White Christmas: nope. (anything by Bing Crosby: nope. I love Danny Kaye though.)
Carol of the Bells: my version goes must stop the bells, smash all the bells… 
Beginning to look a lot like Christmas: meh.
Home for the holidays: meh.
I mean, I’m sure I could find a couple if I tried and all, but on the whole I prefer the Holly and the Ivy, things like that.
Try this version: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan. Can’t go wrong with Ella.
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Dear Mr. Jesus This one makes me want to put every child abuser on the planet in a big hurt locker
The “Shoe” Song. I lost my mother at Christmas, so this doesn’t help the grief one bit.
I have downloaded “A Very Scary Solstice” for the entertainment of myself and my daughters. My lovely and long-suffering Wife does not understand.
(Carol of the Old Ones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftld7Ohojg is my current favourite version of Carol of the Bells.)
Can’t stand “Carol of the Bells” at all, it’s like the soundtrack to a pre-Victorian slasher film. and it’s almost never sung well, gets all shrill and desperate on the high notes. Similar problem with “Christmas Time is here Again” from a Charlie Brown Christmas, it’s just more mopey than stabby is all.
Brilliant! Superb! Ftaghn!
Because you didn’t want to beforehand?
Just to hijack, for some reason, the latest missing-to-dead child story in the news really bothers me even more than most- BECAUSE she was pimped out by her mother.
So last night I’m saying to Mom- “I’m really conflicted here- the Christian in me thinks the mom & the killer should be quickly publically executed. But part of me wants to know if we can get Saddam Hussein’s woodchipper for this.”
Back to thread- I hate the blatantly manipulative ones, like “Christmas Shoes” and “Blue Christmas” (Sorry, Elvis). I like the genuine heartfelt ones like 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and “I’ll Be Home…” Now, “Pretty Paper” straddles the line, tho Roy Orbison always wins me over.
What always bugs me are the sad songs that nobody ever listens to the lyrics, and so don’t realize that they’re sad. Off the top of my head, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “We Need a Little Christmas” fall into this category, but I could probably dig up more when I get home and look at my iTunes.
The one that drives me to a murderous rage, though, is “We’re simply having a wonderful Christmas time”. It’s a really annoying song, but also manages to be an extreme earworm, so you can’t forget it, either.
Hear, hear. I despise that song.
Kid, Jesus isn’t gonna care what kinda shoes your Mom is wearing when she goes 'cross the River Jordan, save your money.