousand people killed. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69584 "2019-12-16T15:16:24Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War 8. Hawaii becomes a United States territory. 9. A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas on September 8. 10. Death of Friedrich Nietzsche ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69585 "2019-12-16T15:33:02Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War 8. Hawaii becomes a United States territory. 9. A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas on September 8. 10. Death of Friedrich Nietzsche 11. In China, the anti-foreigner Boxers occupy Beijing. International force ends both the siege and the Boxer Rebellion. ---
**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 16, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69586 "2019-12-16T16:33:00Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War 8. Hawaii becomes a United States territory. 9. A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas on September 8. 10. Death of Friedrich Nietzsche 11. In China, the anti-foreigner Boxers occupy Beijing. International force ends both the siege and the Boxer Rebellion. 12. In a re-match of the 1896 race, Republican President William McKinley again defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan in the 1990 US Presidential election. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69587 "2019-12-16T17:12:00Z")
News makers of 1900 1. Hull-Ottawa fire leaves 15,000 homeless 2. Kentucky Governor-Elect William Goebel is shot on January 30 3. Max Planck discovers the law of black body radiation (Planck’s Law) by introducing the notion of light quanta. 4. In New Haven, Connecticut, Louis Lassen of Louis’ Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich. 5. The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris. 6. The United States is placed on the gold standard. 7. Relief of the Siege of Mafeking, Second Boer War 8. Hawaii becomes a United States territory. 9. A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas on September 8. 10. Death of Friedrich Nietzsche 11. In China, the anti-foreigner Boxers occupy Beijing. International force ends both the siege and the Boxer Rebellion. 12. In a re-match of the 1896 race, Republican President William McKinley again defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan in the 1990 US Presidential election. 13. American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. New category: News-makers of 1950 1. Accused communist spy Alger Hiss is convicted on two counts of perjury. ---
**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, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69588 "2019-12-16T17:13:52Z")
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