War on Christmas: What's your least favorite Christmas carol?

[jmowreader]

Why is the Christmas season so renowned for its ability to drive people to suicide? Perhaps because we play song after song that make Red Sovine look bright and cheery, and call them "cherished holiday memories."

And of this month-long depression-fest, I would say my least favorite song of them all is "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas." Sends me straight for the 55-gallon oil drum full of prozac every time I hear it.

[Vashta Nerada]

1. All of them.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. You took the words out of my mouth.

The sad thing is that my husband LOVES them, so I can't quite escape them. Aaauuuuugggghhhhh...

[HarveyDarkey]

16. ^^THIS^^

[Tom Ripley]

35. +1000

[Earth_First]

2. 'I Want a Hippopatamus for Christmas'

/thread.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. "Little Drummer Boy" is the first one that comes to mind.

[2theleft]

10. YES...it is a definite ear worm...

Hear it, even just part of it, and I'm ra-pa-pum-ing all gd day.

[likesmountains 52]

25. I really cringe when I hear that..ugh....hate that song.

[valerief]

26. I hate that one, too. nt

[NightWatcher]

4. Sir Paul's Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime

I worked retail one year at this happy time and it felt like that tune was on constant replay

[fizzgig]

6. yup

that song makes me want to hit something

[LiberalElite]

12. That's one of the few I like - go figure eom

[we can do it]

13. Same here, what a way to drive away customers.

[rurallib]

17. that one, the Drummer Boy the one "Last year I gave you my heart"

ARRRRRGHHHHHHH

[laundry_queen]

30. God yes. THAT one is the worst.

And what is it with retail playing THAT one over and over and over...like there aren't a million other songs....

[In_The_Wind]

5. christmas don't be late

[Rowdyboy]

8. "Grandma got runned over by a reindeer"

Hands down, no competition.

[Locut0s]

27. I just heard this in the mall for the first time today, yuck!...

I don't blame you for hating it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. "The Little Drummer Boy" is high on my list,

along with "Do You Hear What I Hear" in all of its heinously treacly arrangements. Also, anything by John Rutter, the Thomas Kinkade of choral music, including but not limited to the "Star Carol." And all the wretched arrangements of the traditional carols, especially if performed by pop singers afflicted with vocal fry and delusions of talent. And orchestral arrangements with too many violins and trumpets and harmonies that sound like the arranger was trying desperately to come up with something different but ran out of ideas.

And I've always hated "Silent Night" in all of its permutations, especially when sung in church holding a candle that's dripping hot wax on your hand and everybody sings slower and slower and flatter and flatter. And then there all the "cute" songs like "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," which are beyond awful.

[GoCubsGo]

38. That's tops on my list.

Whenever I hear "The Little Drummer Boy", I want to gouge out my eardrums. And, I have a similar reaction to yours when it comes to "Silent Night", as well. I don't mind "Do You Hear What I Hear", as long as Bing Crosby is singing it.

I don't really mind all of the novelty songs, even "Grandma..." In fact, I'd rather hear that than most of the traditional songs any day.

[LiberalElite]

11. White Christmas nt

[Xyzse]

14. I'll Be Home for Christmas.

That one is high on my list.

[HipChick]

15. Any and all of them

[OriginalGeek]

18. I'm an atheist who loves christmas music

But I could live without Drummer boy and Silent Night.


Pachelbel, Charlotte Church's Oh Holy Night, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, goofy Bing Crosby and Burl Ives songs - love all that. But LDB and Silent Night just put me to sleep - or make me jump for the skip button.

[pipi_k]

21. How about

Pavarotti doing "Sanctus"?

I like that one...

(Fellow atheist)

[OriginalGeek]

22. I don't think I have heard that one

but my grandma used to love Pavorotti so I might have...I'll look i9t up though as I always need new songs for my christmas playlist!

Thanks!


yeah, he's pretty spectacular. Great song!

[pipi_k]

37. I know, right...

The purity of his voice makes my heart hurt a little...

[Archae]

19. "Away In A Manger."

The lyrics, especially the second verse are SO stupid!

[pipi_k]

20. Pretty much

Anything that's been done by 50 other singers

And on a couple of radio stations...around here, anyway...they play all the various versions of that same song thinking nobody will notice

Or care

[jmowreader]

29. That would describe ALL Christmas songs

[pipi_k]

36. Yep...

that's about the size of it.

Except for a couple I can think of...

[BlueJazz]

23. Rockin' around the Christmas tree.

[femmocrat]

24. All the ones I have heard a zillion times.

I don't mind some of the really old ones like "What Child is This?" or "The Holly and the Ivy".

[ailsagirl]

28. I love the classic Christmas carols

and loathe the commercialized ones (Here Comes Santa Claus, White Christmas, etc)

The others are really beautiful IMO, for instance:

Silent Night (pure, simple, but powerful)
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Holy Night (gorgeous-- literally gives me goosebumps)
What Child is This?

And lots more

I was in a stationer's today and over the speaker I heard the dulcet tones of, I think, The Chipmunks singing Here Comes Santa Claus... I couldn't get out of that store fast enough. I sure as hell don't want THAT going through my mind all day!!

[llmart]

39. O Holy Night.....

does the same thing for me - gives me goosebumps (depending on who's singing it I mean).

The worst? "All I want for Christmas is my two Front Teeth" LOL

[ailsagirl]

42. I'd forgotten that one

With good reason!
Remember 'I saw mama kissing santa claus'?
ugh

[Art_from_Ark]

31. Jingle Bell Rock

The Christmas Song

Virtually any Christmas song that came out after 1969 (except for John Lennon's last song)

Any Christmas song sung by a pop singer, especially Mariah Carey

Any Christmas song sung by a country singer

Any Christmas song sung by a rap singer

Any Christmas song sung by a tabernacle choir

[Boomerproud]

40. If I hear "All I Want For Christmaaaas Is Youuu" one more time!

I was neutral about Mariah Carey till the oldies station converted to all-Christmas (on November 5th no less!) and play that damn song every two hours (or at least every time I'm in car). I also can't stand the Burl Ives song and Little Drummer Boy.

[dipsydoodle]

32. While shepherds wash their socks at night.....

.

[dipsydoodle]

33. For songs in general this is really cool.

as is

and for the season in general

[Tom Ripley]

34. When I was a little kid, I thought that "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" was sung by the...

heavy-drinking mistress of a married airline pilot. She was drunk and bitterly morose because he was spending the holiday with his family.
Honestly. I had a very lurid imagination.

[Kingofalldems]

41. Anything ever sung on the Kathy Lee Gifford Christmas specials.

[annonymous]

43. The Christmas Shoes

I hate this POS song so much I leave any store where it is playing. I also hate the Jackson 5 version of I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Michael Jackson's falsetto in that song really grates on my nerves.