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KansDem

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108. Yeah, and whoever wrote the tune must not have ever played...

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #57)

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 05:46 PM

Dec 2013

...a drum around an infant.

"Smiling" does not come to mind...

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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