# It was Christamas Eve, Babe, **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305 "2010-12-24T19:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/1 "2010-12-24T19:09:08Z")
… ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/2 "2010-12-24T19:11:39Z")
In the drunk tank. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/3 "2010-12-24T19:14:56Z")
The stockings were hung by Bubba’s cell. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/4 "2010-12-24T19:36:43Z")
. . .when my spelling suddenly went to shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/5 "2010-12-24T20:31:27Z")
An old man said to me … ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/6 "2010-12-24T20:32:45Z")
won’t see another one. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/7 "2010-12-24T20:39:10Z")
And then I sang a tune. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/8 "2010-12-24T20:40:17Z")
The Rare Old Mountain Dew ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/9 "2010-12-24T20:49:22Z")
…Shane needs a vomit break… ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/10 "2010-12-24T20:54:11Z")
While we’re on the vomit break I’ll just quickly interject that it’s the old man singing the tune or else the rest of the verse doesn’t make much sense ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/11 "2010-12-24T21:00:25Z")
I turned my face away ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/12 "2010-12-24T21:07:03Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > it’s the old man singing the tune or else the rest of the verse doesn’t make much sense That doesn’t make sense. The Narrator (Shane) is singing the tune. The old man says to the Narrator, ‘[I w]on’t see another [Christmas Eve],’ and then he sings _The Rare Auld Mountain Dew_. The Narrator turned his face away from the old man, and thought about his girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/13 "2010-12-24T21:09:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That doesn’t make sense. The Narrator (Shane) is singing the tune. The old man says to the Narrator, ‘[I w]on’t see another [Christmas Eve],’ and then he sings _The Rare Auld Mountain Dew_. The Narrator turned his face away from the old man, and thought about his girlfriend. That’s what I meant, the old man is singing The Rare Auld Mountain Dew. **Hello Again** posted “and then I sang a tune”, when the “I” should be “he”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/14 "2010-12-24T21:10:19Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > That’s what I meant, the old man is singing The Rare Auld Mountain Dew. **Hello Again** posted “and then I sang a tune”, when the “I” should be “he”. Ah. Missed that. When you said ‘the tune’ I assumed that you were talking about the song, not TRAMD. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/15 "2010-12-24T21:12:54Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > That’s what I meant, the old man is singing The Rare Auld Mountain Dew. **Hello Again** posted “and then I sang a tune”, when the “I” should be “he”. Upon reflection, you are right. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/16 "2010-12-24T21:48:18Z")
And dreamed about you. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/17 "2010-12-24T22:05:13Z")
Huh. I always thought it was, “a rare old mountain tune.” Learn something new everyday. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/18 "2010-12-24T22:07:19Z")
BTW, I play this song every year at my parent’s house during Christmas. My mom hates it, because it’s so sad. I love it because it’s the only Christmassy song I know that contains the words, “Cheap lousy faggot.” ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/19 "2010-12-24T22:17:48Z")
Really? I find it really uplifting in an odd sort of way. Now, Bing Crosby singing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” _that’s_ sad. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305/20 "2010-12-24T22:24:31Z")
Got on a lucky one… (One year, circumstances kept me from being with my then-SO until two days **after** Christmas. Must have listened to this 50 times.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christamas-eve-babe/565305.md?page=2)