# Help Me Save Christmas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-christmas/644395>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 18, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-christmas/644395 "2012-12-18T03:33:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-christmas/644395/41 "2012-12-24T16:51:34Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> I’m surprised no one considered having the OPer _ask_ his son where the key was. Did I miss it?

Oh, I asked him right away, and he helped me look for it. It would have been just too much to ask for that he would know where it was- just too much.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-christmas/644395/42 "2012-12-24T22:12:34Z")

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> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#):
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> And that is why I always recommend sheds be built upon a foundation of either pudding or chocolate cake, depending on soil conditions.

And to think I had all this extra cake batter, and opted to make cupcakes instead. Next time, I’ll work on a shed.

True story. (I abuse a recipe I have to make a two layer cake sometimes..I’ve never bothered workout out how much I need, so I just make a full batch and deal with the extras.)

-D/a

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-christmas/644395/43 "2012-12-24T23:56:19Z")

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> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#):
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> And to think I had all this extra cake batter, and opted to make cupcakes instead. Next time, I’ll work on a shed.

This must be how the witch in Hansel & Gretel started out.

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