Worst "traditional" Christmas song?

[Archae]

I mean the old traditional ones, not more recent ones like "Jingle Bell Rock" or (urp) (gag) "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer."

I mean what's the worst traditional one?
For me, it's "Away In A Manger."
The lyrics, especially the second verse, are simply IMO asinine.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Little Drummer Boy with the rummy-tum-tum

HATE it.

[Archae]

2. Ugh. That one too.

(barf)

At least the music (sans singing) is ok.

[PittPoliSci]

5. that's my pick.

[July]

10. Beat me to it.

That is one sappy song.

[mykpart]

3. We Three Kings

I have always hated that song. Words dumb, music sucks. Also, while I don't mind the music to Good King Wenceslaus, the words are REALLY stupid.

[noonwitch]

13. MAD magazine had a funny version of "We Three Kings" when I was young

"We three bums from Omaha are
spending christmas eve in a car
driving, drinking, glasses clinking
who needs a lousy bar.

I don't remember all the rest, but it was pretty funny.

The song I always hated was a hymn that one of our ministers loved to have us sing on Christmas eve: "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming".

[ForrestGump]

14. The version I know goes like this

We three kings of Orient are
One in a tractor, two in a car
One on a scooter, tooting his hooter
Following yonder star

Oh, star of wonder
Star of bright
Star of beauty
She'll be right
Glory, glory, that's the story
Following yonder star


Didn't even hear the inferior 'original' until many years later.

[Coventina]

18. Good King Wenceslaus is so repetitive

It gets really boring after the first verse, IMHO.

About the "We Three Kings"....when I was a kid, and didn't have a grasp on the lyrics, I always wondered where I could find "Orientar" on the map. It was a country I'd never heard of!

[ForrestGump]

19. I think Orientar is where

Latka Gravas came from...



Ibbi-da

[Coventina]

22. LOL!

:D

[Broken_Hero]

4. jingle bells...i can't stand that song...

i heard the jingle bells song, done by barking dogs while riding the bus, and i about slit my throat with a quarter, to ease my pain.

[mykpart]

23. Jingle bells, Batman smells,

Robin laid an egg.
The Batmobile lost a wheel
And the Joker got away.

[HughBeaumont]

6. Little Drummer Boy. GOD I hate all versions of that song.

Not even the Harry Simeone Choir can save it. Even when I listen to that version, I think of Santino Corleone's ankles getting repositioned by Bobby Boucher's momma.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

7. The twelve days of Christmas

that one never EVER ends...

Stupid ... WTF? a partridge in a pear tree?

:puke:

[ForrestGump]

15. It sucks. It goes on for about eleven days too long.

Hand me my uzi. I'll fix that *%$#@ing bird and those maids a tumblin'...

[bif]

28. I hate most Christmas music--but that's the worst of the lot

Especially when you hear it in stores in October. Sheesh!

[Callalily]

8. Maybe this is considered

a newer "traditional Christmas song", but I just HATE the John Lennon-Yoko Ono song, "So This Is Christmas", or something like that.

[jmm]

9. This isn't traditional but

any song "performed" by animals such as dogs barking or cats meowing Jingle Bells.

[ForrestGump]

16. Hey. Be cool.

Don't be putting down my favorite feline renditions of Yuletide cheers.

[kick-ass-bob]

11. You are all just haters. :grr:

:P

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. And how....Give me more Chestnuts roasting.....

"When it snows...ain't it thrilling..though your nose gets a chilling... We'll frolic and play...the eskimo way...cuddled in a blanket on the couch!!!" At least that's how I say it goes. :hi:

[Coventina]

17. "I Saw Three Ships" is my least favorite carol

The melody isn't that moving, and the lyrics are just plain dumb.

[MsAnthropy]

20. 12 Days of Christmas

I HATEHATEHATE that thing, mainly because I was forced to sing it so damn many times when I was a kid.

[texas1928]

21. When I was learning to play the piano...

My piano teacher and parents made practise "We Three Kings" OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER(you get the picture) and I HATE that song to this day.

[JohnnyCougar]

24. Still, it's Jingle bell rock.

That song is so bad that it's badness creeps into the traditional song territory.

;)

[newyawker99]

25. Chestnuts roasting by an open fire...

Jack Frost nipping at your nose.....



Maybe because everyone except Mickey Mouse
has recorded it.


:argh:

[distantearlywarning]

26. I dislike Away In A Manger as well.

Stupid music, stupid lyrics. Boring, boring, boring.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. Away in a Manger, no doubt, both tunes for it, and Silent Night

I don't understand the appeal of Silent Night. But every Christmas Eve service in the world has to end with it. :grr:

[MiniMandaRuth]

29. Silent Night

Because, "Oh Sweet Infant So Tender and Mild' sounds like they're describing a steak.

I do NOT want baby Jesus being described as a steak.

[bigwillq]

30. Drummer Boy

Does that count? I hate that one. :mad:

[Mizmoon]

31. Dominick the Christmas Donkey

Are you folks tortured with this tune too, or is a New York thing?

[WeRQ4U]

32. O' Holy Night - If it's sung by someone with inferior talent.

There is nothing worse than listneing to someone try, unsuccessfully, to sing that song. It's sooo good when the singer can do it, but it can be Sooooooooooooooo bad when the singer sucks.

I also hate "Here we come a Wassailing" (sp).

[bikebloke]

33. All of them

I used to work at a place with muzak. And they cranked it up. After Thanksgiving, the songs would roll over and over and... I was stuck sitting beneath one of the speakers was torture.