Place | Contestant | Total |
1 | Slay Belle | 8500 |
2 | Vixen | 7575 |
3 | Cindy Lou Woo-Who | 7550 |
4 | Dominick the Wonky | 7290 |
5 | Blast Christmas I Gave You My Farts | 6215 |
6 | Bark! The Sweatered Chihuahuas Sing | 5175 |
7 | The Sugar Plum Fury | 4040 |
8 | I'll Be Mom for Christmas | 3575 |
| * | Lady Glitter Sparkle AND Clarice (Rudolph's Not Hannibal's) | Also ran |
Sunday, January 12, 2025
2024 Winners
It's the Ghost of Christmas Past here, dropping by with our winners list. As a final gift for the 5th anniversary, this year we have 5 winners! If you're one of them, watch for a prize coming your way soon.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Carol Derby 2024
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
FIIIIIIIIIVE DER-BY YEEEEARRRRRRS!
It is my great joy to the world to announce the fifth annual Christmas Carol Derby. This weird little reindeer game and I owe five amazing holiday seasons of excessive carol-listening, debates over song merits, and generally asking "Do you hear what I hear?" to all the friends and family who were brave and bored enough to give it a try in 2020.
In honor of this momentous anniversary, I have added the following silver bells and whistles:
- Gifts That Keep on Giving: For the first and possibly only time, players may earn points multiple times for the same song! Every time you hear The 12 Days of Christmas (five golden/onion rings!) or anything by those pesky Pentatonix (penta=five), you earn five points with no limit. Note: The rule of unplanned listening still applies, so a Pentatonix-themed station/playlist would not give you points.
- Ghosts of Christmas Past: Remember all those really tough-to-find Miracles from the past 5 years? I gathered up a few of the most elusive examples and created a one-time-only high point category for them.
- Awkward Family Dinners: If you've played every year, you might remember the category "Tried to Be Good," which featured songs some of us found delightful and others found obnoxious. I brought it back just for this year under a new name.
- Nights of Lights: This year Hanukkah falls within the dates of Carol Derby, so I though we could all enjoy some klezmer tunes.
Before you head down to look at the list, please review The Rules of Play as we do have updates from last year. Did you go look? Did you really? Santa Claus sees everything, so you're not getting any presents if you're lying right now.
The List
Traditional questionable choices graphic design version:
Google Doc (can download in variety of formats)
ETA: Google Sheet (Download this spreadsheet for automatic scoring capability. As always, huge thanks to Dominick the Wonky for sharing his spreadsheeting skills with us.)
Text List (links go to YouTube videos in case you need to hear a song you don't know):
Gifts That Keep on Giving: 5 Points, NO LIMIT
Stocking Stuffers: 50 Points
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Write-In: ______________________
Nice: 100 Points
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Write-In: _____________________
Awkward Family Dinner: 150 Points
Naughty: 200 Points
You Make It Feel Like Christmas
(Everybody's Waitin' on) The Man with the Bag
Write-In: _____________________
Nights of Lights: 80 Points
How Do You Spell Channukkahh?
Puppy for Hanukkah
Oh, Hanukkah/Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah!
Christmas Miracles: 300 Points
Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call
Write-In:_______________
Ghosts of Christmas Past: 500 Points
Write-In:_______________
Saturday, January 6, 2024
And the Winners Are...
Seasons' partings, everyone! Carol Derby 2023 has come to a close, followed by that other holiday tradition--me chasing you all down and threatening you with a stake of holly to get your point totals. Chug those last dregs of eggnog and check the point board. We have winners!
|
Place |
Contestant |
Total |
|
1 |
Dominick the Wonky *completed list 12/25 |
8650 |
|
2 |
Cindy Lou
Woo-Who |
8400 |
|
3 |
ChrisMass
Destruction |
5000 |
|
4 |
Blast Christmas I
Gave You My Farts |
4950 |
|
5 |
*TIE*
Ho/Frosty the SnowMom |
3900 |
|
7 |
Carol of
the Hells |
3700 |
|
8 |
Silent
but Deadly Night |
3200 |
|
9 |
*TIE*
Slay Belle/Holly-lujah |
2900 |
|
11 |
Bark! The
Sweatered Chihuahuas Sing |
2600 |
|
12 |
Hark! The
Feral Angels Sing |
1100 |
|
13 |
O Holy Potato |
Also
Ran |
|
14 |
Stranger Sings |
Also
Ran |
Friday, December 1, 2023
Derby Runners 2023
'Tis the season to troll the ancient yuletide radio waves, streaming services, and overhead music! Carol Derby is underway as of today. I don't mean to brag, but I hit 650 points by 10:30 this morning thanks to a colleague who played Christmas music on the radio while she drove me around to visit work sites this morning. I hope everyone else managed to get off to a solid start, but if not, let your heart be light. We've got tons of time left.
Thanks to everyone for playing along with the Derby name game and getting your handles to me. I now present to you the Derby Runners of 2023. We have more players than ever this year. Some folks we deeply missed last year are home for Christmas, and we've also picked up two first timers. Here's Santa's List:
Returning Runners
Carol of the Hells
Slay Belle
Hark! The Feral Angels Sing
ChrisMass Destruction
Dominick the Wonky
Silent but Deadly Night
Blast Christmas, I Gave You My Fart
O Holy Potato
Frosty the SnowMom
Holly-lujah
Stranger Sings
Cindy Lou Woo-Who
...and, of course...
Ho
We have new Runners! Please welcome...
Rudolph the Rotten Baby
Bark! The Sweatered Chihuahuas Sing
Now go crank those carols, and run, run, reindeer!
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Carol Derby 2023
Oh, the graphic design is frightful,
But the list this year's delightful.
From Cher to Sia to Bing,
Let 'em sing, let 'em sing, let 'em sing!
Welcome back to Carol Derby, elves and angels. Before we get started, please review the Rules of Play as we do have an update to bonus points this year.
Speaking of updates, this year we're giving ourselves Derby names. The only rule is that names must be a play on a Christmas song title. Why are we doing this? So I can rank winners without posting your names on this public blog. Also because it's fun. You're welcome! If you don't have an idea for a name, we will assign you one.
This year's list skews toward newer material and contains some of our most challenging selections yet. If you do not know the songs, please check out the linked YouTube videos in the text list or Google Doc. You do not have to find the exact example from the videos in the wild to get points. Any version counts unless you're chasing a specific one for bonus points, in which case you choose the version.
Note: You can use either I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas or I Want an Elephant for Christmas as your winner for I Want (large gray animal) for Christmas. For Hallelujah on the Naughty List, you may use either the Christmas version of the Cohen classic or the Carrie Underwood and John Legend duet.
Without further ado-be-doo (that's a White Christmas joke), I give you the 2023 song list in three different formats: my usual misguided stab at creating a classy seasonal graphic, a text list, and a link to a Google Doc for players who prefer to download a text copy--basically all the gifts that keep on giving. Edited to add: We have a fourth version this year as of 12/1. Former Christmas Derby champion Dominick the Wonky has blessed us this season with a very handy Google Sheet that autoscores your points for you. Now that is a nice Christmas gift, friends. See the bottom of the post for the link.
May your days be merry and bright.
Stocking Stuffers: 50 Points
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Write-In:___________________________
Nice: 100 Points
Any Trans-Siberian Orchestra song
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Write-In:__________________________
Naughty: 200 Points
I Want (insert name of large gray animal) for Christmas
Write-In:__________________________
Christmas Miracles: 300 Points
The 12 Days of Christmas (Straight No Chaser version)
Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)
Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas
Write-In:__________________________
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Carol Derby 2022
Christmas is a-comin' and the egg is in the nog,
Here I am with carols so that you can keep a log.
If you haven't got a radio, the internet will do,
If you haven't got the internet, may store overhead music bless you!
Here I am with carols so that you can keep a log.
If you haven't got a radio, the internet will do,
If you haven't got the internet, may store overhead music bless you!
Season's greetings and welcome to the 3rd Annual Christmas Carol Derby, now in blog format! That's right, Derby has finally stepped off social media and made it to the year 2009ish.
Before we get started, please review the Rules of Play.
And now, I give you the 2022 song list in three different formats: the traditional valiant attempt at a cute graphic, a text list, and a link to a Google Doc for players who prefer to download a text copy. And a partridge in a pear tree!
May the spirit of the season be with you.
Download the list from Google Docs here!
Stocking Stuffers: 50 Points
Jingle Bells
Christmastime Is Here
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Happy Holidays
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Silent Night
Santa Baby
Last Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Away in a Manger
Nice: 100 Points
Must Be Santa
Ave Maria
Snow
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Christmas Canon Rock
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Any Christmas song performed by the Muppets
Merry Christmas, Darling
Write In:
Naughty: 200 Points
Same Auld Lang Syne
Believe
Father Christmas
My Grown-Up Christmas List
Step Into Christmas
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Dónde Está Santa Claus?
Dominick the Donkey
Write In:
Christmas Miracles: 300 Points
What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?)
Come On! Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance!
Dogs Barking Jingle Bells OR Cats Meowing Jingle Bells
Write-In:
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