# It was Christmas Eve, babe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569 "2008-12-24T17:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/21 "2008-12-24T21:07:54Z")
You’re a bum You’re a punk ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/22 "2008-12-24T21:15:26Z")
You’re an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/23 "2008-12-24T21:20:57Z")
You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/24 "2008-12-24T21:27:04Z")
Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/25 "2008-12-24T21:33:40Z")
I don’t usually crosspost, but I saw this thread after I posted in the other one, so I’ll repeat what I just said. Let’s take a moment and remember the phenomenal singer who gave those words such resonance, the late, great **Kirsty MacColl**. I miss her terribly, but I’m so thankful that she’ll never be totally forgotten if only because of that song. Many many millions of people have heard her voice who have no idea who she is, but they remember those words. She would find that quite amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/26 "2008-12-24T21:38:11Z")
I miss her too, and I always think of her kids when we do this thread every year. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/27 "2008-12-24T21:39:38Z")
I could have been someone ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/28 "2008-12-24T21:40:18Z")
Well so could anyone. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/29 "2008-12-24T23:34:46Z")
You took my dreams from me When I first found you ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/30 "2008-12-24T23:41:07Z")
I never heard any of this before today when I heard it on CBC radios’ “Q” program this morning. Wonderful. Available on CBC’s website, easily googled. Podcastable, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/31 "2008-12-25T00:53:53Z")
I kept them with me babe I put them with my own ([The video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3aoSyYOVs&feature=related)) ---
**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 25, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/32 "2008-12-25T02:16:05Z")
Can’t make it out alone I’ve built my dreams about you Thanks for the video that was a first for me. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/33 "2008-12-25T04:06:59Z")
[For Venture Bros fans…](http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2007/12/23/holiday-havoc-the-venture-bros/) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/34 "2008-12-25T10:58:00Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Let’s take a moment and remember the phenomenal singer who gave those words such resonance, the late, great **Kirsty MacColl**. My favourite Pogues and Kirsty MacColl video: lighting up [Cole Porter’s “Miss Otis Regrets” and “It Was Just One Of Those Things”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOX5ZVGlWqY), off the old Red, Hot + Blue album. Sheer musical bliss - enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/35 "2008-12-25T15:35:51Z")
And the Boys in the NYPD choir were singing Galway Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/36 "2008-12-25T16:02:57Z")
And the bells were ringing out on Christmas Day. > [@Scissorjack](#): > > My favourite Pogues and Kirsty MacColl video: lighting up [Cole Porter’s “Miss Otis Regrets” and “It Was Just One Of Those Things”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOX5ZVGlWqY), off the old Red, Hot + Blue album. Sheer musical bliss - enjoy! I love [that album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_+_Blue), bought it when it was first released. I saw the video when that TV special aired. It was nice to see it again. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/37 "2008-12-25T20:44:12Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I love [that album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_+_Blue), bought it when it was first released. Yeah, it’s a classic: I still have Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry doing “Well, Did You Evah!” on high rotate. And it was the first time I pegged Annie Lennox as an actual singer and not just an MTV gimmick. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/38 "2008-12-25T22:28:51Z")
Thanks, everybody- it just isn’t Christmas until we sing this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/39 "2008-12-25T23:18:02Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > Yeah, it’s a classic: I still have Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry doing “Well, Did You Evah!” on high rotate. And it was the first time I pegged Annie Lennox as an actual singer and not just an MTV gimmick. How did **that** one get past me???😕 Amazon, here I come! Q ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569/40 "2008-12-26T02:08:06Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > How did **that** one get past me???😕 > > Amazon, here I come! > > Q Buy it: there is not a bad track on that album. Well, maybe a fey David Byrne smirking his way through “Don’t Fence Me In”, but you get The Neville Brothers crooning through “In The Still Of the Night” and k d lang breaking hearts on “So In Love” to make up: even apparent 80’s lightweights like Erasure and Fine Young Cannibals rise to the material. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/478569.md?page=1)