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<p>Docho: The tooltip actually resembles the 7th verse, not the 6th, as you count from twelve downwards.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1307<br /> | date = December 22, 2013<br /> | title = Buzzfeed Christmas<br /> | image = buzzfeed christmas.png<br /> | titletext = The 6 Weirdest Objects The Buzzfeed Writers Are Throwing Out Their Windows At Us<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This is a new comic; needs the comic image}}<br /> <br /> Christmas caroling is a tradition in which groups of singers travel from house to house, singing {{w|Christmas_carol|carols}}.<br /> <br /> These carolers are in front of the [http://www.buzzfeed.com/ BuzzFeed] offices singing the {{w|The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)|The Twelve Days of Christmas}}, which contains:<br /> <br /> : On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.<br /> : 12 Drummers Drumming<br /> : 11 Pipers Piping<br /> : 10 Lords-a-Leaping<br /> : 9 Ladies Dancing<br /> : 8 Maids-a-Milking<br /> : 7 Swans-a-Swimming<br /> : 6 Geese-a-Laying<br /> : 5 Gold Rings<br /> : 4 Calling Birds<br /> : 3 French Hens<br /> : 2 Turtle Doves<br /> : And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.<br /> <br /> The carolers changed the lyrics to match the headlines of the topics published by BuzzFeed, which usually contain a number and a superlative (for example, ''13 Worst Plane Crashes of the Decade'').<br /> <br /> This method of writing headlines is used by several other news sites, because it is known to generate a lot of visits (and ad revenue). Randall has touched on this subject before in [[1283: Headlines]].<br /> <br /> Carolers are usually rewarded with a gift, but the BuzzFeed writers probably didn't appreciate the song, because they threw weird stuff at them (which the carolers used in their 7th verse).<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> [Carolers singing]<br /> :12 Best drummers of ''all time''<br /> :11 Pipers whose jaw-dropping good piping will make you cry<br /> :You won't ''believe'' what these 10 lords leap over<br /> Carolers outside the Buzzfeed offices perform &quot;12 Weird things I ''actually got'' for Christmas&quot;<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Christmas]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]</div>

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