# Best And Worst Christmas Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928 "2002-12-02T08:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/61 "2002-12-04T04:14:09Z")
I tend to spontaneously break into renditions of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” without warning. Often in April. In highschool concert plan I got to play the melody (which was a rarity, playing french horn and all) and it’s just stuck with me. “Carol of the Bells” is hauntingly beautiful. And who can deny the transcendent emotional resonance of Bob & Doug MacKenzie’s version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”? ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/62 "2002-12-04T04:16:12Z")
Oh, that should be “concert band,” by the way. I have no idea where “plan” came from. If it’s Freudian, I guess I have a fairly mundane subconscious. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/63 "2002-12-04T04:54:09Z")
“On the first day of Christmas/ My true love gave to me… a beer”. Thanks, **Treviathan**. I’m working in retail right now, so I hate almost all Christmas music, but particularly “Santa Honey”, and “Jingle Bell Rock”. Is anyone else familiar with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and their great pieces “Christmas Eve in Sarajevo” and “Revenge of the Sugar Plum Fairy”? I love those. I’m listening to “Christmas…” right now. For traditional pieces, the only ones I really still like are the Huron Carol and “O Come Emmanuel”, although they played some wonderful medieval ones at church on Sunday- all unfamiliar and cool. Okay, “Silent Night”, too. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/64 "2002-12-04T12:46:20Z")
Yup. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Wicked cool! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/65 "2002-12-04T19:58:43Z")
I personally thought that the rendition of **O Holy Night** in the church in **Home Alone** was surprisingly well done, and really transcended the dumb-movie genre. I also happen to love **The Twelve Days of Christmas** , perhaps because I’m enough of a kid at heart to enjoy the challenge of trying to sing it all in one breath… ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/66 "2002-12-05T05:08:30Z")
I have a new worst. They played an adaptation of “Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream” that was “Mr. Santa, don’t forget me” and it was _horrible_. They never announced who was singing it and I’m not sure I want to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/67 "2002-12-05T05:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*All of you Doctor Who fans should look for a song called “I’m Going to Spend My Christmas With a Dalek”. > > You will know pain. \*\* :cringe: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/68 "2002-12-05T13:57:27Z")
The best novelty song is “Little Davey Dinkle” by the cast of Urinetown (guess what rhymes with Dinkle) on the Carols for a Cure 2001 CD. The absolute worst is “That’s What I Want for Christmas.” Your teeth fall out listening to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/69 "2002-12-05T16:39:06Z")
I’ve heard that one! It’s on a tape at work! Yesterday I heard “Love Shack” turned into a Christmas song. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/70 "2002-12-05T19:27:26Z")
Christmas Time (Is Here Again) - The Beatles Always makes me think of better days. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928/71 "2002-12-05T20:28:50Z")
Holy smokes. I found a link to download that “I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek” song. That is just…it’s so…it…oy. Listen to it yourselves. The download link is at the end of [this Stomp Tokyo review of **Don’t Open Till Christmas**](http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/d/dont-open-till-xmas.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-christmas-songs/139928.md?page=3)