# Let's have a demented Christmas! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 28, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691 "2020-11-28T20:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/1 "2020-11-28T20:18:44Z")
Help me devise a Christmas song mix to counter the insipid pap we are going to be pelted with from now until New Years Eve. I will begin with a thoughtless ode to Christmas homecomings, Linda Bennett’s _An Old Fashioned Christmas(Daddy’s Home)_ [Linda Bennett - An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy’s Home) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DguvASLTmTI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0zU1JEpxXce1XKzawssZL-3LwlhnAOGrCiomK_ZOQsFebAiGXey-Z3zNE) Next? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/2 "2020-11-28T20:23:19Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t039p6xqutU/maxresdefault.jpg ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/3 "2020-11-28T20:26:59Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vmEfFlbqbbY/maxresdefault.jpg "Twisted Sister - Oh Come All Ye Faithful") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEfFlbqbbY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yEpwS9qvdAQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Silver Bells") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEpwS9qvdAQ) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/4 "2020-11-28T20:31:33Z")
Dwight Yoakam’s Santa Can’t Stay. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oocMHY_NYjk/hqdefault.jpg "Dwight Yoakam - Santa Can't Stay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oocMHY_NYjk) ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/5 "2020-11-28T20:44:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t1-PInpfILM/hqdefault.jpg "Bobnoxious-The Police Nabbed My Dad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-PInpfILM) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/6 "2020-11-28T20:44:44Z")
The Roches-Wintah Wondaland [Winter Wonderland - The Roches - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLK_fwMkjoQ&list=RDQM5p-6kDg6jt8&start_radio=1) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/7 "2020-11-28T21:00:07Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cKZfYTBDkso/maxresdefault.jpg "The 12 Pains of Christmas by Bob Rivers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZfYTBDkso) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/8 "2020-11-28T21:13:25Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5eyHgm4iX2A/maxresdefault.jpg "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eyHgm4iX2A) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/9 "2020-11-28T21:20:17Z")
The Go Go’s _I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek_ [I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek - The Go Go’s - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBJ5H9m3Sc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3cLAxp3_hAkhFq9UuhItNjM-I0eW3LCjBiHnmKQfB7xyLHO6Ktb3Z8B7k) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/10 "2020-11-28T21:24:00Z")
Ogden Edsl-_Open Me First At Christmas_ [Ogden Edsl and Bill Frenzer “Open Me First at Christmas” - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzBlYzU2CfE) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/11 "2020-11-28T21:26:09Z")
“Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake,” a fine old piece of pre-Vaudeville Irish-bashing, written in the 1880s. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1c0HQVJ9ggw/maxresdefault.jpg "Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c0HQVJ9ggw) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/12 "2020-11-28T21:28:15Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IaliZVelWdk/maxresdefault.jpg "Tom Lehrer | "Christmas Carol"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaliZVelWdk) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/13 "2020-11-28T21:32:42Z")
Maybe not demented enough but one of my favorite Christmas songs: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j9jbdgZidu8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/14 "2020-11-28T21:43:16Z")
Carols Of The Bells by Brian Posehn: [Carols of the Bells Sung by Brian Posehn - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT0nQtZXhHM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3DB9fXjXIYPjBnh6PY5KmRHaOMqEAJk1AWUtV-2wkoyDRk3cDDUHTmVdM) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/15 "2020-11-28T21:47:43Z")
Martin Mull’s “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/04-KLhgorb0/maxresdefault.jpg "Martin Mull "Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope" (1972)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04-KLhgorb0) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/16 "2020-11-28T21:50:33Z")
My second favorite Christmas song (after “Fairytale Of New York”): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fPPCPqDINEk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Kinks - Father Christmas (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPPCPqDINEk) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/17 "2020-11-28T21:56:03Z")
Hey Santa! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Un49tUHBPQw/hqdefault.jpg "Hey Santa! - by Bowser and Blue (Uncensored)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un49tUHBPQw) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/18 "2020-11-28T22:18:59Z")
It’s not Christmas without Spinal Tap’s [Christmas with the Devil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWKN-EYFxbs) . ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/19 "2020-11-29T00:19:05Z")
Not the most demented. but certainly the most double-entendre. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, “Big Bulbs”. [Big Bulbs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL19eKEa3CY) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691/20 "2020-11-29T00:49:17Z")
The Season’s Upon Us! (Not really demented, but some people would glare.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qTx-sdR6Yzk/maxresdefault.jpg "Dropkick Murphys - "The Season's Upon Us" (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk) And I had [this little NSFW gem](https://youtu.be/ouy54KdNe2c) blasting in the background when an elderly relative called this afternoon…if she could make out the lyrics, she didn’t say anything. (No embedded link, because the album art features an anthropomorphic poo, which might be a little too demented for some.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-demented-christmas/926691.md?page=2)