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HughBeaumont

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90. Happy X-Mas (War is Over)

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:33 PM

Dec 2013

Hate, Hate, HATE that annoying and depressing downer of a song no matter who sings it. I just get visions of funerals, crying and dying/dead people whenever I hear it. "Hey, It's CHRISTMAS!! Let's all cry and mourn and overdose on barbituates, YEAH!!!"

Runners up:

Pretty much any Christmas song recorded after 1989 - no overproduced, over-embellished Mariah, Whitney, Celiene, Vanessa or any vocalist named Michael or Josh (unless it's Homme) in my life, thanks.

Little Drummer Boy. DUMBEST song ever. "Uh, kid? Ixnay on the snare, dumbass, baby's sleeping . . ."

Gayle Peavey's "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas". Yet another reason to loathe the 1950s.

ANYthing by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. TSO is like hummus - you're either like the diahrrea-like substance or you don't, there is no in-between. "Dial it down" is just not in TSO's repetoire.

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Bruce Springsteen. Great labor-friendly musician, but someone give this guy some Ex-Lax on this one already.

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings" - Barenaked Ladies/Sarah McClahlan (?). Came utterly close to getting my "worst" vote. Anything that comes out of the most Schwebels band in history has me running for the off button to begin with, but this one is just cringe-inducing horrible.

"Please Come Home For Christmas" - The Eagles. The only way this could be ruined more is if Glen Frey and not Don Henley sang it.

"Grandpa Got Runned Over by a John Deere" - Cletus T Judd. Just . .. shut it, slapass.

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What Christmas Carol do you hate the most? [View all] gopiscrap Dec 2013 OP

Too obvious dude Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #1

Jingle Bell Rock is my least favorite - seems so insipid el_bryanto Dec 2013 #2

While not strictly a carol, I really hate "Baby, it's cold outside." Chan790 Dec 2013 #3

It is skeevy - but i really like the version on Merry Mixmas el_bryanto Dec 2013 #13

Best version here: Ray Charles and Betty Carter dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #72

Oh come on! You don't prefer the version with Ilsa Dec 2013 #77

I thought it romantic hootinholler Dec 2013 #20

it screams date rape tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #22

baloney n/t hootinholler Dec 2013 #23

really? Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #59

Have you actually read the lyrics? jmowreader Dec 2013 #58

Not sure it had that connotation when it was written in 1944 dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #68

Even in the context written... Chan790 Dec 2013 #71

Ditto. My favorite version was from the only season I watched Idol... adirondacker Dec 2013 #122

I like the version by Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone House of Roberts Dec 2013 #47

I like this one better... tosh Dec 2013 #105

i like them all. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #4

silver bells swilton Dec 2013 #5

"Mistletoe and Holly" (aka the awful "oh by gosh by golly") NRaleighLiberal Dec 2013 #6

Ordinarily I'd vote for "Little Drummer Boy" immoderate Dec 2013 #7

Gawd, I hate that one. longship Dec 2013 #41

my daughter sang that in first grade Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #60

Peter Griffin did it best.....maybe he can convince you...? MADem Dec 2013 #78

I despise the "Little Drummer Boy" okwmember Dec 2013 #132

I love Bruce, but hate his version of Santa Clause is Coming to Town Va Lefty Dec 2013 #8

Christmas Shoes... SidDithers Dec 2013 #9

hard one to listen to, it's sooooooo sad Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #19

That came out the Christmas after my mother died, it makes me cry. nt Raine Dec 2013 #67

Agreed. Maudlin, cloying, annoying, and stupid at the same time. n/t FSogol Dec 2013 #84

UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH, I hate this song so much Scootaloo Dec 2013 #101

Thank you. phylny Dec 2013 #103

The worst by far. newcriminal Dec 2013 #134

Two, actually Warpy Dec 2013 #10

...Little Drummer Boy... Adsos Letter Dec 2013 #14

That song should not be named nor played. 2theleft Dec 2013 #38

This is the one version of 'Little Drummer Boy' that I like. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #49

They always cut off the end where der Bingle yanks out his belt and give Bowie a good whuppin' Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2013 #79

That was lovely. undeterred Dec 2013 #88

And this version: Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #98

An even better version FrodosPet Dec 2013 #126

I like this one too. LuvLoogie Dec 2013 #137

Well there is the godawful Holly Jolly Christmas tularetom Dec 2013 #11

i hate them all. DesertFlower Dec 2013 #12

+a zillion truebluegreen Dec 2013 #80

agree babydollhead Dec 2013 #112

i turn the radio station for most on ur list Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #15

I play pandoras Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #62

me too! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #100

"Oh Holy Night" nevergiveup Dec 2013 #16

That's a shame FrodosPet Dec 2013 #127

That freaking Christmas Shoe song diabeticman Dec 2013 #17

I hate that one too. nt TBF Dec 2013 #124

What I HATE, is thinking about, and SHARING, what I HATE. You like sharing what you HATE? WHY? cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #18

+10000000 Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #64

It's obvious. Everybody not only has to hate someone FrodosPet Dec 2013 #128

Other: ALL OF THEM Matariki Dec 2013 #21

Hey gopiscrap, I notice a typo in your vote options. Skip Intro Dec 2013 #24

Typo thank's I'll fix it! gopiscrap Dec 2013 #42

ermergerd! RandiFan1290 Dec 2013 #63

Jingle Bell Rock Change has come Dec 2013 #25

"Joy to the World" winter is coming Dec 2013 #26

Sacrilege. You cannot hate any Christmas song! NoOneMan Dec 2013 #27

Madonna's "Santa Baby" Aerows Dec 2013 #28

GMTA Warpy Dec 2013 #45

There is so much wrong with that song Aerows Dec 2013 #73

I love the original Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #61

Agree entirely dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #69

she has the prettest voice Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #114

I'm not feeling it Aerows Dec 2013 #74

it was written by a woman, too Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #75

I don't care who wrote it Aerows Dec 2013 #76

Tossup between LiberalElite Dec 2013 #29

12 days of christmas XemaSab Dec 2013 #30

I voted "Other" with "12 Days" tied with "Little Drummer Boy." KansDem Dec 2013 #107

Deck the Halls is the only Christmas Carol on the list. LuvLoogie Dec 2013 #31

And Jingle Bells isn't even a Christmas song. Jenoch Dec 2013 #117

You're absolutely right. kskiska Dec 2013 #136

Good King Wenceslas JimDandy Dec 2013 #32

are you old enough to remember Pogo's version of this? CTyankee Dec 2013 #65

I don't know. JimDandy Dec 2013 #99

Walla Walla wash in Kalamazoo! Shrike47 Dec 2013 #102

gawd, me too! CTyankee Dec 2013 #106

Happy Holidays! LuvLoogie Dec 2013 #33

Which one of those was in the choir you used to sing in? freshwest Dec 2013 #34

None of them gopiscrap Dec 2013 #43

So you sang in Latin? freshwest Dec 2013 #95

I do if I get paid gopiscrap Dec 2013 #115

TY, saw in another thread that you sing in many different languages. n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #116

I like Christmas carols. murielm99 Dec 2013 #35

never heard christmas shoes before now. definitely not. my favorites? ellenfl Dec 2013 #36

Little Drummer Boy. stopbush Dec 2013 #37

Little Drummer Boy n/t doc03 Dec 2013 #39

Other...There are several on the list 2naSalit Dec 2013 #40

I don't have any I hate, Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #44

The one with the stupid lyrics. Quantess Dec 2013 #46

Winter Wonderland treestar Dec 2013 #92

Of those listed, 'I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas' LeftishBrit Dec 2013 #48

These are Christmas carols? AngryOldDem Dec 2013 #50

Little Drummer Boy......aggggghhh! The Xmas equivalent of "Bolero" in Boredom. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #51

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is depressing as hell. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #52

I absolutely despise Little Drummer Boy - weak, lame, and cloyingly saccharine pseudowhimsical NBachers Dec 2013 #53

Feliz friggin' Navidad Princess Turandot Dec 2013 #54

. boston bean Dec 2013 #56

One year I was in labor on Dec. 24th... There was this LOOP annabanana Dec 2013 #55

Little Drummer Boy. Too many a rump pa pums. Shrike47 Dec 2013 #57

Yeah, and whoever wrote the tune must not have ever played... KansDem Dec 2013 #108

UGH, no question about it ... Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer! nt Raine Dec 2013 #66

None. LWolf Dec 2013 #70

Jingle Bells by the barking dogs K.O. Stradivarius Dec 2013 #81

Do You Hear What I Hear TlalocW Dec 2013 #82

LOL! distantearlywarning Dec 2013 #85

I disagree! FrodosPet Dec 2013 #129

"Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time" distantearlywarning Dec 2013 #83

+1 treestar Dec 2013 #93

yes, it is bad. I hate that song. laundry_queen Dec 2013 #110

Felix Navidad superpatriotman Dec 2013 #86

Little drummer boy, especially Bing Crosby's version. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #87

I was stuck in line at a deli on CHristmas Eve where they had a dancing Santa NoGOPZone Dec 2013 #89

Happy X-Mas (War is Over) HughBeaumont Dec 2013 #90

I dislike most of the secular ones treestar Dec 2013 #91

Santa Baby Squinch Dec 2013 #94

All these responses.. 3catwoman3 Dec 2013 #96

So many excellent choices. MH1 Dec 2013 #97

"Carol of the Bells" Paladin Dec 2013 #104

Grandma got run over by a reindeer? raging moderate Dec 2013 #109

EVERY Christmas song by the Beatles. Also, 12 days and Little Drummer Boy. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #111

Dominick the Donkey or I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. nt Earth_First Dec 2013 #113

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Liberal_Dog Dec 2013 #118

I detest It's a Holly Jolly Christmas. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #119

Alvin and the Chipmunks "The Christmas Song" GreatCaesarsGhost Dec 2013 #120

A SONG is not necessarily a CAROL. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #121

Funny, the one about Grandma and the Reindeer is far and away my favorite. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #123

This piece of trash album! PM Martin Dec 2013 #125

Christmas Shoes. Terra Alta Dec 2013 #130

Stores playing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" starting in October Faryn Balyncd Dec 2013 #131

"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" Walk away Dec 2013 #133

None of these (to me) are 'carols'... Rhythm Dec 2013 #135

They all suck. Just to be clear. kwassa Dec 2013 #138