My not-so-favorite Christmas tune

[csmith]

We stress being positive as one of the three fundamental rules at PlanetChristmas. Been trying to figure out how to spin bad Christmas music in a positive way... how about: "this isn't a bad Christmas tune but I've heard better..."

There seems to be a trend where modern music artists will record Christmas tunes only because they'll get the recurring royalty revenue for many years to come without doing anymore work. I certainly have no problem with that... if only they would make their Christmas song collections a bit more seriously.

What's a Christmas tune that isn't bad but I've heard better?

We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year by Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister

Hmmmmmm

[mmstidham]

The House on Christmas Street-Judy Pancoast

[MS_Mike]

The House on Christmas Street-Judy Pancoast

I agree, MMSTIDHAM.

[Dale W]

Christmas with the Devil - by Spinal Tap (it is a funny song though)

[Gary Martin]

Step Into Christmas - Elton John. I can't really say why that one bugs me so much but it DOES!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Various artists. This is my wife's pet peeve. Anyone that sings the "happier" modified version of this song (Hang a shining star upon the highest bough, instead of We'll just have to muddle through somehow) sets her off everytime. :)

[Steve Lelinski]

"A Wonderful Christmas Time" - Paul McCartney.

Love the Beatles, love Wings... just can't stand this song.

[tfischer]

"A Wonderful Christmas Time" - Paul McCartney.

Love the Beatles, love Wings... just can't stand this song.

Oops, I use that one in the display! :)

I'll list a few: "Santa Baby" by any artist, the "gimmie gimmie" spoiled brat attitude bugs me.

"Baby it's cold outside" (any artist) -- although I like to quote the title, it bugs me.

"Happy Christmas/War Is Over" - John Lennon. I've never been a huge Lennon fan (as a solo artist) and I guess I just don't "get" this song. Actually there's another version (Celine Dion?) that's on the radio that's even worse-- takes the annoying song and adds annoying screeching female vocals...

-Tim

[erba]

The Twelve Pains of Christmas and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. These 2 songs make me want to cut my ears off with a dull knife.

[Dale W]

"A Wonderful Christmas Time" - Paul McCartney.

Love the Beatles, love Wings... just can't stand this song.

Have to agree with you on this. It is like PM discovered the synthesizer and wanted to experiment with it and the result was THAT song

[Michael B]

The Twelve Days of Christmas, by anyone. That song is so irritating.

[judyindisguise]

It's okay, I can take it! Just make sure you spell my name right! HA HA!

But may I put in a word for my not-so-favorite Christmas tune? "O Holy Night" by anybody. It just goes on and on and on and on....and is usually just a showcase for somebody who thinks they can sing and they end up way overdoing it. I've only heard one version I can stand, and that's Josh Groban.

Oh yeah...and The Christmas Shoes. Gag me with a spoon!!

[tfischer]

Have to agree with you on this. It is like PM discovered the synthesizer and wanted to experiment with it and the result was THAT song

Well, that song was recorded in 1979, and polyphonic synths were still pretty new and cool at the time! (The main riffs were recorded on a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synth...)

People have always abused new technology -- you can see that even in our displays! Technology should never be the "end" but the "means". Remember that mid-80's song by Stacy Q "Two of Hearts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffVdKswD0Ec)" when they used an early sampler to say 'I - I-I - I-I I need, I, Need, You!"? Pretty horrid! ;) But I was 16 at the time and thought it was pretty cool :eek:

-Tim

P.S. Judy, I agre 100% on "Christmas Shoes". A song based on a emailed "Glurge" piece--ugh!

[Don]

The Twelve Days of Christmas, by anyone. That song is so irritating.

Even this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)?

[erba]

. Remember that mid-80's song by Stacy Q "Two of Hearts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffVdKswD0Ec)" when they used an early sampler to say 'I - I-I - I-I I need, I, Need, You!"?

Great, this song is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.:mad:

[RichardH]

Oh yeah...and The Christmas Shoes. Gag me with a spoon!!

I can't stand this song.

I remember seeing a video somewhere, and it may be somebody here so don't be offended, but they had a Plexiglas box in their display with RED SHOES in it. I am sure that a lot of people loved it but I was like "Oh... My... Gosh...."

[Philip]

This is one song I could really do without hearing, but I don't like epic songs anyways





Oh yeah...and The Christmas Shoes. Gag me with a spoon!!


I can't stand this song.

I remember seeing a video somewhere, and it may be somebody here so don't be offended, but they had a Plexiglas box in their display with RED SHOES in it. I am sure that a lot of people loved it but I was like "Oh... My... Gosh...."

[BMcGeeny]

Oops, I use that one in the display! :)

I'll list a few: "Santa Baby" by any artist, the "gimmie gimmie" spoiled brat attitude bugs me.

-Tim
Hey watch it. I use that one and it is the most popular song.

[CARS8]

war is over/john and koo koo. i mean yoko lol

hmm i was going do "house on christmas street" on LOR. since its the PC theme song : )

[rikerz]

For all you folks that said Judy's song, you are just mean!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: I dont know Judy personally but would never go out of my way to hurt someone's feeling especially if they were a member of PC!!

Oh Judy, O Holy Night is my favorite!!!!

[mmstidham]

For all you folks that said Judy's song, you are just mean!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: I dont know Judy personally but would never go out of my way to hurt someone's feeling especially if they were a member of PC!!

Oh Judy, O Holy Night is my favorite!!!!

So I can't have an opinion? It wasn't personal.

[ChrisL1976]

So I can't have an opinion? It wasn't personal.

Everyone is welcome to their opinion....just as long as its the right one obviously... :)


I agree..christmas shoes......Barf.... Didn't someone use that song right before they asked for donations....

[mmstidham]

Everyone is welcome to their opinion....just as long as its the right one obviously... :)


I agree..christmas shoes......Barf.... Didn't someone use that song right before they asked for donations....


Well then, I stand by my previous submission.

Look, there's a good chance you don't like my kind of music (slipknot, Marilyn Manson & Spitcan), and there's a better than average chance I wouldn't like yours.

For me, from a purely musical point of view, Judy's song doesn't make me tap my toes. Does that make her a bad person? No. I think from reading what little she has posted, that Judy is a great lady and from looking at her website, I can tell she is active with children and the community. Kudos to her. That doesn't mean you can't like her song. But to call me out on my opinion as being mean is pretty hypocritical.

And unlike others (including yourself), I didn't go into a lot of commentary about the song or the artist. I simply stated my case. I didn't "barf" when I said it.

[ChrisL1976]

Never mind....lets get back on topic here.....everyone is welcome to their opinions...lets not bash each other and end up on the naughty list

[BMcGeeny]

Even this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)?

Yuo especiially that one

[mmstidham]

I was being sarcastic when I said Barf....do I throw up when I hear the song...of course not. I just care for the song...... Someone needs to come up with a SARCASM symbol to use in these chatrooms.

I didn't mean that I literally barfed or implicated you in said barfing. I was making a point that your sarcarsm could be misconstrued as negativity and cruelty to the artist of the song you dislike. What if I wrote Christmas shoes? Do you think it would be cool for someone to say "gag me with a spoon" or "barf" when referring to my song?

Just try and think before you type something out next time. I've never had any animosity towards any person, song or brand of lights on this forum in the 3 years I've been here.

[Bob Gould]

There's a LOT of "barf" songs out there , and I think that everyone thinks they know which one is the worst .
Well , that might be true , but , rather than "duke it out" , I think that this was a VERY bad subject to try out a week before Christmas . :(

Remember ... one mans junk is another mans gold .

[ChrisL1976]

Everyone, so no sarcastic remarks are taken the wrong way. We dont want to offend anyone who has possibly written a song or hurt their feeling, your replies can only be in the form of.....fill in the blank to this statement.....

_______________________ is a Christmas tune that isn't bad but I've heard better.

I'll start......Christmas Shoes is a Christmas tune that isn't bad, but I have heard better.

[mmstidham]

The House on Christmas Street is a Christmas tune that isn't bad but I've heard better.

[cozzi]

Oops, I use that one in the display! :)

I'll list a few: "Santa Baby" by any artist, the "gimmie gimmie" spoiled brat attitude bugs me.

"Baby it's cold outside" (any artist) -- although I like to quote the title, it bugs me.

"Happy Christmas/War Is Over" - John Lennon. I've never been a huge Lennon fan (as a solo artist) and I guess I just don't "get" this song. Actually there's another version (Celine Dion?) that's on the radio that's even worse-- takes the annoying song and adds annoying screeching female vocals...

-Tim
I don't think that ANYONE in Minn likes Baby it's cold outside lately

[cozzi]

I can't stand this song.

I remember seeing a video somewhere, and it may be somebody here so don't be offended, but they had a Plexiglas box in their display with RED SHOES in it. I am sure that a lot of people loved it but I was like "Oh... My... Gosh...."
I hate that song. What kind of a sick mind writes a song like that. I know it was supposed to be about a guy being shown the true meaning of Christmas, but gee whiz!!:(

[tfischer]

What kind of a sick mind writes a song like that.

Someone who gets a lot of "glurge" in their emailbox, evidently.

Too bad, because NewSong isn't a bad group otherwise...

-Tim

[GroovyGuru]

"Santa Baby" by any artist...

Agreed.


"Baby it's cold outside" (any artist)...

...with the exception of the Dean Martin version. But yes, every other version.

[GroovyGuru]

Even this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)?

Ok...not that version. That is absolutely the best version of that song every, except, possibly, the version by Relient K.

[judyindisguise]

So I can't have an opinion? It wasn't personal.

Hey Guys,
Really, it's okay! It's certainly not the worst thing that's ever happened to me! As I've always said, when you put yourself in the public eye you have to be prepared that not everybody is going to like you or what you do. And I didn't take it personally.
And the folks who said they didn't like it weren't mean or anything, they were just stating their opinion.

To each his own!

But I do defend my "gag me with a spoon" comment, because that Christmas Shoes song is just manipulative. It's INTENDED to make you cry, and I just don't want to cry at Christmas time.

[MS_Mike]

Judy, no offense intended whatsoever!

I am just a fan of traditional Christmas music. Like some of the other folks, the politically motivated music by Lennon, etc. rub me raw.

Yours is not in that category, but I just like the traditional types of music, especially the instrumental versions. I only use two vocal versions of songs in my display of 23 sequences.

[basis21b]

The dogs barking 'Jingle Bells'.

[Darlene Pino]

I just bought a CD on the recommendation of a teen that worked at the music shop.
It is terrible. The worst I have ever heard. It is called
A Santa Cause, it's a punk rock Christma. The biggest piece of no talent
that I ever heard. Probably the worst part is it is 44 tracks and two discs! Two discs of pure torture. Anyone got a teen that would like this? i'll send it on. Ha, be prepared though, it is really bad.
darlene

[SaratogaHills]

I'm Gettin Nuttin for Christmas w/Rosie O'Donnell --- eeeck!!!!

GAG

[Michael B]

Even this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)?

Don, I liked that version, it was great and funny! :D

[rikerz]

I'm Gettin Nuttin for Christmas w/Rosie O'Donnell --- eeeck!!!!

GAG

Anything with Rosie in it...:p

[fremontlights]

I normally listen to hard rock in the off season but I think as far as christmas goes...NO way. I will stick with traditional!


Shaun

[keitha]

The dogs barking 'Jingle Bells'.


Yes the cats meowing Jingle Bells was much better.

Actually I use Macarena Christmas which a lot of websites say was one of the worst Christmas songs ever and it is getting a majority of the compliments about my show.

[jadeblue]

Merry Christmas and enjoy singing the wonderful words and lyrics to the Christmas carols
& Christmas songs

[Gary Martin]

I just bought a CD on the recommendation of a teen that worked at the music shop.
It is terrible. The worst I have ever heard. It is called
A Santa Cause, it's a punk rock Christma. The biggest piece of no talent
that I ever heard. Probably the worst part is it is 44 tracks and two discs! Two discs of pure torture. Anyone got a teen that would like this? i'll send it on. Ha, be prepared though, it is really bad.
darlene

Darlene, string some tinsel through the holes of those CDs and hang em on the tree! CD's can always make decorations if they're not worth playing! ;)

[Carrie Sansing]

The Dean Martin version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer... when he refers to him as "Rudy" in the song, I always cringe, its so Hollywood phoney obnoxious.

[jen grissett]

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas...can't stand that one...I don't care too much for that two front teeth song either...

[tfischer]

The dogs barking 'Jingle Bells'.

This is another one I'd throw in the "technology for the sake of technology" category. It was done in 1955, when this was really remarkable and hard to achieve. Today any punk with Garage Band could do it in 10 minutes on their computer...

Some info from the web:


Dave Marsh and Steve Propes' book Merry Christmas Baby dates this record to 1955, but I thought it went back farther than that. Anyway, this record has become a Christmas classic. A fairly simple background track supports the sound of dogs barking the tune to the popular Christmas song. This was a lot harder to do in the 1950s than it is nowadays; it required hundreds of hours of recording barking dogs, putting the voices through a variable-speed oscillator to get the right pitches, then painstakingly editing the sounds into a song that fits in rhythm with the backing track. Today, you just sample half a dozen dogs into a computer and play it with a keyboard (see Jingle Cats (http://www.mistletunes.com/novel80.html#jingles)). The creators didn't want their vision to be tied just to the holiday, though, so the B-side was "Oh Susanna." More: Fred Clemens confirms the original issue date of 1955 and notes the complete artist attribution should read "Don Charles presents The Singing Dogs directed by Carl Weismann." He also points out that the original issue had "Jingle Bells" in a medley with "Pat-A-Cake" and "Three Blind Mice," complete with a spoken introduction by a carnival barker, but was later, in 1971, edited down to just the familiar version, which itself was then re-edited to include an extra bridge and chorus. He also notes the following year (1956) the dogs, confirming that they were indeed nothing but hounds, issued "Hot Dog Rock 'n Roll" backed with "Hot Dog Boogie." Fred also sent us the cover scan of the original EP seen here.

[rikerz]

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas...can't stand that one...I don't care too much for that two front teeth song either...


My wife LOVES that song, its funny I will give it that..

[Kathi Manley]

Dominick the Donkey ... a coworker told me about it recently and I didn't believe her :p

[RichardH]

I just bought a CD on the recommendation of a teen that worked at the music shop.

Thats your first mistake.

[taybrynn]

The entire Rosie O'Donnell Christmas CD ... all tracks ruined in the same way.

I can't say much ... most of my song list would end up on someone's list.

[SPaschall]

I don't know if anyone has heard it yet but SheDaisy just put out a "Christmas Song" called Tinseltown. It is in the category of all songs are better than this one. I am usually very open minded with music but this song should have never been recorded. I would rather wake up tommorow morning with my head sewn to the carpet than to hear that so called Christmas song again.

SPaschall

[tfischer]

I can't say much ... most of my song list would end up on someone's list.

I love your playlist! I wouldn't personally use them in a display, but they're great songs and don't mind seeing them on other displays!

-Tim

[garyfunk]

Look, there's a good chance you don't like my kind of music (slipknot, Marilyn Manson & Spitcan), and there's a better than average chance I wouldn't like yours.

Marilyn Manson? I never did like her music.

[Jeff_Womack]

Well, most people who know me know mine, but I will say it anyway. Wizards in Winter has nothing to do with Christmas and in my mind ranks up there with anything with the Chipmunks or Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer as the most annoying songs played as "Christmas".

Judy I like your song, appreciate your support of our community and look forward to hearing future (?) songs. For those that said it, it was tacky to do so. You know Judy is a member and you might as well have criticized someone's display or video as ugly. It was tacky but not surprising on this site anymore.

[RichardH]

I don't know if anyone has heard it yet but SheDaisy just put out a "Christmas Song" called Tinseltown. It is in the category of all songs are better than this one. I am usually very open minded with music but this song should have never been recorded. I would rather wake up tommorow morning with my head sewn to the carpet than to hear that so called Christmas song again.

SPaschall

I was hired to program this for a commercial display this year. I really don't hate it but I would personally never choose it.

I was going around singing "Tinsel Town. la la la la laaa la" for days after that. Now I have it in my head again. Thanks a lot! :)

[SPaschall]

I was hired to program this for a commercial display this year. I really don't hate it but I would personally never choose it.

I was going around singing "Tinsel Town. la la la la laaa la" for days after that. Now I have it in my head again. Thanks a lot! :)

Sorry about that, I have only heard the song once, I can't imagine programming it and hearing it 100 or more times. My condolences to your eardrums. :D

SPaschall

[mnkyboy]

I was going around singing "Tinsel Town. la la la la laaa la" for days after that. Now I have it in my head again. Thanks a lot! :)

That is funny, I was was digging thru some old music to have some fun between qith the display christmas and new years... I played Wang Chung last night, now my wife cant get it out of her head!! SCORE!!!

[judyindisguise]

I just had to share this with you guys: in an earlier post I said that the posts listing my song as their "not-so-favorite" Christmas tune were not the worst things that have ever happened to me.
Well, along those lines, here's something someone wrote on another website that had this same topic going:

"The song I hate the most, actually, which I don't think anyone has mentioned (and which is why I chose "Other") is "The House on Christmas Street." I think the melody was written by a deaf person and the lyrics by a six year old. YouTube it if you haven't heard it, because you really have to hear it to know how absolutely terrible it is."


I think THAT's just about the worst thing I've ever seen about myself online! You guys were downright complimentary compared to that!! By the way, when I shared the above "review" with my 14 year old daughter, she laughed so hard I thought her vocal chords were going to burst.
In the immortal words of Rodney Dangerfield...."I don't get no respect!"

[LisaJ]

Santa Baby by Madonna. The most annoying vocals I've ever heard. She actually reminds me of The Chipmunks with that recording.

I saw Baby, Its Cold Outside mentioned a few times. I have to say I love that song, especially the Ella Fitzgerald version.


Well then, I stand by my previous submission.

Look, there's a good chance you don't like my kind of music (slipknot, Marilyn Manson & Spitcan), and there's a better than average chance I wouldn't like yours.


Excellent, a fellow Slipknot and Marilyn Manson fan!

[mmstidham]

I just had to share this with you guys: in an earlier post I said that the posts listing my song as their "not-so-favorite" Christmas tune were not the worst things that have ever happened to me.
Well, along those lines, here's something someone wrote on another website that had this same topic going:

"The song I hate the most, actually, which I don't think anyone has mentioned (and which is why I chose "Other") is "The House on Christmas Street." I think the melody was written by a deaf person and the lyrics by a six year old. YouTube it if you haven't heard it, because you really have to hear it to know how absolutely terrible it is."


I think THAT's just about the worst thing I've ever seen about myself online! You guys were downright complimentary compared to that!! By the way, when I shared the above "review" with my 14 year old daughter, she laughed so hard I thought her vocal chords were going to burst.
In the immortal words of Rodney Dangerfield...."I don't get no respect!"

I'm sorry to hear that. I think we all have different musical tastes but that is down right disrespectful.

[Lightupky]

any thing on the Mr Hankey christmas cd from south park

[Daniel]

Even this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)?


Don,


Thats great! Thanks for sharing!



--Daniel L

[cjc2k]

I didnt read every post here, but i think the most horrible christmas song is the Christmas shoes song. It is the only song that i actually will run over to the stereo and switch the station when i hear the first 2 notes. Who wants to hear somone sing about a kid who's mother is going to die tonight, and wants to buy her new shoes to meet jesus????

[rdmehd]

I will have to say Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney, every time I hear that song I just want to throw my radio out the window.

[Ryan_Johnson]

Feliz Navidad is one I can do without. Never liked it, never will.

There's a lot on here that have been mentioned that I agree with, and some I don't. But to each their own, right?

I am a bit surprised that this thread was started at all, to be honest. Seems to welcome some of the negativity that it has created, IMO.

[indytycoon]

Oh yeah...and The Christmas Shoes. Gag me with a spoon!!


Right there with you... BTW, why was that kid at the shoe store without anyone? Come on.....

[indytycoon]

Even this version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8)?


SueTube has pulled it, what version was it?

[Lightzilla]

Any Christmas song that glorifies drunken behaver at Christmas time. I'll leave it at that before I.......

[tfischer]

Any Christmas song that glorifies drunken behaver at Christmas time. I'll leave it at that before I.......

I'm probably missing something obvious, but I can't think of a single one... I guess "Grandma got run over by a reindeer" mentions "drinking too much eggnog" and "Baby it's Cold outside" says "just another drink more"...

John Denver did a song called "Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas" ;)

-Tim

[indytycoon]

I'm probably missing something obvious, but I can't think of a single one... I guess "Grandma got run over by a reindeer" mentions "drinking too much eggnog" and "Baby it's Cold outside" says "just another drink more"...

John Denver did a song called "Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas" ;)

-Tim


Bob & Doug McKenzie 12 days.... redneck 12 days....

[tfischer]

Bob & Doug McKenzie 12 days.... redneck 12 days....

Ah... I don't know the 2nd one, and forgot about the first. I don't mind it, but I wouldn't use it in my display :)

-Tim

"Good day, and welcome to day 12..."

[jkofsky]

The Twelve Days of Christmas, by anyone. That song is so irritating.

But I LIKE the Muppet version..:eek:

[ChuckHutchings]

any thing on the Mr Hankey christmas cd from south park

That's my favorite Christmas CD! I crack up every year when I play it.

[RiscIt]

I LOVE most of the South Park album. but I'm definitely NOT a fan of Mr Hankey. There's a lot of talent with the folks that make South Park, and they certainly didn't need to resort to talking poo that leaves "skidmarks" where ever he goes. His voice drives me nuts too.

My wife got me the actual South Park Episode on DVD last year for Christmas. She's great. :)

[ChuckHutchings]

I LOVE most of the South Park album. but I'm definitely NOT a fan of Mr Hankey. There's a lot of talent with the folks that make South Park, and they certainly didn't need to resort to talking poo that leaves "skidmarks" where ever he goes. His voice drives me nuts too.

My wife got me the actual South Park Episode on DVD last year for Christmas. She's great. :)

You're not going to like my mega-tree topper (or my new avatar) :p :

[Daniel]

You're not going to like my mega-tree topper (or my new avatar) :p :

haha, thats great!




--Daniel L

[RiscIt]

Heh. Not something that we would use (the folks at church would have a field day and most likely call a meeting to make sure we stop handling the Youth Group when they figured out what is is) but it's funny none the less.

I like it. It's great..... on someone else's display. ;)

[slinkard]

Just found this but since my 2 cents equal about a penny....


I think you all are listening to the songs to much, and might of forgot some of the meaning! Granted Suicidal Tendency is really not producing anything any living soul should listen too, with that being said:

NO Christmas/Holiday song really gets to me. When they start to hit the radio, well, I know the season is near!

I actually look forward to them! I enjoy the beats, the rythms, the flows from today and from years past. All of them take me away~.~.~ uuuhhh ooooh give me that beat boy 'jus to free my soul. I wanna get lost in your Christmas toll(totally ab-libbed) and drift away.

Good times and I like them all! I just can't wait to hear them again!

Slink

[Scot Meyers]

WIZARDS IN WINTER is on the top of my no play list. followed by John lennons so this is christmas! other wise i am a christmas music fanatic and listen to it all year long.

[RiscIt]

Is your unfavorable opinion of WiW because you don't like the song? Or simply because *everyone* uses it in their display?

[Bryan Leggo]

I am a bit surprised that this thread was started at all, to be honest. Seems to welcome some of the negativity that it has created, IMO.[/quote]

Agreed. This was a very bad idea which was ironically preceded with the statement that PC wants to always be a positive-toned site. It not only welcomes the negativity - it encourages it.

And trust me, I do not have a general Suzy Sunshine outlook or think that negativity is bad per se. In general, Norman Vincent Peale and the Checkensoup for the Soul guy can bite me.

On a side note, I've met and even videotaped Judy Pancoast's concerts in NH and although I personally like some of her other songs better I also agree that these remarks are like saying someone's light display sucks.

[Bryan Leggo]

WIZARDS IN WINTER is on the top of my no play list. followed by John lennons so this is christmas! other wise i am a christmas music fanatic and listen to it all year long.

Even though I find the debate about what are "real" Christmas Songs and which aren't as kind of questionable (e.g. Shedaisy's Tinseltown), I thought I'd mention that Welcome Xmas/War Is Over wasn't exactly intended as a Christmas Song. It is an ANTI-WAR song. It even uses XMAS in the title instead of "Christmas", the implication being that Christians ought to think a little more carefully about nationalistic violence especially at Christmas time when they are supposed to embody the principles of the Prince of Peace. John Lennon was asking: Who Would Jesus Bomb and implying the answer is nobody.

Richard Nixon, a Quaker, was conducting a Christmas Bombing campaign.

[thefilmmaker91]

I've always wanted to try an A Capella song but the programming would be a PAIN! :P Cause well, it's A Capella :).

Actually, slow Christmas songs bug me. I like them for listening but when people come to see your show and you've got a reallllllyyyyy sllloooowwww song with a bunch of 25 second fades you're going to put your audience to sleep. There are some "down-beat" (opposite of upbeat) songs that are still higher tempo but get you in the right mood but things like "White Christmas" just make me sleepy.

[Brian Mitchell]

Mine is
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Chrissy Hines from the Pretenders.

She hits many notes in this song where she is just flat enough that it really tweeks my ears. Yet I hear it playing on MUZAK in a lot of stores every year. ACKKK

[Thomas]

My least favorite is when Madonna is singing "Santa Baby." She's has to be one of the worst, if not, THE worst, roll model for girls and young women.

[Thomas]

My least favorite is when Madonna is singing "Santa Baby."

[Duaneinva]

From me, a newbie who has inundated himself by listening to every Christmas song I can get my hands on, the ones I will nto even listen to, much less consider sequencing:

Any Santa Baby.. rendidtion.
Any John lennon songs - I like the music, but as Christmas songs, they don't do it for me.
O holy night -- songs that slow, even though they are traditional, I think even I would get tired of the proverbial 25 second fades that long over and over again.
Grandma got run over... It was funny the first few times I listened to it as a kid, but to do it as a sequence, err.. no.

[Jeff Hulton]

Trust me to revive an old thread! I absolutely cannot stand "The Little Drummer Boy". I'm surprised, a little, that no one here mentioned it. I've seen lists in the Chicago papers a few times over the years where this was at the top of the list of least favorite songs. My biggest problem with it is the redundacy. I can't remember the number, but several years ago in the Chicago Sun Times, one reporter counted the pa-rum-pa-pum-pums in the song. It was a lot! It drives me bonkers when I have to listen to it in it's entirety, it seems to drag on for days!

Jeff