# It was Christmas Eve babe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537 "2009-12-25T09:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/1 "2009-12-25T09:06:50Z")
[in the drunk tank](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCr30OVMjHA) ---
**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, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/2 "2009-12-25T09:08:37Z")
RIP Kirsty MacColl. For as long as this song gets played, you will never be forgotten. Edit to add, here’s a [version with the lyrics](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/3 "2009-12-25T09:57:35Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > [in the drunk tank](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCr30OVMjHA) An old man said to me ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/4 "2009-12-25T10:14:58Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > An old man said to me “Won’t see another one” ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/5 "2009-12-25T10:20:16Z")
And then we sang a song: [The Rare Old Mountain Dew](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K3zMupWtmM). I turned my face away, And dreamed about you. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/6 "2009-12-25T15:12:38Z")
_checks watch_ ---
**Author:** ![bauble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bauble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bauble)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/7 "2009-12-25T18:24:15Z")
"Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one " ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/8 "2009-12-25T18:53:25Z")
I’ve got a feeling, this year’s for me and you! ---
**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, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/9 "2009-12-25T22:47:52Z")
So happy Christmas. I love you bay-bee! I can see a better time, when all our dreams come true. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/522537/10 "2009-12-29T13:40:29Z")
I was in London and missed starting this thread this year- it was nice to see the video played as he number one Xmas song of ll time, though. 'Cause it is.