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Christmas caroling is a tradition in which groups of singers travel from house to house, singing {{w|Christmas carol|carols}}. | Christmas caroling is a tradition in which groups of singers travel from house to house, singing {{w|Christmas carol|carols}}. | ||
| β | These carolers are in front of the | + | 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 ''usually'' contains: |
:On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me. | :On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me. | ||
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:And a partridge in a pear tree. | :And a partridge in a pear tree. | ||
| β | The carolers changed the lyrics to match the style of headlines of the topics published by BuzzFeed, which usually contain a number and a superlative; for example, ''13 Worst Plane Crashes of the Decade'' or ''8 Otters Who Are So Cute We Can't Even Handle It''. This method of writing headlines, referred to as {{w|clickbait}}, is used by several other news sites, because it is known to generate a lot of visits and therefore more ad revenue. [[Randall]] has touched on this subject before | + | The carolers changed the lyrics to match the style of headlines of the topics published by BuzzFeed, which usually contain a number and a superlative; for example, ''13 Worst Plane Crashes of the Decade'' or ''8 Otters Who Are So Cute We Can't Even Handle It''. This method of writing headlines, referred to as {{w|clickbait}}, is used by several other news sites, because it is known to generate a lot of visits and therefore more ad revenue. [[Randall]] has touched on this subject before in [[1283: Headlines]]. |
| β | Carolers are usually rewarded with a gift, but the BuzzFeed writers probably didn't appreciate the song, because they threw | + | Carolers are usually rewarded with a gift, but the BuzzFeed writers probably didn't appreciate the song, because they threw weird stuff at them. |
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