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MorningGlow

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6. It's a tie

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Thu Dec 15, 2011, 01:46 PM

Dec 2011

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock". Oh, wait--make that a three-way tie with Whitney Houston's "Do You Hear What I Hear". Actually, I never used to have a problem with any of these songs, but it's more the fact that they're played NONSTOP on the two (yes, two!) all-holiday-songs-from-Thanksgiving-to-New-Year's radio stations in my area. There are so many other, really good holiday songs, but they NEVER play them--just a handful, like these, over and over and over... And to think I haven't once heard "Christmas Wrapping" on either station. Shameful, I tells ya.

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The 1st annual "Which Christmas song makes you want to shove an icepick in your ear" thread. [View all] Liberal Veteran Dec 2011 OP

Can I vote for 'All of the Above' LynneSin Dec 2011 #1

Yes. Yes, you may. Liberal Veteran Dec 2011 #3

+1 Scuba Dec 2011 #10

Seconded. geardaddy Dec 2011 #11

thirded RainDog Dec 2011 #45

Christmas Shoes Sentath Dec 2011 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Tabasco_Dave Dec 2011 #60

Thank you for introducing me UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #68

If you haven't already, check out Patton Oswalt's Christmas Shoes routine. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2011 #72

Love Patton Oswalt an had never heard this routine. beac Dec 2011 #80

I am IN tears listening to that. Thank you for that clip Justice wanted Dec 2011 #97

Thank you for mentioning that one! I can't believe that song was made. I can't believe that song Justice wanted Dec 2011 #83

OK I had to look this song up on youtube Generic Other Dec 2011 #86

was this song by the same one that wrote that butterfly kisses song ? JI7 Dec 2011 #90

ANYTHING that tries to sound like . . . gratuitous Dec 2011 #4

Oh, and Carol of the Bells gratuitous Dec 2011 #78

you are right about the flourishes Generic Other Dec 2011 #89

Dominick the Donkey YankeyMCC Dec 2011 #5

It's a tie MorningGlow Dec 2011 #6

Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer--Came out the same time my Mema died. msanthrope Dec 2011 #7

Yup, that is the first one that came to my mind. That is one stupid Xmas song. n/t RebelOne Dec 2011 #20

That is the worst song ever Sanity Claws Dec 2011 #42

+1 sakabatou Dec 2011 #47

I am so sick of that song! Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2011 #88

Little Drummer Boy HappyMe Dec 2011 #8

Rum Pummm... Lasher Dec 2011 #35

That's one of my most despised songs ever. GoCubsGo Dec 2011 #38

+1000 1gobluedem Dec 2011 #74

Ding fries are done ... Bake Dec 2011 #9

I hate them all. Luciferous Dec 2011 #12

Christmas Bells Loge23 Dec 2011 #13

I'm an atheist who loves christmas music OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #14

As another atheist, I'm very fond of traditional carols! LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #22

The dogs barking Jingle Bells av8rdave Dec 2011 #15

Oh come on, that's the very best of them all. Lasher Dec 2011 #36

That song is particularly obnoxious. backscatter712 Dec 2011 #44

The Chipmunks Xmas song hifiguy Dec 2011 #16

I bought that album to make my stressed out husband crack up EFerrari Dec 2011 #28

Any of the "comedy" songs. Iggo Dec 2011 #17

What, you don't like Weird Al's Christmas At Ground Zero? n/t backscatter712 Dec 2011 #43

Christmas Shoes is awful and I just heard a song about an Italian Christmas Donkey that was vile Burma Jones Dec 2011 #18

Little Drummer Boy is the one I hate most. frogmarch Dec 2011 #19

I think the most irritating one might be this one by Merle Haggard: LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #21

Chestnuts Roasting On An Open... one_voice Dec 2011 #23

Chet's Nuts yankeepants Dec 2011 #32

I always sang that as OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #53

I would sing: murielm99 Dec 2011 #58

Despite the Fresh Prince's insistance, OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #77

For the jaded among us: Lars39 Dec 2011 #24

Silent Night yankeepants Dec 2011 #25

I thought they were saying "round young virgin" when I was a kid. nolabear Dec 2011 #33

I thought it was "Round John Version" FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #37

I don't like Silent Night, either, but it seems to be compulsory at Christmas Eve services Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2011 #55

All of them WilliamPitt Dec 2011 #26

You all suck. Wait Wut Dec 2011 #27

That one by Paul McCartney. progressoid Dec 2011 #29

Seconded. Dewey Finn Dec 2011 #34

Thanks but I'm afraid progressoid Dec 2011 #57

Ha ha . . . it's so bad, it's now "The Song That Must Not Be Named". HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #67

... fizzgig Dec 2011 #61

Sorry progressoid Dec 2011 #63

like finger nails on a blackboard rurallib Dec 2011 #70

Oh yes flying rabbit Dec 2011 #84

I CANNOT STAND that one.(retail hell memories) lildreamer316 Dec 2011 #92

Agreed! LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #100

White Christmas EFerrari Dec 2011 #30

I don't mind the song as such... LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #101

In California, no one knows how to drive in the rain, let alone snow. It's appalling. EFerrari Dec 2011 #103

The one they start playing right after Halloween raging_moderate Dec 2011 #31

"All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #39

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas frogmarch Dec 2011 #40

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...the very next day, you gave it away" TK421 Dec 2011 #41

THAT one. And Santa Baby. And any Chipmunk song. LiberalEsto Dec 2011 #73

If I hear it one more time, someone is going to die n/t TK421 Dec 2011 #104

ANY chipmunk song, kentauros Dec 2011 #46

All of them. alarimer Dec 2011 #48

"All I Want for Christmas" by Mariah Carey femmocrat Dec 2011 #49

good one! Loge23 Dec 2011 #99

I am surprised nobody mentioned Christmas Shoes tabbycat31 Dec 2011 #50

It was the second one mentioned... and the first one i thought of as well! Rhythm Dec 2011 #54

I also hate the Christmas Shoes song. annonymous Dec 2011 #69

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" unionworks Dec 2011 #51

I do like "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus" by Kip Adotta. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #65

*ANY* Christmas song recorded after 2002. Initech Dec 2011 #52

I'll lower that date to 1989. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #62

I'd lower it further LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #108

Santa Baby. Every version. yewberry Dec 2011 #56

Agree! the worst marigold20 Dec 2011 #66

"White Christmas" - by Irving Berlin. ellisonz Dec 2011 #59

Happy XMas (War is Over). HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #64

Most of the shit they play in stores. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #71

I wish I could I redub all versions of Sleigh Ride to say... Liberal Veteran Dec 2011 #75

THAT's the one that makes me ho-ho-ho-homicidal. beac Dec 2011 #81

Hate them all MadrasT Dec 2011 #76

The one done by Bananarama, I think is the group treestar Dec 2011 #79

Anything declaring that someone else's deity is "my King" or whatever. Matariki Dec 2011 #82

Feliz Navidad stevedeshazer Dec 2011 #85

This is mine, it plays ovah and ovah Texasgal Dec 2011 #87

I found a site where you can listen to them ALL at one time. What a cacophony! Generic Other Dec 2011 #91

Mine are 'Little Drummer Brat and 'Starve the World Do they Care it's Christmas?' Wolf Frankula Dec 2011 #93

Barbara Streisand's stupid version of "Jingle Bells" ScreamingMeemie Dec 2011 #94

Anything playing in stores this year that is a "recent interpretation" - esp NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #95

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Orrex Dec 2011 #96

Little Drummer Boy sarge43 Dec 2011 #98

"Do you hear what I hear" is the one that drives me nuts. stevenleser Dec 2011 #102

Why can't we dedicate two-three stations to people who DON'T want to hear Christmas music? TK421 Dec 2011 #105

Isn't "Carol Of The Bells" the one....... Paladin Dec 2011 #106

I have two: Christmas Shoes and A Baby Changes Everything ladywnch Dec 2011 #107