Two Christmas Songs I Really Hate!

I know you'll hate me for this because I would very much like to mention Santa Claus is coming to town. Although this Coots & Gillespie song is catchy and jaunty and brings out the child in us, I've not felt happy with the lyrics. They assume everybody's been naughty and not nice, and  it jars with the spirit of goodwill that Christmas is meant to promote.

I alto take issue with the jazzed-up renditions of the traditional carols, such as the modern reworkings of Silent Night or Hark! the herald-angels sing. Why can't the Christmas hymns and carols be treated with due respect, dignity and decorum? It's a good thing they haven't assaulted Once in royal David's city, that carol that starts the King's Christmas Lessons & Carols service. 

As you didn't list it among the tunes you hate, I must presume you are not familiar with "Christmas Shoes".  It may make everything else look lovely in comparison.

Mariah Carey annoys me. I only prefer the very old songs. I love Judy Garland. There's no contest to her, except maybe Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole. 

Ok, so you hate "Have yourself a 'Merry Little' Christmas", but how do you feel about "Have yourself a 'Merry Juana' Christmas"??? http://itunes.apple.com/us/alb...

Madonna's Santa Baby stank compared to Eartha Kitt's.  Hate that drummer boy song too!

Amusing though is the use of "Little Drummer Boy" with regard to Texas Governor Rick Perry.

feliz navidad...ugh.

I just remembered the Christmas song I truly NEVER want to hear again:  Bob Carlisle's "Christmas Shoes" - about the little boy trying to buy his dying mother a new pair of shoes for "when momma meets Jesus tonight."  

That Pretenders Christmas song is THE FUCKING BEST!!

A local FM station here in Houston plays Xmas music from Thanksgiving onward, nonstop. You can control it in your vehicle but you can’t do much when you hear the same station in all the grocery stores, Walgreens, CVS, even JCPenny, Macy’s, Dillards. You hear the bad stuff repeated so often that you feel like going on a killing spree, especially when I hear Mariah’s "All I Want," because, baby, you’re certainly not what I want for Xmas. But wouldn’t mind a little more of Josh Groban, who has refurbished some of the "classics" with a melodious, masculine sound that can really lift you. Unlike that Clay Aiken, who makes just about everyone cringe when he lisps "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." Think I might want to include him in that spree.

The original lyrics for "Have Yourself" were much bleaker:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last,Next year we may all be living in the pastHave yourself a merry little Christmas, pop that champagne cork,Next year we will all be living in New York.No good times like the olden days, happy golden days of yore,Faithful friends who were dear to us, will be near to us no more.But at least we all will be together, if the Fates allow,From now on we'll have to muddle through somehow.So have yourself a merry little Christmas now. 

Garland refused to sing it as written, and the lyrics were changed, mercifully.  Personal associations and Garland's singing of it keep the song high on my list of Christmas favorites.

Pa rum pum pum pum.  That video is super weird. lol.

I like Lady Bunny's version ever better. Have you seen it Michael?

a thousand gays disagree with you on the 1st one, Musto

"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"...local radio DJ's thinks it's hi-larry-us to play incessantly. I can't change the channel at the folk's place.

"Little Drummer Boy" - even when sung by Grace Jones? That was one of the great moments in television, up there with Bowie and Der Bingle....

where there's alcohol, there's fun.

I'm so glad someone finally said that about "Have Yourself..." I find it unbearable. I'm not thrilled about "Chestnuts Roasting..." either.

I agree!! Bring on the fun Xmas tunes and let's drop the sad, boring ones.