Your favourite/most hated Christmas song?!?!

[malestrithe]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Wham's Last Christmas yet. Every fucking christmas that song is thrown in my face so many times I rage everytime I hear it.

Also, Dick in a Box.

I wouldn't really call that a christmas song (there's only one direct reference to christmas in it), though it is without a doubt awesome.

No it is a christmas song. And I hate it.

 

[SirDX]

Sufjan Steven's Songs For Christmas was pretty awesome.

 

[lariat37]

Best song is definitely Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but just a note to everyone:

It's called "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" NOT "Carol of the Bells".

But yes, that song is epic. If you ever get the chance to see it live, do it - you won't regret it.

 

[Grayjack]

Santa Baby. I want to strangle that ***** everytime I hear that song.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I can't stand christmas songs, mainly cause they're played over and over while I'm at work and it makes you go mad.

And for the last 4 years the christmas number 1 in the UK has been some terrible dross churned out by Xfactor.

Agreed, with both Points

OT: I really don't like any Christmas songs, Although Bob Dylans new song, Must Be Santa,'s pretty good and what Ive heard from Billy Idols christmas albums not bad if a little weird(in a funny way)

 

[orangebandguy]

I love all Christmas songs, mainly for the nostalgia of being a child again.

EDIT: I HATE Christmas in Hollywood.

 

[Xanadu84]

It's not exactly a best or worst, but the most...awkward...Christmas song is likely, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". As an adult, it can appear perfectly innocent: We can see it as an attempt to be cute, with the wife kissing her husband, whose dressed up as Santa, or somehow taking on the role of Santa. But think about it from the kids perspective. The kid has two interpretations. Either Santa is dad, and the whole story of Santa is a lie, ruining Christmas for them, or they have to assume that there mother is an adulterer, cheating on her husband with a fat guy who is supposed to represent joy and happiness, not a homebreaker. Really, the song is not very well thought out. Granted, it could be about a single mother, but especially given the fact that it is a old song, no kid is going to naturally assume that. I bet that song has ruined a few childhoods.

A close second for awkward Christmas songs is the whole, "But Baby It's Cold Outside" song. Go into it imagining the guy as a sexual predator. Suddenly, its not so full of holiday cheer, is it?

 

[Koeryn]

The best, hands down is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Carol of the Bells. Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit quite like epic guitars and booming strings.

The worst, on the other hand is fucking Christmas Shoes. So sad, so depressing, and yet they ALWAYS seem to play them in the shops. Hooray! Mom's going to die! Merry Christmas!

While I agree that "Chistmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra is the best (hands down) Christmas song there is, and while I agree that "Christmas Shoes" is by far the worst, I've been told to correct your interpretation of the latter!

So, here's the interpretation I was told to give you:

"A Grinchy man is PWNED by God, when God gives some woman cancer in order to teach Grinchy Man the meaning of Christmas. The Grinchy Man buys the dying lady shoes (instead of helping her Latchkey Child), so that she can "Die pretty for Christmas.". "

That's the interpretation I was told to give you! Enjoy!

 

[Tartarga]

My favorite Christmas song is Veliz Navida. My most hated one is all of them including Veliz Navida.

 

[Eatbrainz]

My favorite is Jona Lewie's 'Stop The Cavelry'

 

[Frankydee]

South Park's Christmas Time in Canada is my all time favorite, followed closely by The Night Santa Went Crazy.

I dislike all the traditional stuff.

 

[Glaceis]

That stupid dog barking jingle bells. It's only cute half way through the first time. After that you want to find out who trained the dog to do that and make him/her pay...

 

[Aerodyamic]

I hate all of them...

Damn Ninja... Grinching mah answers!
*stabbing wildly with a foam reindeer horn*

My favorite is completely NSFW, so you have been warned.

Spoiler

I'll warn you again, SO NSFW

 

[Slaanax]

Little Drummer Boy sang by Bing Crosby and David Bowie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs

 

[vorlon010]

I dunno if I can bring myself to actually hate any of them, most of them have just been done past dead to me by my bloody Christmas-fetishist mother.

The only ones which leave me feeling even remotely festive are the aforementioned Trans-Siberian Orchestra track, the Weird Al christmas songs (Christmas at Ground Zero and Night Santa Went Crazy/EG) and a REALLY obscure anime insert song with makes me actually feel seasonally cheerful, despite its badly broken english and general strangness.

What I do hate though is the Christmas-TV-Musicals, most particularly 'Oliver!', which was irreparably broken for me at school.

 

[FightThePower]

I love this one. It's just really uplifting, which is exactly what Christmas is about.

I hate "I'm dreaming of White Christmas". It's dull.

 

[orangeapples]

Christmas Shoes
-creepiest song ever...

 

[Toaster Hunter]

I have a strained relationship with Christmans music. At the store I wok at, Christmas music is played continuously, but in order to avoid offending anyone, it is only the secular stuff. One day I counted and I heard:

Frosty the snowman- 26 times
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer- 23 times
Winter Wonderland- 21 times
Jingle Bell Rock- 17 times
Sleigh Ride- 17 times

I think you get the point

That being said, my favorite would have to be Coventry Carol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjjTqG2mpfw

Also, anything buy the Trans Siberian Orchestra is awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzAuPtWCE-o&feature=related

 

[Dahni]

Stop The Cavalry by Jona Lewie.
His voice sort of annoys me but i love that song.

least favourite has to be frosty the snowman D: