# It's Christmas Eve, Babe. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116 "2013-12-25T00:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/1 "2013-12-25T00:40:21Z")
In the drunk tank ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/2 "2013-12-25T00:46:53Z")
They let you post from there? 😕 ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/3 "2013-12-25T01:29:42Z")
The Best Christmas Song Ever. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/4 "2013-12-25T02:01:18Z")
Let me guess, you could have been someone? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/5 "2013-12-25T02:04:25Z")
Well, so could anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/6 "2013-12-25T02:06:11Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > In the drunk tank Hey! You could write a new song while in there, “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/7 "2013-12-25T02:09:10Z")
Just what I wanted. Hanging out with a drunk, lazy faggot on Christmas Eve. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/8 "2013-12-25T02:16:39Z")
C’mon you n00bs, you’re supposed to join in! 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, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/9 "2013-12-25T02:19:52Z")
It was Christmas eve, babe. In the drunk tank, An old man said to me, won’t see another one. And then he sang a song ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/10 "2013-12-25T02:22:24Z")
The rare old mountain dew I turned my face away and dreamed of you ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/11 "2013-12-25T02:26:10Z")
Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one ---
**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, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/12 "2013-12-25T02:34:40Z")
I’ve got a feeling This year’s for me and you ---
**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, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/13 "2013-12-25T03:10:15Z")
So happy Christmas I love you baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true ---
**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, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/14 "2013-12-25T03:10:59Z")
They’ve got cars big as bars They’ve got rivers of gold, ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/15 "2013-12-25T03:32:10Z")
but the wind cuts right through you, it’s no place for the old ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/16 "2013-12-25T03:32:18Z")
When you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve You promised me broadway was waiting for me. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/17 "2013-12-25T03:33:17Z")
When you first took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve ---
**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, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/18 "2013-12-25T03:43:01Z")
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me. You were handsome… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/19 "2013-12-25T03:44:25Z")
You were pretty Queen of New York City… ---
**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, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116/20 "2013-12-25T03:54:47Z")
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-eve-babe/677116.md?page=2)