A newborn king does not want the gift of drum music. Trust me.

Durango Herald ^ | December 18, 2015 | Alexandra Petri

[ROCKLOBSTER]

the song carries a beautiful Christmas message.

Yeah?

Why couldn't it have been a Prophet V, or a caliope, a pipe organ, the Norman Abersnackle Choir, or the Glen Miller orchestra?

Maybe a sweet gentle flute?

(a rum-pa-pa pum my @$$)

[PennsylvaniaMom]

What?!?

You’re NOT....

So proud of Grandpa...
He’s taking it so well...
Watching football, drinking beer and playing cards with cousin Mel!

[JohnBovenmyer]

My favorite drummer was a Little Drummer Girl, sadly too little...

[COBOL2Java]

the song carries a beautiful Christmas message.

Yeah?

Yes, ROCKLOBSTER, a beautiful message.

The little drummer boy offered a gift; it wasn't gold, frankincense, or myrrh, because he was poor. He offered the only thing he had.

Do you have a gift for the King of Kings to express your gratitude?

[Liberty Valance]

Super sensitive vistalite?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

It didn’t happen.

[Larry Lucido]

From a prepper’s perspective, if you are giving a gift to someone who will be headed for Egypt in a couple years, then gold, Frankincense and myrrh would be more useful than, say, a drum.

[COBOL2Java]

Then I understand your inability to understand the message.

[Daffynition]

They were *All-American* for a time .... good memories. :)

By today’s standards, they’d be considered *sappy*.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Oh, I understand the message (and there were no drums at the nativity) and the song still sucks, as well as do most money-making commercial Christmas songs.

I’ll do my shopping online just to avoid the torture to my ears.

[COBOL2Java]

Sorry, my bad. Your statement was so short - I thought you meant you were saying the Nativity didn’t happen.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Of course it did. A blessed Christmas to you and yours.

[JohnBovenmyer]

But today’s *standards* are Un-American.

[Daffynition]

I should have taken that into consideration, when I posted. Sad but true. :(

[enraged]

Is it a Rankin/Bass production? From the same era of master stop action puppetry maybe even earlier than the 60?

[Fiji Hill]

They were *All-American* for a time .... good memories. :)

By today's standards, they'd be considered *sappy*.

With Justin Bieber, Snoop Doggie Dogg, Lady Gaga, the Dixie Chicks and Queen--or Queer, or whatever it's called--setting today's standards, give me the *sappy* tunes of yesteryear any day!

[sneakers]

Yes! Narrated by Patricia Neale. I just found this on Youtube - the last five minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvjPCcHI4g

[T-Bone Texan]

“Last Christmas” was written by a homo, so it is most likely that he’s singing to a dude.

Yuck!

[T-Bone Texan]

Jennifer Connelly + David Bowie = Labyrinth

[Politicalkiddo]

Reason #6,792 to hate that “song”.