# It was Christmas Eve, babe,

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/741277>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/741277 "2015-12-24T17:40:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/741277/41 "2015-12-26T17:19:59Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> Lying there almost dead

…on a drip in that bed.

> [@NAF1138](#):
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> Happy Christmas you ass I pray God it’s our last.

The boys of the NYPD choir  
Were singing ‘Galway Bay’  
And the bells were ringing  
Out for Christmas day

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/741277/42 "2015-12-26T18:45:30Z")

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[‘Fairytale of New York’: 20 things you didn’t know about the Pogues’ holiday classic](http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2015/12/Fairytale-of-New-York-20-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-Pogues-holiday-classic)

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/741277/43 "2015-12-28T19:14:46Z")

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He could laugh and play  
Just the same as you and me

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