Which Christmas song makes you want to punch Santa in the throat?

[Bicoastal]

For me, definitely Silent Night.

Because it draaaaaaags like no other song I've ever heard. Each syllable lasts about 10 minutes long (Just think, in your mind's ear: "Siiiiiiiiiiiiii..." ) and by the time you get through the first verse, people are throwing their trees away and getting ready for New Year's. And then, of course, if they go into multiple verses...ugh.

What about you?

[deucemagnet]

1. All of them.

Christmas music makes me want to kick an elf.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Scrooge!

:P

[deucemagnet]

4. Yes, indeed!

I'm in a foul mood from the time the tacky plastic candy canes appear on utility poles until the last bowl game is played. x(

[AllegroRondo]

62. Im with you. After 20+ years playing them, I cant take them anymore.

From 7th grade until I was 31, I played in bands. School bands, then the Army band. and every year, you have to play a Christmas concert. and every year, you start rehearsing that concert in September. So for 1/4 of the year, every year, you get to play Christmas music. And its always the same damn stuff, I dont think there has been much original Chrismas music for band in the last 30 years.

I especially hate the Leroy Anderson version of "Sleigh Ride". That song haunts my nightmares.

[Arugula Latte]

64. Me too. I wanna kick an elf in his garbanzo beans.

:evilgrin:

[BlueJazz]

3. Don't care very much for "Rocking around the Xmas Tree"

[supernova]

17. LOL CHeck my post. :-)

[FloridaJudy]

5. Little Drummer Boy

Rum-ta-ta-ta-tum my ass! If I have to hear that song one more time I'm going to lob a can of peaches through the loudspeaker!

[hlthe2b]

9. My dear late mother HATED that song...

So, of course my sister and I went out of our way to play in (both the Bing Crosby version and our own special rendition on the piano).

That's how I know she is now in heaven. (she earned it!)

[Haole Girl]

31. I hate that song

And, I thought I was the only one! lol

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Punch Santa? Never!

Punch recording industry moguls? Too many songs to list...

[Kutjara]

7. Santa Baby

The babydoll voice, the self-obsession, the greed. About the time she starts begging for "a sable under the tree/for meeee" I'm ready to reach for a shotgun.

[Heidi]

11. Hahahahahaha!

That's the first song Call Me Wesley put on the video iPod I gave him for Christmas last year. He has a kind of Kylie Minogue obsession. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0piYwdPD29g

I must prefer the RuPaul version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G9f-J-QttQ&feature=related

[supernova]

18. RuPaul has the right approach

for that damn song!!

:D She did make me laugh. :rofl:

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. Madonna's version is the WORST. nt

[carly denise pt deux]

33. I HATE that song!

who wants to hear about an airheaded gold digger?
Carly

[hlthe2b]

8. I saw Mamma kissing Santa Clause...

(Guess I have issues) :rofl:

[Lady Effingbroke]

10. The 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 'round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

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

Chorus:
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, 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 would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

He counted pennies for what seemed like years
Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here"
He searched his pockets frantically
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir, what am I going to do,
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes

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

Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, 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 would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

Bridge:
I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about

:puke:

[Mad_Dem_X]

26. YES!!!!

THE worst Christmas song in history, bar-fucking-none! Piece of sacchrine shit; I only need to hear one note of it and I'm ready to kill someone.

[WolverineDG]

34. !!!!!!!!!!

I HATE that song! I think whoever wrote that should be taken out & shot.

dg

[Danger Mouse]

49. I think if I ever heard that song my brain would destroy itself in self-defense.

:puke:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

68. Vomit-trocious.

:puke:

[Skittles]

12. especially Stevie Nick's Silent Night

f***ing terrible

[stuntcat]

63. as a Stevie fan for life..

I have to agree with you on that.

[Kucinich4America]

13. Here's a cure for the anti-Santa violence

The Greedies (a.k.a. Thin Lizzy meets the Sex Pistols) - "A Merry Jingle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWm8hxmeWSM

[GalleryGod]

14. Nice post.

:puke:

[bac511]

15. Mariah Carey, All I Want For Christmas Is You

:banghead:

[supernova]

16. Santa Baby, Little Drummer Boy, The Christmas Shoes.

Conversely, Brenda Lee hollerin' Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree never gets old to me.


edit: Most traditional carols I like because they are designed to be sung round robin style and most people don't overplay them so they seem "new" every year. and I wish we heard more carols in the US besides the British and German ones. The French have some beautiful carols and I bet the Spanish do too.

[DS1]

19. Depends

is he ringing a bell?

[rurallib]

20. the forever long "12 days of Xmas" and all its variations to start

Silent night .... I could go on. Maybe easier to list the ones I don't hate.
Bowie & Crosby doing "Little Drummer Boy/ Peace on Earth"
"Carol of the bells", "O Come Emanuel", If I think of some more I'll write.

[derby378]

21. You wouldn't live in Fort Worth, would you?

Somehow you sound very familiar...

[LostInAnomie]

22. "Wonderful Christmas Time" by Paul McCartney

I can't stand that washed up old douche in the first place, but throw his lame ass on top of a ridiculously repetitive pop-mas song and it gets shittier than a German porn star's mouth.

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.

[fizzgig]

37. i need to go stick rusty nails in my ears now

x(

[Danger Mouse]

50. This one is almost a winner.

:P

[Hotler]

23. That fucking song with the Chipmunks. eom.

[barb162]

43. Oh that's a terrible one. n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

24. All the cozy "log on the fire" songs

sung by every pop artist in the history of recording.

[tigereye]

25. but it's an old hymn, that's why it's slow....

I love all the old Christmas hymns.



It's those schlocky radio tunes that make me ill - Grandma Got Run Over by Reindeer, etc.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

27. "The Christmas Shoes"

We heard it while driving back from Kansas to Texas yesterday, and I was ready to hurl.

[Lavender Brown]

29. "Last Christmas" by Wham

I swear I barely heard this song until the last few years (even though its really old) and now it is ubiquitous. And "Dominick the Donkey." :banghead:

[Blue_In_AK]

30. I am so tired of Christmas songs...

Too many Christmases. My husband loves them, but he is courteous enough to switch the car radio from the "all Christmas songs, all the time" channel to the one I prefer before I drive anywhere. They almost make me gag.

[deucemagnet]

36. I've always thought Christmas should be like the Olympics.

Once every four years is enough, and nobody should feel bad if they don't want to participate.

[Blue_In_AK]

38. That is an excellent suggestion.

Once every four years I could probably handle. :)

[TommyO]

32. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, of course!

[AwakeAtLast]

44. I heartily second your choice!

What a :puke: song!

[Justpat]

67. That is my pick also.

Absolutely the worst thing ever.

[ChazII]

35. Jingle Bell Rock

[Tektonik]

39. Jingle Bells by Barbara Streisand

She deserves to die for that rendition of the song. :(

[Mad_Dem_X]

70. I think I know what you're talking about

is that the version where she sings the chorus really fast? "Jinglebellsjinglebellsjinglealltheway" - I fucking HATE that version!

[haf216]

40. I like the old hymns, but

the new stuff drives me crazy. I work retail so it runs thought my head for about 50 hours a week. (That's not counting the hours I have to shop, so actually it more.) So by the end of the season I so sick of the crap I could blow up the North Pole and all that live there. :crazy:

[SPKrazy]

41. right now

all of them

[barb162]

42. I'm Dreaming of a White Xmas by Bing Crosby

I HATE IT

[idgiehkt]

45. I would post it but it would be read into

the one where it sounds like a drunk lounge singer is being drowned, let's just put it that way.

[DarkTirade]

46. I find that replacing the word 'Santa' with 'Satan' makes most of them bearable.

:P

[underpants]

47. "I saw Momma punching Santa Claus"

right in the throat last niiiiight

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

48. Little Drummer Boy gets on my f*cking nerves!

That 'barumbabumbum' annoys the shit out of me?!

"Silent Night," "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."

I do like "War Is Over (If You Want It)" for many reasons, one of which is because it's a John Lennon song.

[Danger Mouse]

51. I have all of you beat. Bar none. Hands down.

The Kenny G christmas album.
CHECK. FUCKING. MATE.

[fizzgig]

52. i don't even want to know why you've heard that

i have not, so i am impervious to whatever sick earworm you were trying to give

[Danger Mouse]

53. my mom used to play it every christmas.

hopefully we will spared it this year.
admittedly, i used to kind of like it.

[fizzgig]

54. hide the cd

oh yeah, we're not friends any more :P

[Danger Mouse]

55. we're not 'friends' anymore? but we're still an item, right?

;)

[fizzgig]

56. no

;)

[Danger Mouse]

57. alright, then. you know what that means.

time to committ ritual suicide.
:cry:

[fizzgig]

58. isn't that what looking at this thread is?

[Danger Mouse]

59. figuratively.

perhaps.
:hug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

69. OMG.

WHY did you ever hear that?????

:scared:

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

60. "Rockin' Around the Christmass Tree"

Not because I hate the song. No, it's rather catchy.

It's because in my college years, I was working at a local Pizza Hut. The restaurant had a jukebox, which the manager would have it's catalog rotated each Christmas season. About half of the songs were swapped out for Christmas tunes.

I really didn't mind that much except for the fact that I heard that song over ten times in a five hour shift.
Every shift. (three or more a week)
For a month and a half.
That song got the highest play out of all the Christmas songs on the jukebox.

So yeah. That song. In any shape or form. Not because I hate Christmas. But it's just a simple case of over-saturation.

[Enoch1981]

61. That 'holly jolly christmas' song!

I started hating that song when it popped into my head sometime in July of last year. I hate that song with a passion!

[annonymous]

65. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Santa as a sex object doesn't compute.

[Deep13]

66. The Twelve Days of Punching Santa in the Throat. n/t