LEAST favorite Christmas song?

[Archae]

As in a Christmas tune you hate?

For me, it's "Away In A Manger."

I know it's a kids' song.
But are our kids really that stupid?

[mainstreetonce]

1. I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I love Away in a Manger

[Paladin]

82. I heard it through the speakers at a grocery store this weekend.

First time I'd heard Michael Jackson squeal it in years. It still sucks.

[snpsmom]

2. Little Drummer Boy

"pah rum pah pum pum?" Spare me.

[Big Blue Marble]

5. Me too.

We are not alone. There is a Facebook page to see how long you can
avoid it. I have already been tagged by December third.

[snpsmom]

9. Hilarious

I have been playing xmas music for my students, but I get to fast forward past the ones I don't like

[Archae]

10. How about Joan Jett and the Blackhearts?

But Mannheim Steamroller did a fairly decent version of it.

[TreasonousBastard]

28. Mannheim Steamroller version can grow on you.

[blueinredohio]

43. Bob Seger also did Little Drummer Boy. I love anything by him.

[teach1st]

23. I think I may be the only one on DU

who likes "Drummer Boy." I guess it's a childhood memory thing.

[northoftheborder]

29. No, I like it.

I hate anything the Chipmunks sing.

[NBachers]

37. Little Drummer Boy is so cloyingly sweet yet enragingly repulsive. I really, really hate that song.

[keithbvadu2]

42. Little Drummer Boy.... now.

[pansypoo53219]

48. he is "that FUCKING drummer boy" in my head. but i hate most of them.

[smirkymonkey]

49. Ugh! I hate that song!

[House of Roberts]

53. Yay, it's not just me!

I actually leave stores if it plays while I am shopping.

[lastlib]

62. I have a SEEEthing hatred for that song.......

[GoneOffShore]

70. Indeed. The worst!

Followed by 'Away In A Manger'

[Revanchist]

86. Main reason why I can't hate that song

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Jingle bells

[Harker]

19. Heard that performed live two nights ago

by four skilled cellists. Best version I've heard.

[northoftheborder]

31. Sorry, Jingle Bells a favorite here!

I think it has to do with the childhood songs we learn first.

[MaryMagdaline]

45. I won't say I never sing it 😊

[Liberty Belle]

4. Grandma got run over by a reindeer

[blm]

14. That, too

.

[Freedomofspeech]

32. Hate that stupid song.

[Archae]

39. Have you heard "Da Yoopers" version?

[dae]

89. Gets my vote as well.

[jberryhill]

6. Dirty lyrics to "Deck The Halls"

Because once you go down that road....

[underpants]

7. Last Christmas

Regardless of who sings it.

[Docreed2003]

51. +1

That song is the worst...

[Doreen]

8. I'm dreaming of a white christmas. The one Bing Crosby does in particular.

[randr]

11. Any song sung by a rodent

[RKP5637]

12. The stupid is pounded into so many kid's heads from birth. n/t

[blm]

13. Blah, blah,, king Wenceslaus, blah, blah

Blah

[SleeplessinSoCal]

15. Away in a Manger is in the hymnal

There's an English and American version.

[PJMcK]

16. "Away In A Manger" is actually a Christian hymn

Its origins are murky but it's generally accepted that it dates from America in the late 1800s.

Nonetheless, it is sung in many Christian denominations by their general congregation. As a some-time church musician, that's been my experience, anyway.

[Harker]

17. Paul McCartney's little atrocity.

Or maybe "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." The demanding of figgy pudding is disturbing.

[DonaldsRump]

20. I love the Beatles

But I have to agree with you-"A Wonderful Christmastime" was, and still remains, an embarrassment!

I don't whether Paul was trying to even the score with John and Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)", but he clearly didn't.

[Harker]

24. I love the Beatles dearly, also.

Still can't muster up a pass for Sir Paul, though...

[John Fante]

60. Agreed. Awful.

[Coventina]

75. ARGH! That song is the WORST!!!

I'm so glad I'm not alone!!!

I hate that song, just hate it!

[Harker]

81. Yesterday, I was subjected to it

being sung by a woman. No improvement. Were it not a famous writer's song, who would bother covering it?

[Coventina]

83. That's the worst part. If it hadn't been written by someone of Paul's stature

it never would have been inflicted upon the world.

It has zero lyrical or melodic interest, all it has is inane repetition.

Damn you, Paul!

[Harker]

88. The Beatles were first on Ed Sullivan on my 5th birthday

so I've been listening to them for a long time. The older I get, the more I appreciate the synergy and the texture they presented as a band, as I'm not a particularly big fan of any one of them as a solo artist.

You captured it well - damn you, Paul, indeed.

[Coventina]

91. I'm a late arrival to Beatles fandom.

They were before my time, and I wasn't exposed to them as a young person because my parents forbade rock and roll in the house.

Now that I'm middle-aged, and married to a Beatles fan, I can recognize the incredible entity that they were.
I think they are THE definition of gestalt = together they were something none could achieve on their own.
It's very sad that they broke up, and a tragedy that Lennon was murdered so young when he had so much more to do.

But, we're incredibly lucky that we have the body of work that they did produce.

Paul McCartney on his own is just.....kind of sad. Yes, he did produce some decent work, but none of it is the quality of his work with the Beatles.

[Harker]

92. That their work will likely speak

to generations as yet unborn says a lot about the value of their work.

It's never too late to find music that speaks to you!

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. Any Xmas Album by pop or rock stars

[ploppy]

21. Jingle Bell Rock

Just yuck.

[Srkdqltr]

22. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

My 8 year old granddaughter loves it. She may not come to my house until after Christmas. (Just kidding about coming to my house). I was humming it just now. Way to old for this LOL.

[bearsfootball516]

35. Same, can't stand it lol

[rampartc]

25. 12 days of chistmas

and any variation.

[Harker]

27. Seems 12 days long. n/t

[El Supremo]

30. Me too.

It's monotonous. And most people don't even know that the 12 days are AFTER Xmas.

[Archae]

40. Even from Bob and Doug?

[bif]

65. I absolutely hate that song!

[dae]

77. Agree, it's just wrong on so many levels.

[Harker]

26. I could go on, of course... n/t

[Mike Nelson]

33. I love animals, but...

… not the Barking Dogs barking Jingle Bells.

[Archae]

41. There are cat ones too.

[MFM008]

34. Anything Jazzed up

I like more traditional even renaissance music.

[SHRED]

36. Any religious based xmas songs

They all sound like funeral dirges to me.

[TlalocW]

38. Baby, It's Cold Outside

I know technically it's not a Christmas song, but the only time they play that abomination is Xmas-time.

Christmas Shoes (on YouTube there's a great animation set to a Patton Oswalt routine walking us through the song).
Anything by Pentatonix but especially, "Hallelujah," which is NOT an Xmas song. Don't put non-Xmas songs on your damn Xmas albums!
Michael Buble's entire oeuvre. You see how he's holding that present in the picture below? He's FARTING ON IT, and that is symbolic of what he does to music.



TlalocW

[Polybius]

52. Hallelujah isn't Christmas, but it has a Christmas feel to it

I have in in my "Christmas" playlist, and for some reason I only enjoy listening to it in December.

[TexasBushwhacker]

57. Add "Santa Baby"

to the creepy winter songs list.

[TlalocW]

67. I don't really mind it - especially the Eartha Kitt version

But a couple Xmases ago, that was THE song to play on all 3 stations that switched to Xmas music. It was like they were all watching me for when I got in my car. "Okay, TlalocW is going out to his car... cue up, 'Santa Baby!'" "Which version?" "Any of the 5 we have is fine! Just cue it up!"

I describe the Madonna version as Madonna imitating Cyndi Lauper diong a Betty Boop impersonation.

TlalocW

[LeftishBrit]

44. White Christmas, and Let it Snow

In both cases, because I don't want a white snowy Christmas! It's OK in places where it's supposed to be white at that time, but in southern England, it becomes a slippery slushy dangerous mess.

Also not a fan of 'Having a Simply Wonderful Christmastime' (not Paul McCartney's finest hour).

[smirkymonkey]

50. I really dislike McCartney's "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmastime" as well.

It really sounds like he just pulled that one out of his ass at the last minute or something.

[Harker]

73. It's like a crummy jingle

for a lousy retail outlet commercial.

[Chipper Chat]

46. Do you hear what I hear.

(I'm trying not to)

[trev]

87. That's the one I hate, too.

But--just not to be totally negative--my favorite is Oh Holy Night, especially when sung slowly by a baritone.

[Xipe Totec]

47. Fleece Navidad - Feliciano

[spooky3]

54. Santa baby nt

[alittlelark]

55. anything by the 'Chipmunks'.

[Glamrock]

56. There's a bunch of goddamn Grinch's in this thread!

What would Cindy Lou Who have to say. For shame DU, for shame.

[Laffy Kat]

58. At this point, all of them.

Guess I've heard them too often for too long. It's sad, really. I'm all bah humbug over the songs.

[stopbush]

59. Feliz Navidad is a musical POS.

[Harker]

72. I think a brassy instrumental mariachi version

could have been nice, but one can't unhear the original.

[John Fante]

61. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Just nauseating.

It would be easier for me to come up with a list of Xmas songs I actually like:

Silent Night
Happy Xmas
Blue Christmas (Elvis version)

That about covers it.

[TDale313]

63. Shrug. I actually like a lot of Christmas/Holiday songs.

And I’m Pagan. 🤷🏻‍♀️ There are ones I’m not a fan of, The Christmas Shoes for example. But I kinda have a soft for even the more religious songs even though I am no longer a practicing Christian. I know, I’m weird.

[beveeheart]

64. I worked in retail over a 7 yr period and hated every

single song because that's all they play from Thanksgiving to Christmas. It's several years later now and there are many I still can't stand to hear.

[LW1977]

66. On the flipside

Christmas With The Devil by Spinal Tap is the best

[Wolf Frankula]

68. Feed the World

"We're rich rock stars, don't you love us! Don't you love us?"

Little Drummer Brat.

White Christmas no matter who sings it.

And by Decembrr Twenty Oneth I'll be sick of all of them.

Wolf

[Algernon Moncrieff]

69. For me, a lot of it has to do with version and how often the song is repeated

Three examples" Manheim Steamroller's "Deck the Halls"; Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"; and Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Carol of the Bells" were all really cool when they first appeared. 10,000 times later, not so much.

Then there are songs that some people love and others just hate: "Dominick the Donkey," "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," "Christmas in Hollis," and "Mi Burrito Sabanero" are examples of polarizing songs. You love em or hate em.

My least favorites:

Amy Grant's "Grown Up Christmas List" - it tries too hard
Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" - it hardly tries at all
Lou Monte's "Dominick the Donkey" - I'm on the "can't stand it" side of that one.

[GoneOffShore]

71. Love the 'Christmas is All Around' as performed by Bill Nighy

In 'Love Actually'.
Just crazy.

[Paladin]

74. "Carol Of The Bells"

"Ding, Dong, Ding, Dong" "Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas"

And about 14,000 other words, sung really fast so you can't understand any of them. Yuck.

[Tree-Hugger]

76. Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime

I don't know what it is about that song, but it throws me into a rage from the very first note. It's dreadful.

[Totally Tunsie]

78. Mariah Carey's version of any of them!

[defacto7]

79. I hate all Christmas songs, except....

about anything in the Albert Finney Scrooge musical... with memorable tunes such as, "I Hate Christmas".

[LSFL]

80. Bob Segers horrendous version of Little Drummer Boy

I hate it on every level. I hate the Universe for allowing such a monstrous abomination to exist.

[Little Star]

84. I'm Gettin nuttin' for Christmas

[crazycatlady]

85. Christmas Shoes

(Although I'm a Grinch when it comes to holiday music. Too many years in retail.)

[Pendrench]

93. Totally agree.

In fact, my family and I refer to this as the "Dead Shoes Song"

[FSogol]

94. Same here. Completely dreadful song. n/t

[kwassa]

90. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams.

and here he is!