# It was Christmas Eve, babe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093 "2012-12-25T04:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/1 "2012-12-25T04:40:25Z")
In the drunk tank… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/2 "2012-12-25T04:42:38Z")
An old man said to me, “won’t see another one” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/3 "2012-12-25T04:43:36Z")
And then he sang a song, “The Rare Old Mountain Dew”… ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/4 "2012-12-25T04:55:16Z")
I turned my face away And dreamed about you ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/5 "2012-12-25T06:05:10Z")
Got on a lucky one, Came in eighteen to one ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/6 "2012-12-25T06:15:23Z")
I´ve got a feeling This year´s for me and you ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/7 "2012-12-25T06:17:19Z")
So Happy Christmas, I love you baby ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/8 "2012-12-25T06:36:00Z")
I can see a better time Where all our dreams come true ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/9 "2012-12-25T08:10:56Z")
They’ve got cars big as bars They’ve got rivers of gold (R.I.P Kirsty, you died a hero, saving your children.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/10 "2012-12-25T08:36:13Z")
The wind blows right through you It’s no place for the old ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/11 "2012-12-25T13:16:45Z")
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve, you promised me Broadway was waiting for me ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/12 "2012-12-25T13:18:09Z")
When you first took my hand on that cold Christmas Eve, Ya promised me Broadway was waiting for me. ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/13 "2012-12-25T13:31:58Z")
You were handsome you were pretty Queen of new york city when the band finished playing they howled out for more ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/14 "2012-12-25T14:04:22Z")
Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/15 "2012-12-25T15:13:00Z")
The boys of the NYPD Choir were singing “Galway Bay”, And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/16 "2012-12-25T16:27:50Z")
(I _love_ this song, by the way, and today is Shane MacGowan’s birthday, appropriately enough.) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/17 "2012-12-25T17:00:06Z")
(Emily - you weren’t here last year, but this is our traditional holiday sing-along.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/18 "2012-12-25T17:15:30Z")
You’re a bum You’re a punk ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/19 "2012-12-25T17:20:49Z")
You’re an old slut on junk ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/645093/20 "2012-12-25T17:37:25Z")
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