Is there a holiday song for which you harbor an irrational hatred? Here’s why I’m asking. Read the full post.
Nov 19
2008
01:30 PM ET
Holiday songs you secretly hate -- 'fess up!
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I love Christmas music (after Thanksgiving) and have started my ipod Christmas play list. While I am perfectly happy to listen to Christmas music for four weeks, I cannot stand: Grandma Got Runover…(I banned it at the house), the John Lennon Christmas song, Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton’s version of Baby Its Cold Outside (please forgive me Dolly) and I do not like I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus after the fifth time I hear it. Oh, I forgot the Christmas Shoes song. That is no good. Love me some Rat Pack Christmas albums, The Three Tenors, Tony Bennett, Celine Dion in controlled doses (good grief, she can wail on a Christmas song) and Josh Groban.
I absolutely loathe “Santa Baby.” Every time I hear it I want to scream, and if it comes on the radio, I have to change the station immediately. I’m also not a huge fan of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” song either. Icky!
However, I do have to say that I think Manneheim Steamroller is amazing! They have a different take on Christmas music, and I really like it.
Is THAT who sings “Simply having a wonderful Christmas time”?? I HATE that song! I hate the Little Drummer Boy and Do You Hear What I Hear too. Too long and annoying. I play Mariah Carey’s Christmas CD all year long, but I can see where “All I Want..” can annoy people- radio overplays it.
I have to agree with “Simply having a wonderful Christmas time” and “Do They no its Christmas” however, I think its because the play both of them like 2 times an hour from Halloween to New years….and they just get OLD!
I’ll go the other way. As soon as Thanksgiving starts, I break out my Mariah Carey Christmas CD and play it every day until New Years!!!!!! Fave song on it: Her version of ‘O Holy Night.’ Happy Holidays, yall!!!
The Christmas song that I loathe with passion is “Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” because it’s creepy especially the lyric “what a laugh it would have been if daddy would have seen mommy kissing Santa Claus last night”. What’s so funny about adultery? Yeah I know that the dad was dressed like Santa Claus but the kid doesn’t know that…I would probably punch Santa Claus if he was kissing my mom.
1. The Carpenter’s version of “A Christmas Song” (I will turn it off, even if in the back-seat of a car)
2. “Christmas Shoes” (Gawd-awful, tear-inducing)
3. “Simply Having A Wonderful Christmastime” (dreadful)
4. Anything by Manheim Steamroller (hateful musicians)
While I greatly preferred “Do They Know It’s Christmas” to “We Are the World,” it does have one of the most unintentionally hilarious lines ever: “Well tonight thank God it’s them/instead of you.” My theory is that all of Bono’s subsequent humanitarian work stems from a desire to make up for singing that line!
On paper, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” is mortifying. All it’s missing is a coy reference to ruffies. Thanks for the reminder, fellow P-Dubs!
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley — it makes my head hurt just thinking about it.
I HATE HATE HATE that Beach Boys Christmas song “The Many With All The Toys.” That “bop” part is SO infuriating!!! Augh. I hate even thinking of it.
So many to hate on – so little time.
“Do they know it’s Christmas” irritates me to no living end as does the Wilson Sisters “Hey Santa”.
Bah humbug.
Whoops I mean “Man with All the Toys.”
I really dispise that song about the Christmas shoes. Who deemed this an appropriate Christmas song? Even my kids hate it!
I’m gonna hafta say any purposely sappy Christmas song, ie. “The Christmas Shoes” Newsong and “Where Are You Christmas” Faith Hill, and maybe even Josh Groban’s “Believe”. I know they’re supposed to be touching and evoking of the beauty that is the Christmas spirit or whatever, but it just makes me wanna laugh, and warble along mockingly.