# Campy Christmas Tunes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campy-christmas-tunes/140105>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campy-christmas-tunes/140105 "2002-12-03T01:41:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campy-christmas-tunes/140105/21 "2002-12-05T01:26:15Z")

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Forgot to mention “Christmas at Kmart” by the immortal Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campy-christmas-tunes/140105/22 "2002-12-05T03:08:11Z")

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That guy who did “The Man Song” had a cute take on “Feliz Navidad”

Fuh-leas on my dog

Police on my lawn  
Wish i could remember his name, he has a web site with mp3’s of his stuff. I lost all my faves in the Big Computer Crash of Febuary, 2002. (Damn spell checker! Catch my mistakes!)

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**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campy-christmas-tunes/140105/23 "2002-12-05T16:52:40Z")

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I’ve got about 100 Christmas cds and on one of them, (I can’t remember which one right now) is a song that is guaranteed to irritate the hell out everyone on your list.  
Bobby Goldsboro’s “Snuffy, The Elf Who Saved Christmas.”  
I have been physically threatened when I’ve played it in the office in the past.  
Another favorite sure to irritate is Joseph Spence’s “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” Or as it sounds, a gravelly, growling “Santy Chlor is coming mumble, mumble mumble.”

Now for pure camp, Ann-Margaret & Al Hirt’s version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and Louis Prima’s “Shake Hands With Santa Claus” are very campy, but actually enjoyable. At least to me, YMMV.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campy-christmas-tunes/140105/24 "2002-12-05T17:35:06Z")

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> Merry Christmas from the Family by Robert Earl Keen is great!

I’ll second that. This may be the funniest holiday song ever written.

Sample lyrics:

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> _Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk  
> At our Christmas party…_
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> _Fran and Rita came from Harlingen  
> I can’t remember how I’m kin to them  
> But when they tried to plug their motor home in  
> It blew our Christmas lights…_
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> _Brother Ken brought his kids with him  
> The three from his first wife Lynn  
> And the two identical twins  
> From his second wife MaryNell…_

Funny, funny stuff…

Also, **'Zat You Santa Claus?** by **Louis Armstrong** is pretty hilarious.

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