I've been listening to a lot of Christmas music at work since that's practically all that's on. So I've decided to make a list of my least favorite songs. Keep in mind that I don't like these songs no matter who sings them. I realize there are bad versions of good songs, but that is not what this list is supposed to be. I know some of these may hurt people's feelings, but that's too bad. Personally I think there are only a handful of Christmas songs, it's just that everyone does their own version of them.
10. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - There are a lot of songs that are funny and/or cute the first time they are played. Kind of like "Redneck Woman" by Gretchen Wilson. Well, this is one of those, and there are many more on this list.
9. Snoopy’s Christmas (The Royal Guardsman) - Again, I'm sure someone thinks this song is cute since it's about Snoopy. I'm sorry, I've never "gotten" this song and I get tired of it.
8. Merry Xmas (War is Over) - I'm not a fan of Lennon, but that's not a reason to dislike a song. This song is kind of a jumbling mess.
7. Santa Baby - gag me
6. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
5. I'm Gettin' Nuttin For Christmas
4. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - 4,5,&6 are practically a tie for me. These are probably the same as #10 being cute at first.
3. Any barking dogs or any other animals "singing" for that matter - You've heard the barking dogs doing Jingle Bells. Well there are other animal Christmas albums too. I've heard of one that uses cats. To me these aren't even cute or funny the first time.
2. The 12 days of Christmas (and any variation) - This song is too long. I get the idea of it adding another day on every verse. But if it started at 12 and went down and never repeated I would probably like this song. 10 Lords a leaping? I do enjoy the Muppets version when it gets to 9 nine ladies dancing. It's Bunsen and Beaker and you can hear Beaker squeaking "me me me me me me".
1. Feliz Navidad - My all time least favorite Christmas song. My guess is that people who speak Spanish either as a first or second language like this song simply because it has spanish words in it. If you took the spanish out and listened again, would you still like the song? Think about it....
Before I compiled my list I did a search for other worst Christmas songs list and many in my list were on lists I found. Here are a few more songs that were popular on the "worst" lists.
1. Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) by John Denver - I'm not sure I've ever heard this song?
2. The Christmas Shoes - I don't think I know this song, but chances are I probably heard it just didn't realize what it was.
3. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto by James Brown - I don't think I've heard this one either but it sounds interesting. I do like RunDMC's Christmas in Hollis.
4. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - I'd say this is another "cute" song that got old.
5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsting - Now I have to admit that this song almost made my list, but my list was songs and not specific versions of songs.
6. Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid - I can see how this song could get old. I'm not going to put it down because Duran Duran and Wham! were in it.
7. Hey Santa by Wilson Phillips - Again, this one would have made my list.
8. Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time - Look at that, another former Beatle. This song doesn't actually bother me that much.
9. The Chipmunk Song - As a kid I liked the Chipmunks, but now I can't stand them. I haven't even seen the newer live action movies.
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