Missing from the list:

-"Christmas Shoes"
-"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"
-"Dominick the Donkey"
-The McKenzie brothers version of the "12 Days of Christmas" or any other Christmas parody song
-Any Christmas song sung by children ("I'm gettin' nuttin for Christmas", "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth")

Oh screw you Scroogey writer guy. These are songs you hear once or twice in the month of December every year. They are fun and nostalgic and you deserve coal in your stocking and nothing but a bag of dirt and a box of rocks under the tree for biatching. And for getting "Silver and Gold" stuck in my head, but at least I am no longer humming "We Need a Little Christmas" so there's that.

"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas"

"Siiiimply haaaaaving a wonderful Chrsristmas time"

My "go to" Christmas song is now "Don't Shoot Me Santa" by The Killers "Don't Shoot Me Santa" (new window)

There are only 2 Christmas songs worth listening to:

Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
and
Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC.

shivashakti: Missing from the list:

-"Christmas Shoes"
-"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"
-"Dominick the Donkey"
-The McKenzie brothers version of the "12 Days of Christmas" or any other Christmas parody song
-Any Christmas song sung by children ("I'm gettin' nuttin for Christmas", "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth")

Seconded. But especially no horrible repetitive children singing ones. Jeezus. Two front teeth can only be beloved by fat matronly spinster aunts.

Friskya: List is worthless without "The Christmas Shoes.

Came here to say this.

shivashakti: Missing from the list:


-Any Christmas song sung by children ("I'm gettin' nuttin for Christmas", "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth")

I have to disagree. The Jackson-5 Christmas Album is one of the best holiday albums...OF ALL TIME.

bikkurikun: There are only 2 Christmas songs worth listening to:

Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
and
Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC.

This isn't bad (new window)

/One of my favorites
//Yes, I am a cynic, how could you tell?

Obligatory link to Patton Oswalt's "Christmas Shoes" rant.

twoody: Friskya: List is worthless without "The Christmas Shoes.

Came here to say this.

Seconded. (Thirded?)

Patton Oswalt's commentary on that dreck is pretty good, though.

Trixie212: I guess I'm in the minority but I like Santa Baby. I do hate the rest of those songs, though...especially Paul McCartney's mind-numbing Wonderful Christmas.

And, I actually kinda hate Donny Hathaway's This Christmas.

I like several of these songs... by the original artist.

shivashakti: Missing from the list:

-"Christmas Shoes"
-"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"
-"Dominick the Donkey"
-The McKenzie brothers version of the "12 Days of Christmas" or any other Christmas parody song
-Any Christmas song sung by children ("I'm gettin' nuttin for Christmas", "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth")

Nothing makes me change the station faster than the McKenzie Brothers 12 days of Christmas parody. It's not even funny. The only Christmas song that's worse is the actual 12 days of Christmas song.

bikkurikun: There are only 2 Christmas songs worth listening to:

Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
and
Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC.

Fairytale of New York? EXCELLENT choice. Bonus points for specifying the Pogues version, too. There are a lot of good versions, but that's far and away the best one.

Is everyone going to ignore the scourge that is "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses?

Any version of "Baby it's Cold Outside" needs to be banished forever.

BizarreMan: Any version of "Baby it's Cold Outside" needs to be banished forever.

"Baby It's Cold Outside" is NOT a Christmas song. We can blame a lot of things on Jesus, but this is not one of them.

/Stupid Elf Soundtrack

Fano: But especially no horrible repetitive children singing ones

I don't know about that. This song is sort of cute with the kid singing it. And it's a Christmas tradition in my house, because it reminds me of my old friend (dead 9 years now, damn) who used to come over and get drunk on Christmas punch and sing it in his deep bass voice, way out of tune. With the kids parts in the worst falsetto ever.

Santa Claus is a black man Link

"Christmas Don't Be Late," Alvin and the Chipmunks

I... I... I kinda love this song. I only hear it once, maybe twice a Christmas, but I really do like it.

Not enough to put it on repeat or anything, but it is one of my favorite holiday tunes.

This song always made me think of "Silver and Gold": Link (new window)

Last Man on Earth: Fairytale of New York? EXCELLENT choice. Bonus points for specifying the Pogues version, too. There are a lot of good versions, but that's far and away the best one.

Isn't feeling the need to specify the "Pogues' version" of "Fairytale of New York" about on par with needing to specify the "Beatles' version" of "Hey Jude" or the "Rolling Stones' version" of "(Can't get No) Satisfaction"???

Maralyn Minks: Obligatory link to Patton Oswalt's "Christmas Shoes" rant.

Holy carp that was hilarious. You'll be finding an internet under the tree this year.

"With all the stress this holiday I'm glad I bought a Hyundai..."

jake_lex: They singled out Aguilera's version of "O Holy Night", but she's far from the only person who's turned that song into an excuse for her to wail like she's being tortured. That song seems to inspire caterwauling.

She's the only one who betrayed America

bikkurikun: There are only 2 Christmas songs worth listening to:

Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
and
Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC.

And "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Gary Hoey.

Friskya: List is worthless without "The Christmas Shoes".

Their choices:

Which Christmas song is the worst?
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Neil Diamond
"Santa Baby" - Madonna
"Last Christmas" - Wham!
"Do They Know It's Christmas" - Band Aid
"Silver and Gold" - Burl Ives
"Zat You, Santa Claus?" - Buster Poindexter
"Christmas Don't Be Late" - Alvin and the Chipmunks
"Baby It's Cold Outside" - Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone
"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney
"O Holy Night" - Christina Aguilera

Left off:

(it's) The most wonderful time of the year (Which Nissan has appropriated to sell crap)
Let it Snow
Any number of "Carol of the Bells" versions.

gunsmack: Nana's Vibrator: Is everyone going to ignore the scourge that is "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses?

I find that one, and Band Aid's song, tolerable. Pretty much everything else is garbage.

/oh and Bob Rivers' "Walkin' round in women's underwear" isn't too bad.

Let us not forget the 12 Daze of Christmas (new window).

BizarreMan: Any version of "Baby it's Cold Outside" needs to be banished forever.

Nothing says happy holidays like date rape!!!!

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to meeeeeeeee.....

Hi, my name is Brak!

I can tolerate all xmas songs except for one. Christmas shoes.


A song that just repeats over and over again "Go to Church it's Jesus' birthday" is more of a Christmas song than that piece of indoctrinating shiat.

7th Son of a 7th Son: Hi, my name is Brak!

Hell my name is Brak! I'm wearing cleeeeean underwear. You are not! Ah ya got me!

Nana's Vibrator: BizarreMan: Any version of "Baby it's Cold Outside" needs to be banished forever.

"Baby It's Cold Outside" is NOT a Christmas song. We can blame a lot of things on Jesus, but this is not one of them.

/Stupid Elf Soundtrack

Now now, the song has been associated with the Christmas season for a while now, even before that movie.
in fact it is included in the movie because of its association with Christmas music.

But it is a winter song, about date rape and roofies I guess but a winter song rearguardless.

Sleigh-ride is also a winter song associated with Christmas, the song has absolutely noting to do with Christmas, but it is associated with Christmas.

The worst Christmas song, ever.

So help me, if I hear one more TV commercial playing "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" in the background, THERE'S GONNA BE TROUBLE!

There are only about 15 Christmas songs. But there are 21,369 versions of them. I think some narrowing down is in order.

BizarreMan: Any version of "Baby it's Cold Outside" needs to be banished forever.

The Al Hirt/Ann Margaret version is really creepy

..."The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" by Andy Williams...gawd, that song is enough to induce a seizure.