Posted on 12/21/2014 11:36:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
We asked you what you thought of Christmas music and while most of you love it – early appearances not withstanding – there are a few songs that just get under your skin.
Here are the tunes that iVillage.ca readers voted as the worst (read: most annoying) Christmas songs ever.
10. Run, Rudolph, Run
This rockabilly jingle is a bluesy take on Christmas.
“Run, run, Rudolph, whizzin’ like a merry-go-round,” croons Chuck Berry, as we imagine frenzied shoppers running in all directions to satisfy Christmas desires.
9. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
This song might be perceived as being modern, because we rarely hear the original version: it’s from 1953! Jimmy Boyd’s child voice sings earnestly and clearly in a southern twang, “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night. She didn’t see me creep down the stairs to have a peek!”
There is a worrisome part in the lyrics where the little boy mentions he saw Mommy taking Santa’s clothes off, but then humour steps in when he says Daddy would’ve had a laugh over that one (wait, what?!).
8. Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey
This classically kitchy Christmas song by Lou Monte is one of those things that divides people. Love it, or hate it, some of us just don’t understand it.
7. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Any way you slice it, this song is slightly offensive. The tune tells of grandma, who drank too much eggnog and went for a drunken walk. Santa and his elves were also moving askew Christmas Eve and so ran her over. The next day, everyone wore black to mourn grandma’s death except for grandpa, who didn’t seem to care. He drank beer and watched TV. Definitely the least heart-warming song on the list.
6. Christmas Don’t Be Late (aka the Chipmunks Christmas Song)
Two people voted the cute little rodents in for most annoying Christmas music. How could they?!
“Christmas, Christmas, time is here, time for love, and time for cheer”. Oh, wait, we get it now.
5. All I Want For Christmas is You (Mariah Carey version)
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more annoying…Justin Bieber recently sang a duet of this song with Carey. “What more can I doooooo? Oh baby, all I want for Christmas, IS YOU!” Jingle jingle.
4. Santa Baby
Most of us know Madonna or Mariah Carey (and most recently, Taylor Swift’s) version of this song, and agree they’re annoying. But have you heard Eartha Kitt’s slow-paced, staccato and authentically sultry version before? Singers today don’t hold a Christmas candle to her.
3. Wonderful Christmastime
Here’s a gem that has never died. I heard it just yesterday while eating lunch at a grocery store café, and it somehow made me want to wolf my sandwich down faster and skedaddle! Although the synthesizing beats and promise of a wawa pedal speak to greater possibilities, the chanting refrain of “Simply having a wonderful Christmastime” takes over. Repeat.
2. Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Those of us who had the pleasure of growing up in the 1980s remember the Live Aid movement well. “Feed the world; let them know its Christmastime!” The sentiment and donations the movement spurred is commendable; but the overplayed song is slightly annoying decades later.
1. Christmas Shoes
Christian country rockers Newsong are responsible for this ballad. The song is about a man in line whilst shopping, and a little fidgety boy in line in front of him. He has a pair of ladies shoes that he wants to buy, and a pocketful of change that won’t do. So the man in line helps the child out, and the boy buys his dying mama a pair of nice shoes so she can look her best when she goes to heaven. Heartfelt, sad and yet…annoying.
What’s your least-favourite Christmas song? Let us know in the comments.
Well, I DON’T have Hobbits, but I’d like a few; they seem handy to have around!
I like, ‘Hangin’ ‘Round The Mistletoe’ by Brooks & Dunn. Gets me movin’ and is just plain CUTE. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuZVbOHA_cM
“Christmas Shoes” was good at first, then it got overexposed. Now I can’t stand it. Also any version of “12 Days of Christmas” except for Relient K’s version
Do you mean ‘Do You Hear What I Hear’?
(I don’t really care about the ‘politics’ behind the song; everything is ultimately subjective, and we interpret things individually, according to our own capabilities, references, and understandings.)
I frequently listen to the radio, through earplugs, while I go to sleep. As a former insomniac, I learned years ago that this helped me to sleep. (I no longer have trouble sleeping, but haven’t gotten out of the habit of occasionally listening to talk radio, while falling asleep.)
Last year, on Christmas Eve, the station that I usually listen to was playing Christmas music all night.
At one point, I heard sung the words: “Let Us Bring Him Silver and Gold”, and those words meant a lot to me - I seemed to understand them for the first time. A great thrill went through my mind and body as the words were sung.
“Bringing Silver and Gold” suggests to me that we must be the best that we can absolutely be, to honor Our Lord: to be loving, kind and virtuous, to the best of our personal abilities.
I believe that this experience, and the viewpoint that it engendered, have really changed my life during the past year; and I have learned to love that song, especially Bing Crosby’s version.
Merry Christmas to all,
JT
1A) Simply Having A Wonderful Christmastime by Somebody (don't know, don't care, don't tell me)
1B) Some stupid song by The Beach Boys about Santa driving a little deuce coupe or something (don't know the name of the song, don't care, don't tell me)
1C) Some stupid song by Elton John (don't remember the name, don't care to remember, don't tell me)
*evil grin*
No, missed it, but I heard about it. That’s why I mentioned her original.
Especially when Melissa as Mariah sings,
“Yes, it’s true they killed my Savior,
“That’s not the best behavior.
“That’s OK, He rose again, three days later,
“Now I’m an active J-dater! (shows `cougar’ ID card)
The gold ear pendant shaped like a dreidel.... And I do like the two reindeer gals with their “Shalom” signs.
;^)
I actually like most of these depending on who is singing the song.
The oldies station plays 50’s to 80’s (when the hell did my 80’s become oldies???) so most of these have been aired.
The Jackson 5 version of “I saw Mommy..” annoys the hell out of me. I like “Last Christmas” but I change some of the lyrics. And I always have some snarky comment when they play “Do They Know It’s Christmas”.
I like the spoof songs that Dr. D played. Still sing the lyrics to “Rusty Chevrolet”.
Last Christmas I gave you my heart, the very next day you sold it on e-bay...
Then there’s “Text Me Merry Christmas”.
never heard that, thank goodness
I saw Momma mugging Santa Claus
“Phillipe’s not me dad...Phillipe’s not me dad!”
Why does Daddy ring his own doorbell? Did they change the locks as soon as they heard he was killed? LOL
deadbolts
Amen! Totally agree. Josh Groban nails it. I can’t think of any other Christmas song that is as well-done musically or vocally.
I also like Andy Williams’s version from his “Christmas
Album” cd. It’s the simple version of the song, but his voice is amazing. He hits the high note and is sung with a lot of emotion.
I’m not a big Elvis fan, but I like that song. It’s a little sad, but is well-written and has a ‘50’s feel.
Nah- Hell features a trio- Kenny G, John Tesh and Yani.
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