“Baby, it’s Cold Outside” Needs to Come Back Inside.

It’s not the “Rapey” Abomination you Think it is.

“Baby, it’s Cold Outside” is an evergreen winter favorite, and deservedly so. Sometime during the past few years, though, it has been put on Santa’s “Naughty List.” Social critics have decried it, radio stations have removed it from playlists, and friendships have fizzled between its defenders and detractors.