Least Favorite Christmas Carol

[carnation]

Does anyone here have a least favorite carol? I have been caught in traffic once too often listening to "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and I have decided I hate it! The bits about "jingle-bell-ing" and "mistletoe-ing" make me nuts and so does the part where (I guess to make it rhyme), they sing "Your friends are telling you to 'be of good cheer'" (What would you do to a friend who told you that?) Then to cap it off, there's the line "there'll be scary ghost stories"! (HUHH?) Who tells those at Christmas?

[SHSUChiO]

Ugh...Call me Scrooge, but I hate Christmas music. The traditional church-style music is bearable though. I worked in a mall over the holidays a couple of years ago, and just haven't been the same since.

[USFSDTAlum]

I'm a transfer from Maryland, so all Christmas music drives me crazy because its 85 degrees today (i know--boo hoo http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif ) and i'm just like whats going on? Wheres the cold? snow? ice?
But one song in particular I remember from when I was young, was I'll be home for Christmas, because my Dad hated it. While he was stationed in Vietnam (over Christmas) he said they played it like every 5 minutes, or so it felt to him. So he never let it be played when I was younger!

[Babiegyrl]

Where's your Christmas Spirit, it shouldn't matter what the weather is like, its a time of giving, sharing and being with Family. There should be no room for Bah Humbuging.

[MIDWESTDIVA]

I feel your pain SHSUChiO!

I worked at a department store, then a credit union. It took me three years to be able to enjoy Christmas songs again. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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[USFSDTAlum]

Babiegyrl-
My family is still in Maryland. Trust me, when I get off that plane next weekend, Christmastime is going to slap me right in the face http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

[Corbin Dallas]

Speaking of warm Christmas's, has anyone seen that commercial where the guy orders biodegradable packing peanuts, dumps them all over his rock lawn, with cactus's and all, and then buys a shovel and boots online, and shovel's his sidewalk off? I think it's hilarious!

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[AXO Alum]

Mall employee for 1 Christmas Season which was 1 too long! Talk about being sick of the same music over and over!! The only thing worse was like 8 years ago with those freaking dancing flowers - they were sound activated and would dance until the music stopped....urrgghhhhhh!!! And now the Billy Bass sensation! I actually stepped in front of a little girl at the Cracker Barrel who kept setting that thing off. I could only take so much!

Oh yeah - back to the topic - I too do not like the Little Drummer Boy. I don't know why, but it drives me up the wall.

[equeen]

Originally posted by Corbin Dallas:
Speaking of warm Christmas's, has anyone seen that commercial...



~*LOL*~ my mother and I were ROTFLOHO when we saw that one!


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[lifesaver]

I am with ya'll. Here in South Texas it is always warm for the holidays. Last year, It was 78 and sunny on Christmas Day. Absolutely disgusting. Nothin' says holidays like shorts and christmas lights in palm trees. Yick!

Ad for the least fav. tune, Little Drummer Boy, or ANYTHING by Bing Crosby. did that guy ever have a musical hit OUTSIDE of the holiday season? Plus, when he hits that first note in White Christmas, he sounds like he just got punched in the gut.

[carnation]

I feel like the Grinch bringing this to the top again but my favorite radio station does Christmas music 24/7 from Thanksgiving on and they won't stop playing, "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"! Jinglebelling and mistletoeing twice as much as they did when I started this thread last year!

[AlphaChiGirl]

Okay, when I worked at this jewelry store over Christmas, the manager loved Elvis. It was ridiculous. So, we had to listen to "An Elvis Christmas" over and over and over again. Specifically "Blue Christmas"...just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach.

[justamom]

I HATE THOSE FRICKIN' 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!- It reminds me of 96 bottles of beer on the damn wall!

I just got In Sync's Christmas CD and IT SUCKS BIG TIME..what a waste of money. Here I thought there would be some great harmony.....

[Miami1839]

grandma got run over by a reindeer.

[Unregistered-]

My least favorite also happens to be my most favorite...

You all know that Chipmunks' Christmas Song? The one that starts off "Christmas....Christmas time is here...time for joy and time for cheer.."

Yeah...I cringe everytime I hear it, but then I usually find myself singing along to it.

[justamom]

Miami1839-- grandma got run over by a reindeer.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT...IT'S ONE OF MY FAVES!!!

[Optimist Prime]

I really don't like away in a manger. Or the first noel. Bad memmories of 6th grade choir. bad, bad bad.

[Miami1839]

Nah, I like it I suppose. Psych. :)


Originally posted by justamom
Miami1839-- grandma got run over by a reindeer.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT...IT'S ONE OF MY FAVES!!!

[G8Ralphaxi]

Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
My least favorite also happens to be my most favorite...

You all know that Chipmunks' Christmas Song? The one that starts off "Christmas....Christmas time is here...time for joy and time for cheer.."

Yeah...I cringe everytime I hear it, but then I usually find myself singing along to it.

Oh my - I am laughing soooo hard right now. Huge childhood memory right here. :) "I-i-i-i-iiiiiiieee just waaaaaant a huuuuuuuuula hoooooooop!"

My brother and I had this Chipmunks record and a bright blue record player. We would play that record over and over and over. Drove my dad INSANE! :p

The best part was when we discovered if you put a regular record on the player but on fast speed, they sound like Chipmunks too! :D

And...if you put the Chipmunks record on fast speed, they're just one big long squeal! It's so great! :D

[carnation]

If you had a Chipmunks record on 45 rpm, you could play it on 33 and clearly hear David Seville singing all 3 parts slowly!

[volgirl2376]

I am not sure if I have an unfavorite...wait, I dont like that songs "Its almost Christmas"...I dont know if thats the name of it, but it keeps saying "do they know its christmas time at all"...
My mom however hates the song "Ill be home for Christmas" because she always remembered when my dad was in vietnam, and he wouldnt be home for christmas :(

[KappaStargirl]

It's got to be "White Christmas"

Having recently moved to southern California from Pennsylvania, I can tell you that half the people in this country have fantasies about snow and the other half have actually lived in it. There's no way to win. Snow sucks. You can have a white Christmas but then you have to go out and brush it off your car and have to drive when you live on a side street that never sees a salt truck. No one here seems to truly realize that.

[aephi alum]

volgirl - I think I know the song you're talking about. It's my least favorite too. Good message, but really annoying lyrics/tune.

[SigkapAlumWSU]

White Christmas. Until this year, I never really thought much of it. But now I live in a town that is formed of 4 large hills, the University being on the top of the tallest, and my dorm being on the highest part of that hill.. Literally, to get anywhere, it's downhill.. and I'm sorry. but gravel gives you no traction! It's worse than ice! Now it's white all the time, and that song just reminds me of it more and more!

[carnation]

OOookaaayy--here comes Scrooge again for the third straight year because she just heard that nasty "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" again today! Ruining my holiday mood!

Does anyone else have an unfavorite carol?

[CarolinaCutie]

I hate that song that goes... "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time". It drives me nuts. They play it constantly on the radio and it makes me want to impale myself on an icicle.

[AXJules]

CarolinaCutie I hate that song that goes... "Simply having a wonderful Christmas time". It drives me nuts. They play it constantly on the radio and it makes me want to impale myself on an icicle.

OMG I totally understand your pain... it's like that song was just created for those December afternoons at the dentists office.....total Muzak.....horrible....

On another note-
Anyone else think that whoever wrote "Silver Bells' was in serious need of some Prozac??? It depresses me every time.

[Hootie]

I know I'm gonna get boo'ed off the board for this one, but I HATE "12 Days of Christmas" or whatever the heck that song is.

I can't stand it, can't stand it, can't stand it. It's even worse when the radio station plays the crappy "I hate Christmas" version of it...where children are screaming and men are screaming and babies are crying and the lights don't work etc. URG! It's like they play that right before Christmas just to piss everyone off that has to go out into the malls and so that mood just lingers with them and then they take it out on me when they can't find what they want because they've procrastinated too long~ but that's a whole different retail Christmas story!:rolleyes:

[justamom]

Hootie-I know I'm gonna get boo'ed off the board for this one, but I HATE "12 Days of Christmas" or whatever the heck that song is. I'm with you there-it's like the Christmas vesion of 99 bottles of Beer on the Wall!

New to my list is the ENTIRE N'SNYC (sp?) Christmas CD I bought last season. Should have gone with Boyz to Men. (once again, sp??)

[chideltjen]

I have worked the xmas season in both Macy's and Joanns... both play constant xmas music for the entire two weeks leading up the xmas and then at least weeks after. All i can say is that they ALL get annoying after a while. Hearing the same song 5 times a day even tho they are by different artists every time will sure make you sick after an 8 hour day.

One that I hear often at work is "I want a Hippopatumus for Christmas..." AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH! :eek:

And then "All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth"

"I'm Getting Nothing for Xmas..."

Just to name a few...

[KappaKittyCat]

Ok. There's a difference between Christmas Carols and just plain old Christmas music. The former I love, especially when performed by a good choir. The latter I CAN'T STAND! I spent a while shopping with my aunt and cousin this weekend, and I couldn't believe the crap that was blaring from the speakers of the stores we visited. I wanted those people to be run over by reindeer, each and every one of them! Give me good, old fashioned Christmas Carols. That's all I need to be musically happy during this festive season.

[dzandiloo]

Its a tight race between "Little Drummer Boy" & "Carol of the Bells." I don't know which is worse--singing the words "par-umm-pum-pum-pum" (more bad 5th grade choir memories)
-or-
getting stressed out at the pace/key of "hark how the bells sweet silver bells all seem to say throw cares away..." AGCH!!!

That song does anything but make me want to throw my cares away. It makes me want to scratch someone's eyes out.

Otherwise, I like most Christmas music, esp. choral--a good rendition of Handel's "Messiah" puts me in the Christmas spirit.

[AchtungBaby80]

I'm not too fond of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" either...because it's NOT the most wonderful time of the year! Go into a mall anytime between Thanksgiving and the end of December and you will see what I mean. Or better yet, come to my house.

[crystalline]

Originally posted by SHSUChiO
Ugh...Call me Scrooge, but I hate Christmas music. The traditional church-style music is bearable though. I worked in a mall over the holidays a couple of years ago, and just haven't been the same since.

I second that!

[crystalline]

Also, I hate hate hate hate those stupid Mariah Carey songs! I mean come on! Its the same ones year after year!

[Cluey]

Originally posted by crystalline
Also, I hate hate hate hate those stupid Mariah Carey songs! I mean come on! Its the same ones year after year!

I agree! When "All I Want For Christmas" comes on, it gets quickly changed.

All I want for Christmas is to never hear that song again, EVER!

[lionlove]

I'm really old fashioned and traditionalist when it comes to christmas music. I like the old, religious christmas hymns as well as other classical christmasy music like the Nutcracker Ballet music. I hate all pop-style christmas songs like the ones by Mariah Carey or N'Sync. The one exception to that rule is John Lennon's "So this is Christmas" which I really like.

[Optimist Prime]

I cannot stand Carol of the Bells. I still know it from high school. Ding dong ding dong gets on my nerves.

[Kevin]

My least favorite carol is all of them..

If you've ever worked in a mall/retail/restaurant type establishment you can probably relate... XMas music is just obnoxious.

[AOIIsilver]

The Little Drummer Boy
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
It is like a song version of the movie Ishtar....
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Rap-a-tap-tap-tap
Leaves you wondering, will it ever end???

[crystalline]

If you think about it, just about all Xmas music must be really annoying for people who are of religions that don't celebrate Xmas (the religious holiday). And then, the religious songs must be really annoying for people who celebrate Xmas (the consumer holiday).

[xo_kathy]

Originally posted by crystalline
Also, I hate hate hate hate those stupid Mariah Carey songs! I mean come on! Its the same ones year after year!

UGH! I agree completely! They palyed "All I Want for Christmas" on the radio this morning! BLECH! Please stop turning one note into 50, Mariah!!!!!

Put up my Christmas tree last night and usually listen to my Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas music. My roomie, who is a huge N'Sync fan, said, "I have N'Sync Christmas! I'll get it". I thought, okay, maybe it will be decent. It sucked!!!! Ruined my holiday decorating!!! :(

[LuaBlanca]

The office supply store that used "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" during the August Back-To-School sales has made it possible for me to actually sit through the entire song...I couldn't handle it before, but at least now I can just think of the chubby man doing arabesques through the stationary aisle on a shopping cart....

[carnation]

Argh. I heard "Most Wonderful Time" for the first time today and it's time to revive this 3-year-old thread. I can't stand that sucker!!!

[ajuhdg]

I went and saw Love Actually last night, and they sing 'All I Want for Christmas (Is you)". I still have that song in my head! I saw that someone mentioned Elvis earlier. My mom has a minor spaz when she hears 'Blue Christmas'. Apparently, her college roommate had the record, and she'd (the roommate) put it on repeat when she and her man were...uh...doing it. Mom says she always thinks of her trampy roommate with that song!

And, Maria Christmas songs are right DOWN there with Christina Christmas songs! UGH!

aj

[smiley21]

'feliz navidad' blah

[76owlgal]

3 way tie for the worst....Meowing Cats, Barking Dogs and Grandma got run over by a Reindeer!
ahhhhhhhh!!!!!

[ThetaPrincess24]

rudolph the red nosed reindeer, frosty the snowman, santa claus is coming to town, up on the house top, jolly old st. nicholas..................however i'll never forget the versions of these we used to sing on the school bus............

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally posted by 76owlgal
3 way tie for the worst....Meowing Cats, Barking Dogs and Grandma got run over by a Reindeer!
ahhhhhhhh!!!!!


LOL! My mom has that Jingle Cats cd.........each time she played it, my cat and my sister's cat would go crazy along with the dogs thinking there were real cats making that noise somewhere.

[Kevin]

I can't stand any of them. Try working retail. It spoils any enjoyment you had before in holiday music.

[Hootie]

Originally posted by crystalline
Also, I hate hate hate hate those stupid Mariah Carey songs! I mean come on! Its the same ones year after year!

My boss is OBSESSED with the Mariah Carey Christmas CD! He keeps it in our CD changer all year round and in the middle of JULY that damn cd will start playing and we'll all look around and my boss is standing there with a s**t-eating grin on his face. We warned him that someday that CD is going to wind up behind the safe where he'll NEVER find it :p

[cashmoney]

I hate the christmas carol that is a knock off of grandma got ran over by a reindeer, its the one about the KKK and black people. That song is aweful!!!:mad: One of my little cousins started singing it to me a few years back. I asked my uncle what in the hell has he been teaching Dean (my cousin).

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by 76owlgal
3 way tie for the worst....Meowing Cats, Barking Dogs and Grandma got run over by a Reindeer!
ahhhhhhhh!!!!!

Nooooo! I have the Jingle Cats CD (it was a gift) and I thought it would be annoying, but I was laughing so hard when I listened to it. Of course, I've only listened to it once, so maybe that's why I find it funny rather than annoying.

[GeekyPenguin]

This will be my third Christmas of working retail. Luckily, now I work at the Limited so our holiday tape is a blend of some Christmas music, some regular music. However, my last mall job was at Boston Store (same as Bergner's/Carson Pirie Scott). We had a really obnoxious Christmas tape that only had about 2 hours worth of music on it. My very least favorite song was "Same Old Lang Syne." That's not going to make any sense to most of you, so here's some of the lyrics:

Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried
We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totaled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged
We went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car
We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how

It is the most depressing song ever! My senior year I was having a really happy Christmas - had gotten into all my colleges with scholarships, had a boyfriend, family stuff was good - every time they plaid this song at work I just started to tear up. IT's so catchy too...BLAH.

I actually like pretty much all other Christmas music, carols or cheesy. I'll play it all through out the year - I've been playing it non-stop since we put up our tree at work. It makes me happy.

[DWAlphaGam]

What? No one mentioned "Dominic the Christmas Donkey"? WORST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER!!!

"...Hee haw, hee haw, it's Dominic the Donkey..."

It makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a candy cane!!!

[Lady Pi Phi]

I dislike all Chritmas songs/carols...when they are played in November.




edited for spelling

[ThetaPrincess24]

I'm adding one more to my list "The most wonderful time of the year"

I hate it because they play it every August when it's back to school season in the Staples or Office Depot commercial...........

That is not the most wonderful time of the year.....friends YES!

tests, papers, boring lectures, business plans, projects, advising, tuition and book fees........NO!

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by justamom
I HATE THOSE FRICKIN' 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!- It reminds me of 96 bottles of beer on the damn wall!


Of the ones I know, this one WOMPS!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by carnation
Does anyone here have a least favorite carol? I have been caught in traffic once too often listening to "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and I have decided I hate it! The bits about "jingle-bell-ing" and "mistletoe-ing" make me nuts and so does the part where (I guess to make it rhyme), they sing "Your friends are telling you to 'be of good cheer'" (What would you do to a friend who told you that?) Then to cap it off, there's the line "there'll be scary ghost stories"! (HUHH?) Who tells those at Christmas?

Are you going to watch the American Idol Christmas Special tonight? They will be singing your #1 least fave Christmas carol, FYI!! :o

[Anchorgirl]

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - I HATE that song!

[adpialumcsuc]

I hate the fact that it is not even Thanksgiving and the radio stations are already playing Christmas Songs like tomorrow is Christmas. I can't stand it!!!!

[tinydancer]

"Feliz Navidad" mainly because of listening to years and years of little children singing (screaming) that song at a school Christmas program.

[AGDee]

the Hippopotamus song is near the top of my "don't like" list, so is Most Wonderful Time of the Year. But, my absolute worst is the one my 7 year old son sings... it goes like this:

Joy to the World,
Barney's Dead
I barbecued his head.

I totally tune him out after that line so I don't know the rest. The other one I hate is :

Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg,
The batmobile lost a wheel and the joker took ballet.. hey!

Why do kids have to screw up perfectly good songs?

Dee

ETA: 8 minutes after I posted this, I got in the car to leave work, flip on the radio and the Hippo song is on. I suffered through it, wanting to hear a fave and the very next song was.. MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! Unreal!

[carnation]

Candidate for Second Least Favorite Christmas Song:

Happy Holidays.:mad: I just heard it 12 times in 6 hours of driving. And here's why I hate it: "Whoopty-doo and dickory dock, and don't forget to hang up your stock!"

Truly the words of a desperate and/or demented lyricist.

[Xylochick216]

I always get sick of "Jingle Bells" (minus the Mannheim Steamroller version). I worked for 4 years as the singing mechanical bears at the mall, and every little kid requested that darned song. I still can't listen to it 3 years later...

[AlphaFrog]

My Ex-BF loved Christmas music so much that he would turn the AC up full blast in the car in the middle of summer and play Christmas music...

UGH!

[jharb]

Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
What? No one mentioned "Dominic the Christmas Donkey"? WORST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER!!!

"...Hee haw, hee haw, it's Dominic the Donkey..."

It makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a candy cane!!!

The TKEs here at Butler blare that song 24-7 in the weeks before exams. I love that song just for that reason, it makes me feel like it's actually Christmas time! :)

[Taualumna]

I hate:

1. Grandma Got Runover By a Reindeer

2. Carol of the Bells

3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

4. Chipmunk Song

5. Most Wonderful Time of the Year (especially now, since it's become the Staples back to school song)

[trojangal]

Originally posted by carnation
Candidate for Second Least Favorite Christmas Song:

Happy Holidays.:mad: I just heard it 12 times in 6 hours of driving. And here's why I hate it: "Whoopty-doo and dickory dock, and don't forget to hang up your stock!"



I have to agree here. Also, since DH has his own version with "adult" lyrics which he loves to sing, which IS funny, but not always thinking about where we are at the moment ( in the mall, around the daughter, etc.J).

Musicians make interesting spouses.

[tinydancer]

This may be a terrible thing to say, but I am soooo sick of "Silent Night" that I could scream. I just think it is over-played.
(yes, I'm an old crab - I feel the same way about "Amazing Grace.")

[NutBrnHair]

My Least Favorites:

Traditional: GOOD KING WENCESLAS

Modern: GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER

[DGqueen17]

Originally posted by Taualumna



5. Most Wonderful Time of the Year (especially now, since it's become the Staples back to school song)

I love that commercial. That's what I'll be doing when I have kids, sending them packing to school.

[Glitter650]

The one I hate is this one version of jingle bells that they play at my work... it's like a jazzed up version or something... and at one point instead of singing the words "jingle bells" it has the sound of jingle bells twice and then the singers sing "bells." It has the affect of the B-I-N-G-O song little kids sing where clapping took the place of the each letter... (or at least that's what it reminds me of and I think it's STUPID.) I also don't like go tell it on the mountain... don't know why... just don't enjoy that one.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by ktsnake
I can't stand any of them. Try working retail. It spoils any enjoyment you had before in holiday music. You don't even have to work retail; just go in a store.

Just 10 minutes in K-Mart on Friday had me Scrooging all over the place. (I know -- any time spent in K-Mart can make you do weird things, but it really was the dreadful "music" this time.)

[DeltAlum]

I get nauseated at any "cutesy" Christmas stuff. Most of the traditional songs are OK.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by Taualumna
I hate:
2. Carol of the Bells
Is that the one that goes "Ring Christmas Bells" and slowly descends into a singing of annoying rounds? If so, I hate that one, too.

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
Is that the one that goes "Ring Christmas Bells" and slowly descends into a singing of annoying rounds? If so, I hate that one, too.

It's the one that has the lines "ring Christmas bells, sweet Christmas bells, ring loud and clear, Christmas is here....."and ends with "ding-dong-ding DONG!!!"

[ADPiZXalum]

rudolph the red nosed reigndeer

[Glitter650]

Carol of the bells is one of my favorites :( I don't really like it with words though.... only when it's instrumental

[sigmagrrl]

* "You Make This A Christmas to Remember" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton....ICK!!!:rolleyes:

* "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"....SOOOOO skanky...:rolleyes:

* "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"....Just doesn't seem to scream birth of Christ to me???:confused:


On the other hand, there is a Christmas song I love by Sting, but no one can tell me the name....It sounds almost Gregorian chant-like....It's luscious and sensual (NOT in a sexual way.Passionate is maybe a better word)...


ETA: "I'll Have a Blue Christmas" by Elvis.....DIE ALREADY!!! GEEZUS!!!:mad:

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by Taualumna
It's the one that has the lines "ring Christmas bells, sweet Christmas bells, ring loud and clear, Christmas is here....."and ends with "ding-dong-ding DONG!!!"
Yeah, that's the one...I hate that one with a passion.

[33girl]

LMAO at GP's Dan Fogelberg distaste. Where the heck does he live that he buys a 6 pack at the liquor store? (unless he means a 6 pack of Thunderbird bottles, which makes the song almost cool)

Due to the ever-earlier pimping of the season I hate pretty much every Christmas song except church stuff (in church) and Sleigh Ride, but Santa Baby by Madonna will be what they play continually in the eighth circle of hell if I end up there.

Although I was privileged to be present at the debut of a new song by a local songwriter called "Merry F&*#ing Christmas." Yes, this is as good as it sounds, and I wish I had a recording of it.

[AlphaGamDiva]

fa la la la laaaaa

la la

la

laaaa

gimme a break......lyrics, anyone?

[DGqueen17]

I hate "Little Drummer Boy"

[neonsparkles]

I cannot stand "The Little Drummer Boy" or"Feliz Navidad"
I also hate when a christmas carol that I love is remade be an artist and they turn the song into crap... especially when they completely disregard the melody in favor of yelling a long string of notes.

I have a love/hate relationship with "My Grown-Up Christmas List"... because that song is so horribly cheesy, yet it always makes me sad because I do want the world to be all peaceful and happy lol.

On a positive note.. I love O Holy Night... I will never get tired of that song (although I do cringe when I think about high school choir concerts and people singing the song who clearly should not have been....)

[ADqtPiMel]

Hate. Santa. Baby. Hate.

[emleepc]

Can't stand: The comedy carols---any of 'em---I don't like 'em!

And when somebody records one of my favorites and totally butchers it........AAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[Dionysus]

Silent Night :mad:

[carnation]

I want to know who suddenly decided that "My Favorite Things" is a Christmas song. :confused: In the Sound of Music, it's sung in the summer.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
I get nauseated at any "cutesy" Christmas stuff. Most of the traditional songs are OK.

Cosign, big time.

Except The First Noel and O Little Town of Bethlehem, both of which I hate with a white hot passion. blech.

The Dan Fogelberg song makes me all nostalgic, though, and I'm really developing a love for a lot of the songs on Love, Actually.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by 33girl
LMAO at GP's Dan Fogelberg distaste. Where the heck does he live that he buys a 6 pack at the liquor store? (unless he means a 6 pack of Thunderbird bottles, which makes the song almost cool)

Due to the ever-earlier pimping of the season I hate pretty much every Christmas song except church stuff (in church) and Sleigh Ride, but Santa Baby by Madonna will be what they play continually in the eighth circle of hell if I end up there.

Although I was privileged to be present at the debut of a new song by a local songwriter called "Merry F&*#ing Christmas." Yes, this is as good as it sounds, and I wish I had a recording of it.

The.Dan.Fogelberg.Song.Is.On.The.Music.At.My.Store .

I am going to gouge my eyes out with a stiletto.

Also I finally downloaded this Dominick the Donkey thing and it's ridiculous.

[Rain Man]

Originally posted by Hootie
I know I'm gonna get boo'ed off the board for this one, but I HATE "12 Days of Christmas" or whatever the heck that song is.

I can't stand it, can't stand it, can't stand it. It's even worse when the radio station plays the crappy "I hate Christmas" version of it...where children are screaming and men are screaming and babies are crying and the lights don't work etc. URG! It's like they play that right before Christmas just to piss everyone off that has to go out into the malls and so that mood just lingers with them and then they take it out on me when they can't find what they want because they've procrastinated too long~ but that's a whole different retail Christmas story!:rolleyes:

For the record, the song is called "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" performed by The Bob Rivers Comedy Group, and I absolutely LOVE that song! I was laughing my butt off when I heard that song, and look forward to whenever my radio station plays it (WSNY-Sunny 95, Columbus, Ohio).

I also love Blue Christmas by Seymour Swine (Porky Pig under a different name)

Songs I hate.

Jingle Bells barked by dogs.

Jingle Bells "sang" by a laughing guy.

Santa Baby by Madonna (Eartha Kitt is THE ONLY one who should be legally permitted to sing that song. She is the best!!)

Santa Claus is Coming To Town, if performed by anyone other than the Jackson 5 or The Pointer Sisters

O Holy Night by anyone other than Mariah Carey (I love how she hits the ultra-high notes).

[jharb]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Also I finally downloaded this Dominick the Donkey thing and it's ridiculous.

Jiggety Jig HEE HAW! The Italian christmas donkey!

It's on right now, I can hear the TKE house from my office! :)

[norcalchick]

Any of the ones Jessica Simpson sings. She sounds horrible! She's trying way too hard and trying to be too sexy with that whispery thing she does.She also over ennuciates (Sp?) words. Like Santa Clause. She says it Santa Clows.

[tnxbutterfly]

Originally posted by norcalchick
Any of the ones Jessica Simpson sings. She sounds horrible! She's trying way too hard and trying to be too sexy with that whispery thing she does.She also over ennuciates (Sp?) words. Like Santa Clause. She says it Santa Clows.

I saw a tv commercial advertising her new christmas album and also poked myself in the eye with a rusty butter knife:p

My least favorite song would be Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

[abaici]

That Bing Crosby/David Bowie song creeps me out!

[MiamiADPi]

Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
What? No one mentioned "Dominic the Christmas Donkey"? WORST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER!!!

"...Hee haw, hee haw, it's Dominic the Donkey..." I can't stand it!!!! And for whatever reason, the radio stations back home love to play it every couple of hours during their insane holiday music marathons. it drives me crazy!

[mmcat]

grandma got run over by a reindeer.
ditto the dogs, add in a few chipmunk carols.

[aephi alum]

I like most carols. It's the other Christmas songs I can't stand...

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Most wonderful time of the year
Jingle bell rock
Santa baby
I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus
Santa Claus is coming to town
Have yourself a merry little Christmas

AUGH!!!

Most of the local radio stations alternate regular pop music with Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas. One station (which I usually like) is playing ONLY Christmas music, 24/7. Looks like I got my iPod just in time... while ya'll are learning all about Grandma getting run over by a reindeer, I'll be listening to 3 Doors Down. :p

[cutiepatootie]

"Feliz Navidad"

[Optimist Prime]

there is a "country" (quotes because Hank Williams would turn over in his grave if heard it) song called "Leroy the redneck reindeer" or something god awful like that. Cristmas Time is Here from Charlie Brown plays all the time at work, so I hate that one the most right now.

[carnation]

Oh. No.

My least favorite carol actually came on tonight. 94.9 has started playing some Christmas music and I turned on the radio just in time , BOOOOOO! to catch the first lines. The family is laughing at me.

My husband thinks that stupid line about scary ghost stories refers to A Christmas Carol....

[UofISigKap]

Originally posted by MiamiADPi
Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
What? No one mentioned "Dominic the Christmas Donkey"? WORST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER!!!

"...Hee haw, hee haw, it's Dominic the Donkey..." I can't stand it!!!! And for whatever reason, the radio stations back home love to play it every couple of hours during their insane holiday music marathons. it drives me crazy!

BWAAAAHAHAHA! My mom adores that song and turns it up every time it's on. I actually can't help but laugh every time I hear it because it's such an absurd song! I'm so hearing the HeeHaw HeeHaw in my head right now. :D

[33girl]

Maybe it's the fact that I have had a couple beers but I am laughing very loudly at this thread. I want to hear the Dominic the Donkey song.

[honeychile]

In all seriousness, if I ever truly go for the one way ticket to Hotel Silly, "Dominick the Donkey" will probably be playing in the background! Words cannot describe how much I hate that song!!

[docetboy]

All of them.

[Beanblossom1]

The song about 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire'. I'm so tired of hearing about Chet's Nuts I could scream. ;)

[KatieKate1244]

That damn "Christmas Shoes" song. I get violent everytime I hear it.

[queequek]

I hate any Christmas songs before Thanksgiving season. Why would you sing Christmas songs in October?!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by KatieKate1244
That damn "Christmas Shoes" song. I get violent everytime I hear it.
ACK! Me, too!! The last thing I want to hear at Christmas is about someone's death!!

[trojangal]

Originally posted by queequek
I hate any Christmas songs before Thanksgiving season. Why would you sing Christmas songs in October?!

Last weekend, one of the radio stations was having a "holiday preview listening weekend". Nothing but Christmas all weekend--I was not in the mood, so ditched the station.

I hate Christmas carols before Thanksgiving!

[AGDee]

Originally posted by queequek
I hate any Christmas songs before Thanksgiving season. Why would you sing Christmas songs in October?!

We have a radio station that started playing 100% Christmas music on November 1st. I will not listen to them AT ALL until the day after Thanksgiving.

[JennRN]

What is the "Christmas Shoes" song?? :confused:
I don't think I've ever heard that one.

And I have to agree with everyone else about playing carols in October or November-last week, one of the radio stations started to play them, and I had road rage. I don't need 2 months of the same songs over and over!! :mad:

[honeychile]

Originally posted by JennRN
What is the "Christmas Shoes" song?? :confused:
I don't think I've ever heard that one.

I have a special reason to hate this song, as it came out a couple months after my daddy died. In fact, I have tears in my eyes as I copy this. You have to put the right amount of whine & pathos into this:

Christmas Shoes

It was almost Christmas time
there I stood in another line
tryin to buy that last gift or two
not really in the Christmas mood
standing right in front of me
was a little boy waiting anxiously
pacing around like little boys do
and in his hand he held
a pair of shoes

and his clothes were worn and old
he was dirty from head to toe
and when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say

Sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my momma please
it's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry sir?
daddy says there's not much time
you see she's been sick for quite a while
and I know these shoes will make her smile
and I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

they counted pennies for what seemed like years
and the cashier said son there's not enough here
he searched his pockets frantically
and he turned and he looked at me
and he said momma made Christmas good at our house
most years she just did without
tell me sir
what am I gonna do?
some how I gotta buy her these Christmas shoes

so I laid the money down
I just had to help him out
and I'll never forget
the look on his face
when he said momma's gonna look so great

sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my momma please
it's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry sir?
daddy says there's not much time
you see she's been sick for quite a while
and I know these shoes will make her smile
and I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

I knew i caught a glimpse of heaven's love as he thanked me and ran out
I know that God has sent that little boy to remind me
what Christmas is all about

sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my momma please
it's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry sir?
daddy says there's not much time
you see she's been sick for quite a while
and I know these shoes will make her smile
and I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

[gpb1874]

i hate pretty much all Christmas music. I just cannot stand it. A few songs i like, but not many. bad thing...my mom LOVES Christmas music. she has MULTIPLE cd's with the stuff and will actually listen to it in the car. she's a nut but i love her.

i especially hate when they start with the christmas song before thanksgiving. that is just wrong. so is putting up a tree before thanksgiving.

[Sister Havana]

I'm so glad I've never heard the Christmas donkey song. Or Christmas Shoes. :)

My least favorites:

"It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" - It's the most overplayed song of the season!

"Jingle Bell Rock" - I used to like this song until a few years ago, when I was at a restaurant with my ex-boyfriend. We were seated right near the entrance, and there was a motion-sensitive Dancing Santa that played that song if someone walked by. It was a pretty busy night...so we got to hear it over and over and over and OVER...I seriously wanted to throw that Santa out the window.

"Little Saint Nick" - Beach Boys
"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" - Mariah Carey
"I'll Be Home For Christmas"

Any Christmas song played before Thanksgiving or after Christmas.
By mid-December I hate almost all of it because I've heard it way too much! :D

[kstar]

Not exactly a Christmas song, but I HATE Adam Sandler's Channukah Song.

It's like he's tone deaf.

Also:

The First Noel
Mariah Carey singing All I Want for Christmas, anyone else is okay.
Happy Holidays
the Christmas song to the tune of Greensleeves
Anything by Julio Inglesias, ESPECIALLY Feliz Navidad

And of course: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I happen to like Grandma got run Over by a Reindeer and Rusty Chevrolet

[tinydancer]

Today the music teacher had all her classes singing Jingle Bells. The library is right next to the auditorium so I got to hear it all day. By 3:00 I was ready to twist off on someone.:mad:

[JennRN]

Originally posted by honeychile
I have a special reason to hate this song, as it came out a couple months after my daddy died. In fact, I have tears in my eyes as I copy this. You have to put the right amount of whine & pathos into this:

Christmas Shoes

It was almost Christmas time
there I stood in another line
tryin to buy that last gift or two
not really in the Christmas mood
standing right in front of me
was a little boy waiting anxiously
pacing around like little boys do
and in his hand he held
a pair of shoes

and his clothes were worn and old
he was dirty from head to toe
and when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say

Sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my momma please
it's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry sir?
daddy says there's not much time
you see she's been sick for quite a while
and I know these shoes will make her smile
and I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

they counted pennies for what seemed like years
and the cashier said son there's not enough here
he searched his pockets frantically
and he turned and he looked at me
and he said momma made Christmas good at our house
most years she just did without
tell me sir
what am I gonna do?
some how I gotta buy her these Christmas shoes

so I laid the money down
I just had to help him out
and I'll never forget
the look on his face
when he said momma's gonna look so great

sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my momma please
it's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry sir?
daddy says there's not much time
you see she's been sick for quite a while
and I know these shoes will make her smile
and I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

I knew i caught a glimpse of heaven's love as he thanked me and ran out
I know that God has sent that little boy to remind me
what Christmas is all about

sir I wanna buy these shoes, for my momma please
it's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry sir?
daddy says there's not much time
you see she's been sick for quite a while
and I know these shoes will make her smile
and I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight

I want her to look beautiful
if momma meets Jesus tonight



Oh my gawwwwd...I think I'm going to go open a vein now.
That's depressing! Nothing like a steaming hot helping of guilt to go along with the holidays.

[LightBulb]

Man, this is hard! I love Christmas music. I'm sure I'll think of some in a few weeks though. :p

I guess "O Christmas Tree"... that one's kind of boring.

[irishpipes]

I love Christmas music, but as a general rule, I cannot stand when pop singers sing Christmas music. They never sing it "straight" for lack of a better word. They are always scooping and sliding all over the place. The ones I especially hate are:

Jingle Bell Rock
Feliz Navidad
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Chipmunk Song

I do love the Charlie Brown Christmas theme.

[AOIIsilver]

OOOoooooHHHHhhhhh.

Rump-a-tum-tum-Rump-a-tum-tum-Rump-a-tum-tum-Rump-a-tum-tum-Rump-a-tum-tum-Rump-a-tum-tum

Shut it off! Shut it off! Please, for the love of all that is good and right with the world, shut off the Little Drummer Boy!!!!

Silver

[honeychile]

ACK!!! As if hearing morose or silly Christmas songs aren't bad enough, I was sent a site that has countdown tickers until Christmas!! It had what to do each day, until the big day - at which time, I assume, you get to drink eggnog until you're silly and paste mistletoe on your forehead! But I did like this:

http://organizedchristmas.com/modules/Forums/images/ranks/ani_reindeer005.gif

And irishpipes, you are sooooo right! Take a wonderful song, give it to a celebrity, and it's a disaster! I think the only professional singers whose Christmas songs I like are Twila Paris and B.E. Taylor (both of whom are simply wonderful people - maybe that's the secret!).

Of course, Silver, you are right about the drummer boy. Drummer boys belong in armies of old, and not in a manger!

[MTSUGURL]

I actually like the Little Drummer Boy, even if it isn't theologically sound...

I HATE "Do you hear what I hear".

Edited to say:

I also hate:
Jingle Bell Rock
Feliz Navidad
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Chipmunk Song

[Sister Havana]

Bumping. :D

I forgot to add "Step Into Christmas," by Elton John. Elton, I love you, but this song just sucks.
Also "My Only Wish This Year" - Britney Spears
And "Do You Hear What I Hear"

[AlphaFrog]

All I Want for Christmas is You - Amy Grant How Cheesy

I do like Kylie Minogue's new version of Santa Baby...but mainly because I didn't even know it wasn't the old version until I saw the artist displayed on the screen at Media Play.

[Xylochick216]

I hate most modern renditions of classics. Britney, you shouldn't be singing Christmas carols. Stick to pop trash.

I despise "Blue Christmas" by Elvis. Ick.

[MTSUGURL]

Originally posted by MTSUGURL
I actually like the Little Drummer Boy, even if it isn't theologically sound...

I HATE "Do you hear what I hear".

Edited to say:

I also hate:
Jingle Bell Rock
Feliz Navidad
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Chipmunk Song

OK... just mere weeks later I have developped an overwhelming love for Do You Hear What I Hear and Jingle Bell Rock. I no longer have a deep abiding love for Little Drummer Boy. More like a passing fondness.

[DeltAlum]

The Twelve Months of Christmas -- oh, wait, It's the Twelve Days of Christmas.

It only seems like months (of agony) every time I hear it.

[honeychile]

I have to say that, if I hear "Dominic the Donkey" one more time this season, I may have to hurt a disc jockey.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is also on my list of Most Hated - I've hardly heard any decent songs this year, so I finally broke out an older Twila Paris CD and started to smile.


And just because I do have a very sick sense of humor, if anyone has the words for "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire (hot sauce dripping from their toes..."), I would be eternally grateful!

[christiangirl]

At the place I volunteer at, the clients are mostly Mexicans who don't speak English, so they played Mexican Christmas carols. They were in all Spanish and set to a salsa beat....funky music, but I like traditional better. :)

[Xylochick216]

If I hear "Mary Did You Know?" one more time, I think I'll scream. I think the DJs at our Christmas station are obsessed.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by Xylochick216
If I hear "Mary Did You Know?" one more time, I think I'll scream. I think the DJs at our Christmas station are obsessed.

Ours was ever "Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire" and "Winter Wonderland". I cannot be held responsible for what I'd do if I heard either of these songs one more time.

[abaici]

Originally posted by ADqtPiMel
Hate. Santa. Baby. Hate.

Aww, that's one of my favorites. LOL

[carnation]

Atlanta has a station that plays nothing but carols from mid-November on. This year they were obsessed with Andy Williams..."It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year":( , "Happy Holidays", etc. I think it was because he did a concert here a couple of weeks ago (it was at 5 PM, what was with that?) I turned off the radio a whole lot during this season!

[33girl]

I just heard the Hippopotamus song for the first time the other day. How did our great Nation let this happen?

[UKDaisy]

ALL OF THEM


I'm such a scrooge....I only like two Christmas songs!

[carnation]

bump! I actually heard the dreaded song today!:(

[ForeverRoses]

bump! I actually heard the dreaded song today!:(

It's not even Thanksgiving yet! The mall has had Christmas stuff up since early October. It sure made all the trick-or-treaters look odd.

Oh, and I spent my college Christmas breaks working in the mall, so I can't stand the "Harry Connick Christmas Album"- listen to that for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

[Cardinal026]

I normally LOVE all christmas songs, I listen to DC's station that plays all Christmas music from November through January, but I absolutely can't stand the Hippopotomus song either. Especially awful since my real little sisters love it and sing it all the time...

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

ALL OF THEM


I'm such a scrooge....I only like two Christmas songs!

I'm the same way. I don't really like any of the really traditional Christmas songs. The only Christmas songs I like are "Christmas Wrapping" (I looove the 80's), "Jingle Bell Rock" (I like the Rockabilly sound), and the Charlie Brown theme song (I know it's not really a Christmas song, but I always associate it with Christmas).

[cutiepatootie]

Feliz(spl) navidad.....all the rest i love and well i have to say i get tired of hearing grandma got ran over by a raindeer 50 zillion times a day

[TrueBlueKappa]

This is sort-of related, but I have to share. We have an ice cream truck that circles the neighborhood every night, all year long. And every night, without fail, it plays the same 3 Christmas carols. In the middle of summer, fall, whenever, there is always a tinny rendition of "Silent Night" blasting through the neighborhood at 6pm.

[honeychile]

the Charlie Brown theme song (I know it's not really a Christmas song, but I always associate it with Christmas).
FYI, the name of the song is "Linus and Lucy's Theme" or with a "the" somewhere... Just in case you see it on a music box or such.

[MysticCat]

FYI, the name of the song is "Linus and Lucy's Theme" or with a "the" somewhere... Just in case you see it on a music box or such.Just to be anal-retentive (and in case someone is looking for it on a CD or elsewhere), the name is simply "Linus and Lucy." ;)

[RU OX Alum]

O come all ye faithful is the worst b/c all though it's alright by itself, every one thinks they can belt it out and i have to hear all these lame ass over done versions GAAAHLOOORRRIIAAA...it drives me nuts

[Dionysus]

Hush you guys. Thanksgiving has not passed yet. :p

[MysticCat]

O come all ye faithful is the worst b/c all though it's alright by itself, every one thinks they can belt it out and i have to hear all these lame ass over done versions GAAAHLOOORRRIIAAA...it drives me nutsThere are no "Glorias" in "O Come, All Ye Faithful." I imagine you're thinking of "Angels We Have Heard on High."

Did you ever see the Christmas episode of The Vicar of Dibley (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108981/) where dim Alice Tinker was leading the village children in singing that carol? They started the "Glorias" and couldn't stop -- they just kept spiraling down and further down. Very funny -- became an inside joke at my house.

Hush you guys. Thanksgiving has not passed yet. :pAmen. I can't stand pre-Thanksgiving, pre-Advent Christmas stuff everywhere.

[RU OX Alum]

[QUOTE=MysticCat;1356506]There are no "Glorias" in "O Come, All Ye Faithful." I imagine you're thinking of "Angels We Have Heard on High."

oh yeah...thanks...well no, not thanks, it's stuck in my head now

"O come all ye faithful" is the one that has the "come and adore him, king of angles" as the chorus? that one's not as bad I guess, but still, no one who isn't bing crosby should sing it.

[MysticCat]

oh yeah...thanks...well no, not thanks, it's stuck in my head nowAlways glad to be of service.

[Kevin]

I hate Christmas music. In middle through HS, I had to play the same stupid Christmas music in the orchestras, bands and church ensembles I was involved with. In HS to Undergrad, I worked a retail job, so I had to listen to that crap all day at work.

It's almost to the point where I don't even like Christmas except for the having finals over with thing. That's pretty nice.

[MysticCat]

I hate Christmas music. In middle through HS, I had to play the same stupid Christmas music in the orchestras, bands and church ensembles I was involved with. In HS to Undergrad, I worked a retail job, so I had to listen to that crap all day at work.I can't stand the awful stuff that passes for Christmas music that gets played in stores. I also can't stand Christmas carols or songs recorded by popular singers.

I like Christmas music in church or sung by carollers, but that's about it.

[RU OX Alum]

yeah, I hate the stuff they play at malls, hotels, etc. it's not even thanksgiving yet

[carnation]

This year, we went to 5 concerts put on by 5 different groups our kids are in. I promise you that at every concert, they played "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Probably the directors heard that Dr. Carnation would be there so they felt that they had to play it.

Dang, I'm pretty sure they played "Sleigh Ride" at 4 of them.

[epchick]

"It's the Most wonderful time of the year"
"Grown up Christmas List"

They play these two songs EVERY year at my church's Christmas play. It's soo boring.

[Scandia]

"Grandma got ran over by a reindeer"

And a very annoying version of "Sleigh Ride" is an honorable mention.

Overall, the secular ones tend to get on my nerves much quicker than the religious ones.

Of the religious ones, I do not particularly care for "O Little Town of Bethlehem". Or "It came upon the midnight clear". But they do not irritate me anywhere near as much as some of the secular ones do.

There was a secular one in Spanish that had absolutely nothing to do with anything Christmas, but for some reason was sung in Christmastime. The lyrics involved "give me your hand dove so that I can come to your nest because I hear you are alone and I have come to keep you company". Of course, they have a very perverted double entendre- that the average 8 year old will NOT be able to grasp. I do not care for this song and I am glad I have not heard it in over 13 years. My brother and I would parody it making an ad for a farm store with its melody.

And another relative disliked another song in Spanish featuring "clouds walking in space". But at least that one had religious elements- although they were not exclusive to Christmas.

So even the more religious countries are NOT exempt from annoying secular Christmas songs.

[sceniczip]

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas or whatever the heck it's called is terrible. Also by this time of year I've started hating most Christmas music because I've heard it so much so I've switched over to the Twisted Christmas cds with songs like 12 Pains of Christmas :)

[summer_gphib]

I don't know if it's been mentioned or not, but Bruce Springsteen doing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," has to be the worst ever. That or Stevie Nicks (who I usually adore) doing "Silent Night."

[ASTalumna06]

"Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time"

awful.

[CutiePie2000]

I don't know if it's been mentioned or not, but Bruce Springsteen doing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," has to be the worst ever.
Yes, he sings like he is suffering from terrible constipation. :eek:

[sceniczip]

I'm really sick of hearing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer every time I turn on my radio!

[PGD-GRAD]

Anything with "a rum-pa-pa-pum" in it--and ditto on the hippopotamus and grandma getting run over by the reindeer---

Oh--and any Christmas "muzak" that you are forced to listen to by department stores that put you on hold during December!! Bah, humbug!

[BabyPiNK_FL]

"Christmas Time is Here" from Charlie Brown. OMG! Why would you let a bunch of kids sound so miserable. I can't even listen to what they are saying. It sounds like the most unhappiest song EVER.

Also, there is one song and I don't know the name because I only hear the bass line, but I'm going to find out what it is and make the booth next to us at work stop playing it. ETA: I heard it today in Dillard's and I'm still not quite certain. It is just some random Christmas-esque words over a bass line and music. Stupid.

I also do not like any Spanish version of any well-known English Christmas song.

If anyone else has a big Latin population, you've probably heard this wonderful remix of a song I think it may be called "Con Mi Burrito" about a child taking his donkey to see the newborn baby Jesus with little kids singing. So cute. Grew up with that one even though it took me forever to understand what they were saying.

ETA: How could I forget Christmas Shoes. A) The song is not very catchy and it doesn't rhyme, not that every song has to, but it'd help. B) What kid would buy shoes for their dying mom? They'd probably buy a pretty necklace, earrings, or bracelet. Maybe a scarf. But SHOES? And C) Why are they in a store alone? Where is the father, auntie, cousin, etc?!
Go and be with your mother, that is the best gift, especially if she's going to pass on. It makes me cringe...

[PANTHERTEKE]

If anyone else has a big Latin population, you've probably heard this wonderful remix of a song I think it may be called "Con Mi Burrito" about a child taking his donkey to see the newborn baby Jesus with little kids singing. So cute. Grew up with that one even though it took me forever to understand what they were saying.

Hate that song. lol

[ΑΓΔSquirrel10]

"All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey. I hate EVERYTHING that comes out of this woman's mouth already, so you know how much I despise this song.

[Pike/PhiDeltmom]

I love really, really love traditional Christmas Hymns. My husband however has managed to spoil (not really) one of them for me. Angels We Have Heard on High is one our music ministers favorties and leads the church congregation in singing it throughout the holidays. The problem, my husband hates it. Everytime we get to the part.... glo-o-o-o-o-ria in excelsis deo, my husband, the butt head starts singing .......deo..deeeo..delight comes and I want to go home. As for me, I can't stand the 12 Days of Christmas.......................p.s. Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

[Benzgirl]

"All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey. I hate EVERYTHING that comes out of this woman's mouth already, so you know how much I despise this song.

LMAO and agree.

[jojapeach]

^^^ DITTO!!! *cringing as the song plays in my head*

Plus any commercial rendition of "Little Drummer Boy" (even Stevie Wonder's) and "Silent Night". My mom damn near cries when she hears The Temptations' version of "Silent Night", but I always change the station or skip the song on a CD. I appreciate the meaning of the song, but it always feels like the person singing is trying too hard to pull my heartstrings. I'd rather see the artist donate to a worthy cause instead of singing that song.

If this makes me some kind of a heathen...so what?

[KatieKate1244]

I have no idea who sings it, but the latest version of "Hey Santa" that sounds like it's being sung by a teenager.

That, and Christmas Shoes are the only two that I really can't stand. Everything else is fine in moderation.

[NinjaPoodle]

Does anyone here have a least favorite carol? I have been caught in traffic once too often listening to "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and I have decided I hate it! The bits about "jingle-bell-ing" and "mistletoe-ing" make me nuts and so does the part where (I guess to make it rhyme), they sing "Your friends are telling you to 'be of good cheer'" (What would you do to a friend who told you that?) Then to cap it off, there's the line "there'll be scary ghost stories"! (HUHH?) Who tells those at Christmas?


ALL of them. :p

[Xylochick216]

I LOVE Christmas music (my iPod has 500 Christmas songs on it) but I still cringe when I hear "Mary Did You Know?" I think I found one to top that, though. Our local Christmas station played a song called "Dear Mr. Jesus" where a child sings about seeing child abuse on the news. The big climax of the song comes when the kid sings something like "Dear Mr. Jesus, my mommy hits me, too." I don't know how it's a Christmas song, but it drove me insane.

[twinkle555]

"Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time"

awful.

aww i love that one!

[DaemonSeid]

Anything butchered by Beyonce,Aretha, and Mariah.

[carnation]

Anything butchered by anyone! We listened to Christmas carols all the way home from the beach yesterday and why do singers think that we want them to put new notes in a beloved carol--or change the whole rhythm?

[ASUADPi]

Ditto with "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year". That song is super annoying.

Quite honestly, I'm a choir freak so I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas carols that are sung individually. If that makes sense.

Basically any Christmas carols that my mom tries to sing. She can't carry a frickin tune so it is painful to listen too. Thank god I got my ability to sing from someone else. LOL.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I'm dreading the you-just-know-it's-coming Taylor Swift Christmas special or CD.

I've never liked "O Christmas Tree" or "Do They Know It's Christmas."

[tri deezy]

I freakin' hate most Christmas music. Pretty much the only Christmas music I like is the music from The Nutcracker, which I love. This year I was in Macy's on the last weekend of September and they were putting up posters with models wearing Santa hats, holding ornaments and there was some blurb about Star Rewards Cards. SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!! I was furious. Call me a Scrooge, but "The Christmas Season" is not and should not be a third of the year. By the end of it, after random people telling me "Merry Christmas" for the 400,000th time, I just start telling them "Happy Chanukah." It just gets so old.

[Kappamd]

I'm dreading the you-just-know-it's-coming Taylor Swift Christmas special or CD.

I've never liked "O Christmas Tree" or "Do They Know It's Christmas."

Target. $6.99. LOL.

What's worse.....I bought it and LOVE IT.

[pshsx1]

I was working on a project yesterday and one of my Brothers had Christmas music blaring on his computer (which I was using).

I now hate all Christmas music.

[carnation]

2010 additions? I have decided that I can't stand "Santa Baby" either!

[honeychile]

Frosty the Snowman. Must. Die.

I hated it as a child, and have only detested it more as I've grown up. I fantasize about frinding an AK-47 and shooting any snowman I see, but with my luck, some kid would be behind it. Not that it ever snows before Christmas here. *shudder* Hate. It.

And why do radio stations play a song mangled by one celebrity, then 10 minutes later play the same song mangled by another? The only good reason is to avoid playing the above mentioned song from hell or the donkey song!

[amanda6035]

I have decided that I can't stand "Santa Baby" either!

DITTO. Doesn't matter who it's sung by, it's a STUPID song.

[33girl]

One of our stations (3WS for yinzers) has banned Dominick, the Hippo song, etc this year and some people are actually complaining.

[TPA85]

The one that has always annoyed me is The Little Drummer Boy. Can't stand it!

[Psi U MC Vito]

I hate all traditional carols that are performed and people omit any reference to Jesus. WTF the holiday is Christ Mass for a reason.

[honeychile]

One of our stations (3WS for yinzers) has banned Dominick, the Hippo song, etc this year and some people are actually complaining.
I didn't know that! Are they trying to make up for the hachet job on Jim & Theresa?

[Drolefille]

I hate all traditional carols that are performed and people omit any reference to Jesus. WTF the holiday is Christ Mass for a reason.
You mean the holy day is Christ Mass. If we're breaking down words.

Christmas Shoes.

And then the "Last Christmas, I gave you my heart." song.

[MysticCat]

You mean the holy day is Christ Mass. If we're breaking down words.Well, if we're really breaking words down, the holy day is Christ's Mass (Cristes mǣsse in Old English). ;)

[IrishLake]

I loath Frosty the snowman as well, including the childrens cartoon and the song.

[AlphaFrog]

Charlotte Symphony invited a guy to sing with us, and he sang You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. Not only was he a tenor, but he did it in the style of Jim Carry, and forgot the words half the time. I would just about hold my breath from downbeat to fine just waiting for disaster. One performance, the conductor had to call out a measure number to get everybody back with the singer after he skipped a bunch. I now hate that song.

[Drolefille]

Well, if we're really breaking words down, the holy day is Christ's Mass (Cristes mǣsse in Old English). ;)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9875/notworthy.jpg
You know i was just waiting to use this image, right?

[xzotic.arhya]

I absolutely cannot stand "Sleigh Ride." It agitates me like none other!

[Katmandu]

The one that has always annoyed me is The Little Drummer Boy. Can't stand it!


AMEN to that!! Pa-rum pa pum pum..... Hate, Hate, Hate.

[christiangirl]

I absolutely cannot stand "Sleigh Ride." It agitates me like none other!

http://a.imageshack.us/img825/2378/2dl8pu8534468.gif

[TheGreenHeart]

"Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart."

BAH. ICK. NOOOOOOOOOOO! :eek:

I lived abroad for a couple of years in a non-English-speaking country, which was nice, as it spiced up the Christmas carol repertoire, so you would think you'd finally be free of all the bad ones--BUT NO, the Wham! version of that song was EVE-RY-WHERE-UH!!! :mad:

And now, the place I work plays not one, but two versions of it in our holiday music mix. Shudder... :mad::mad::mad:

[Ghostwriter]

Well, if we're really breaking words down, the holy day is Christ's Mass (Cristes mǣsse in Old English). ;)

How did you get that little (a) thingy to show up and what is it?

I hate the Chipmunk Christmas Song. Die Chipmunks, die a slow and horrible death! Wonder if Chipmunks taste like chicken?

http://www.singerpictures.com/images/pic/a/alvin-&-the-chipmunks/46547.jpg (http://www.singerpictures.com/alvin-&-the-chipmunks-picture-46546.html)

[XAntoftheSkyX]

All of them minus Carol of the Bells.

Mt face when my work has only played Christmas music since Black Friday unless I can jack my iPod for a few hours
http://i55.tinypic.com/28lgvag.jpg

[victoriana]

"Last Christmas" because everyone and their mother has done a cover of it, and it's just a horrible horrible song. It grates on my nerves.

[Drolefille]

How did you get that little (a) thingy to show up and what is it?


Æ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86)
Æ (lower case: æ) is a grapheme formed from the letters a and e. Originally a ligature representing a Latin diphthong, it has been promoted to the full status of a letter in the alphabets of some languages, including Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic. As a letter of the Old English alphabet, it was called æsc ("ash tree") after the Anglo-Saxon futhorc rune ᚫ (Runic letter ansuz.svg), which it transliterated; its traditional name in English is still ash (IPA: /æʃ/).

And I generally copy and past from the internet or a character map if I need a particular character. I never know the right code for alt+ and it's a pain in the ass on a laptop. (I DO know the codes for the most common french accents but that's left over from high school.)

Like this:
┌─┐
┴─┴
ಠ_ರೃ

[carnation]

Let's hear some more for this year!

[southbymidwest]

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Ick.

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. Double Ick.

Both make my ears bleed.

[DaffyKD]

I dislike all of them. Once the radio begins playing Christmas Carols non-stop I make sure I have my books on CD checked out from the library and listen to them. Now to be fair to everyone, I also despise Adam Sandler's Chanukkah Song.

DaffyKD

[indygphib]

I'm surprised that no one has mention Justin Bieber's atrocity. Too new?

[summer_gphib]

All of them minus Carol of the Bells.

Mt face when my work has only played Christmas music since Black Friday unless I can jack my iPod for a few hours
http://i55.tinypic.com/28lgvag.jpg

^^^^ THIS!

I am teaching tax classes right now and they are each only 3 hours long, Thank God. The place I work apparently has 5-10 Christmas songs that play in rotation. Different versions, but the same damn songs. I counted on Thursday night and I heard "My Favorite Things" 6 times. IN THREE HOURS.

They are always really repetitive though... the music is chosen by the corporate office, and it's played loud, so that people think we're cool. It's just annoying and makes it hard to hear. Every time I leave work I have to turn off the radio and just have silence for about a half hour to get my mind back. LOL

[carnation]

I want to know when "My Favorite Thing" became a Christmas song. It wasn't in the movie and it sure doesn't mention anything related to the season (except snow, maybe? major stretch) but it's annoying to hear it played as a Christmas song.

[MysticCat]

I want to know when "My Favorite Thing" became a Christmas song. It wasn't in the movie and it sure doesn't mention anything related to the season (except snow, maybe? major stretch) but it's annoying to hear it played as a Christmas song."Brown paper packages tied up with strings"
"[Doorbells and] sleighbells [and schnitzel with noodles]"
"Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes"
"Silver white winters that melt into springs"

Yeah. I know. My guess is the started adding it because they needed more music for the 24/7 Christmas music on the radio.

I have the same issue with "We Need a Little Christmas" as a Christmas song. The whole point of the song is that they needed a little Christmas when it wasn't Christmas yet. And what really cracks me up about it is that the song specifically says it's the week before Thanksgiving.

[Xidelt]

Anything by trans-Siberian orchestra.

[amIblue?]

1. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
2. Last Christmas
3. Santa Baby
4. I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
5. Chipmunks

[PSKsilver]

Anything by trans-Siberian orchestra.

Really? It's your opinion, but I must disagree.....

Anyway, the one that goes "Simply....having... wonderful christmas time!" That song keeps playing over and over I am sick of it.

[CougADPi]

Really? It's your opinion, but I must disagree.....

Anyway, the one that goes "Simply....having... wonderful christmas time!" That song keeps playing over and over I am sick of it.

This! All of it.

[amIblue?]

Anyway, the one that goes "Simply....having... wonderful christmas time!" That song keeps playing over and over I am sick of it.

Yeah, Paul McCartney's post-Beatles work is 100% pure cheese.

[MysticCat]

Anything by trans-Siberian orchestra.
Really? It's your opinion, but I must disagree.....Chacun à son goût. Count me in with those who can't stand them.

[AlphaFrog]

The version(s) of Sleigh Ride with lyrics. They are unnecessary to the piece...you get the picture without them. However, if there isn't a trumpet horse whinny at the end, you've just wasted three minutes of my life.

[AOII Angel]

"Baby, it's cold outside." I simply cannot stand Zooey Deschanel's voice (or lack there of. )That song is like nails on a chalk board to me.

[MysticCat]

"Baby, it's cold outside." I simply cannot stand Zooey Deschanel's voice (or lack there of. )That song is like nails on a chalk board to me.That's one that for me all depends on who's singing it. I love it by Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTNheCEUP_A). Almost anyone else, not so much.

[BetteDavisEyes]

There is this stupid song I heard a few weeks ago on the Christmas music station on Sirius. It's called Donde Esta Santa Claus by Augie Rios. It's in English and Spanish. The song is absolutely HORRIBLE and stupid. Ugh!

Unfortunately, I listen to it often because my little girl likes to be rocked to sleep listening to Christmas music and the damn song randomly pops up. Lol!

[carnation]

Since I have already heard the least favorite carol that I referred to in the first post (12 years ago), I am grinchily bumping this thread.:D

[Psi U MC Vito]

I have always hated the song Santa Baby, but I hate it even more now that I heard it with a male vocalist.

[carnation]

lolol

[groovypq]

I forget (blocked out?) which one it was, but I heard Katy Perry doing one of the traditional Christmas songs and it was just. painful.

[justgo_withit]

Have been forced to listen to contemporary Christmas music at work since November 1st. I already didn't like contemporary Christmas music, and can already tell this will lead to many "TURN THAT SONG OFF NOW"s in the future.

Also, Michael Buble's "Cold December Night": it's all cute and lonely until he gets to
"I want something that lasts forever
Cause I don't wanna be alone tonight
I'll wear you like a Christmas sweater"-

What?? I'm assuming he means something like he'll show her off at various holiday gatherings, but it just seems like a really porn-y/serial killer-y line.

[MysticCat]

I have always hated the song Santa Baby, but I hate it even more now that I heard it with a male vocalist.LOL!

I like the original by Eartha Kitt. I mean, sheesh . . . It's Eartha Kitt. But otherwise, yeah, I can do without it.

[33girl]

Santa Baby by Madge is still the most hated and detested, but that obnoxious f-ing song by the Pretenders where Chrissie Hynde just whines and whines is moving up fast.
They played it CONSTANTLY at Bath & Body Works when I worked there for a minute. Oh, it's called "2000 Miles" which is how far away I want to be when this crap comes over the sound system.

Side note, I didn't know "Mary Did You Know" so I looked it up on youtube and yes the comment is true, at 1:26 Jesus is wearing shades. I LOLed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN70R-3ao0U

[amIblue?]

Any and all novelty songs. Dogs barking, Grandma getting run over by a reindeer.

[AlphaFrog]

The version(s) of Sleigh Ride with lyrics. They are unnecessary to the piece...you get the picture without them. However, if there isn't a trumpet horse whinny at the end, you've just wasted three minutes of my life.


Charlotte Symphony is doing Sleigh Ride at our concert this weekend... Terribly excited about that. The rest, not so much. O Holy Night with a girl who sounds like a lounge singer & a drumset backing her up. Bah! Also unintentionally hilarious: Mary's Boy Child. First of all, that should NEVER be a choral arrangement. Second, it should only be sung by someone with excellent jazz/gospel skills. On top of that, Maestro has decided he wants us to CLAP the last page. It must have escaped his attention that we are a choir of 147 whites, 1 Latina, and 2 blacks. We ain't got THAT kind of rhythm.

[cheerfulgreek]

Every time I hear it, I want to scream! They played it when I was at Starbucks last night. So annoying!
http://youtu.be/sbbQwecCzo8

[shirley1929]

I heard Celine Dion singing Feliz Navidad the other day and my ears started bleeding...it was HORRIBLE. Give me back Jose Feliciano - he's the ONLY person who should ever sing that song.

[thetalady]

On top of that, Maestro has decided he wants us to CLAP the last page. It must have escaped his attention that we are a choir of 147 whites, 1 Latina, and 2 blacks. We ain't got THAT kind of rhythm.

:D :D :D :D

Made me choke on my coffee laughing!

[HQWest]

^^^ this :D

Why is Joni Mitchell's "River" now a Christmas song? Because it mentions ice skating?

[Psi U MC Vito]

I heard Celine Dion singing Feliz Navidad the other day and my ears started bleeding...it was HORRIBLE. Give me back Jose Feliciano - he's the ONLY person who should ever sing that song.
Well he is kind of getting up there. And while I do love Feliz navidad, I tend to get sick of it very quickly during the Christmas season because they play it so damn much during the holiday.

[MysticCat]

And while I do love Feliz navidad, I tend to get sick of it very quickly during the Christmas season because they play it so damn much during the holiday.And it's the same few lines over and over and over and over and over and over . . . .

[indygphib]

The Christmas Shoes - BLECCH. There's nothing that screams holiday joy more than a song about a dirt-poor family and their mom's impending death.

[AlphaFrog]

And it's the same few lines over and over and over and over and over and over . . . .

There are less than 20 words in this entire song. Shakespeare he is not.

[indygphib]

I heard Celine Dion singing Feliz Navidad the other day and my ears started bleeding...it was HORRIBLE. Give me back Jose Feliciano - he's the ONLY person who should ever sing that song.

This is the BEST version of that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3HgeMAxkI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3HgeMAxkI)

[Psi U MC Vito]

There are less than 20 words in this entire song. Shakespeare he is not.
Very true. However part of the reason I love the song is it's simplicity, but since it's the only Spanish Christmas song most people know, the radio stations won't stop playing it.

[groovypq]

The Christmas Shoes - BLECCH. There's nothing that screams holiday joy more than a song about a dirt-poor family and their mom's impending death.

EXACTLY how I feel!

[Cheerio]

^^^ this :D

Why is Joni Mitchell's "River" now a Christmas song? Because it mentions ice skating?Think about it...radio stations have long forgotten to play seasonal music post-Christmas Day. This includes songs that mention cold weather, ice skating, snow, sleigh rides, and a wonderful white world of winter WITHOUT the word Christmas in the lyrics.

[shirley1929]

Well he is kind of getting up there. And while I do love Feliz navidad, I tend to get sick of it very quickly during the Christmas season because they play it so damn much during the holiday.

It's not like she was singing it live...just because he's getting older doesn't mean we need to bring in a French Canadian woman (with a wretched voice, IMO) to jazzy it up and wreck a perfectly good espanol song!

And it's the same few lines over and over and over and over and over and over . . . .

Your point? Just because a song has few words (or even not ANY words) doesn't mean it's a great song.

There are less than 20 words in this entire song. Shakespeare he is not.

See my point above?

This is the BEST version of that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3HgeMAxkI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3HgeMAxkI)

Loved those on SNL, but if you're serious, I'm sad.

Very true. However part of the reason I love the song is it's simplicity, but since it's the only Spanish Christmas song most people know, the radio stations won't stop playing it.

Yes! This! And the fact that it's catchy, upbeat, and my kids like it and don't make me play something that makes me want to stab my eardrum with a fork.

Can you guys tell I'm serious about my Jose Feliciano??? :p :D

[MysticCat]

Your point? Just because a song has few words (or even not ANY words) doesn't mean it's a great song.My point is I find it to be a tedious, monotonous and repetative song.

ETA: The occasional composition entitled "Song Without Words" notwithstanding, a song by definition has words, so yeah -- a song without any words isn't really much of a song. :p

[IrishLake]

I loath The Little Drummer Boy. I think I've said that before on this thread though. And though Mariah Carey's song is good, it's way too overplayed. Enough already.

[groovypq]

I loath The Little Drummer Boy. I think I've said that before on this thread though. And though Mariah Carey's song is good, it's way too overplayed. Enough already.

There's only one good version of The Little Drummer Boy, and that's Bing Crosby and David Bowie's. There don't need to be any others. :-)

And have you heard the Mariah/Bieber version of her song? Bleh.

[carnation]

A few years ago, I showed my kids (who had seen the real David Bowie/Bing Crosby version years ago on TV) the SNL version. They actually fell for it and thought it was the real people until the ending!

[WCsweet<3]

I loath The Little Drummer Boy.

There's only one good version of The Little Drummer Boy, and that's Bing Crosby and David Bowie's. There don't need to be any others.

Heard that song this morning on my drive to school. Immediately thought I needed to post it here. I don't know if I have heard the "good" version though. I have heard enough "per ump a pum pums" this season and it isn't even December.

[amIblue?]

Again, with the novelty songs: I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

[chitownxo]

The Christmas Shoes - BLECCH. There's nothing that screams holiday joy more than a song about a dirt-poor family and their mom's impending death.

Thank You! Whenever I hear that song, I want to stab myself in the ears repeatedy.

[ADPi95]

Thank You! Whenever I hear that song, I want to stab myself in the ears repeatedy.

I just heard the Christmas Shoes this week (was going to post it), the worst song ever! Why couldn't the kid panhandle to pay some of the hospital bills?

[HQWest]

Wonderful Christmas time -

(Simply having a wonderful Christmas time - on endless repeat.)

ARRGGH - where does it end?

[trisigma212]

The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah (music major here...hence my hatred). First, its completely inappropriate since its supposed to be performed at Easter. For the 10 years of my life that chorus made me its bitch, we did the HC at every single holiday concert. At this point I have the alto, tenor, and soprano parts memorized. There's a radio station here that plays the entire oratorio on christmas day.

Also, the 12 days of christmas is a horrible song. It's like the song that never ends. Did you know that by the time you finish the song, there's 364 gifts given? Overkill...

[MysticCat]

The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah (music major here...hence my hatred). First, its completely inappropriate since its supposed to be performed at Easter. Preach. Give me "And the Glory of the Lord" or "For Unto Us a Child is Born" any day.

And thank you for calling it Messiah instead of The Messiah.

[AnchorAlumna]

Go Tell It on the Mountain.
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