# Most hated Christmas Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911 "2005-12-16T14:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/81 "2005-12-22T01:37:18Z")
I do my dangdest to be absent from church on the Sunday “The First Nowell” (that’s how it’s spelled in the Episcopal Hymnal) is sung. AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! I hate _hate_ **hate** every note and syllable of that song! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/82 "2005-12-22T01:43:15Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I do my dangdest to be absent from church on the Sunday “The First Nowell” (that’s how it’s spelled in the Episcopal Hymnal) is sung. AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! I hate _hate_ **hate** every note and syllable of that song! I thought I was the only one who hated that song. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/83 "2005-12-22T02:00:15Z")
I’ve only heard it once, but it was enough - _For Christ’s Sake, It’s Christmas_ by George Strait. I was in an Airport Shuttle, and the driver played Christmas songs on the entire, (almost) two hour ride. This was one of them. Nothing like an Evangelical, go out and convert the heathens Christmas carol. > [@](#): > > They all have the choice so lift up your voice > Make sure they know by Christmas Eve > Pray that everyone sees that we’ve opened the eyes > That were closed …because the MOST important part of Christmas is to make sure everyone knows you’ve been a good Christian. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/84 "2005-12-22T02:52:35Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Ya know, I consider myself lucky that there’s a few songs mentioned that I have never heard. Thankfully, this is one I’ve never heard, I think if I had it would really get my Italian up. Unfortunately I have heard it… ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/85 "2005-12-22T04:48:39Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Where the heck did that idea of a little drummer boy at the Nativity come from, anyhoo? > 😕😕 It sings of the boy not having gifts to bring the king. So he drums. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/86 "2005-12-22T04:51:46Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > It sings of the boy not having gifts to bring the king. So he drums. Which any parent with well-meaning relatives who gift their children with musical instruments will tell you, is NOT a gift… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/87 "2005-12-22T05:08:55Z")
> [@Jeep's Phoenix](#): > > Have you seen the one with the music changed to the Trans Siberian Orchestra’s version of “Carol of the Bells”? No, but I will try to Google for it now. Anybody seen the video of a guy on a toilet supposedly farting Jingle Bells while a friend does percussion on the floor? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/88 "2005-12-22T05:31:46Z")
Oops, correction. The person is operating a keyboard. Still funny though. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/89 "2005-12-22T13:48:19Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > It sings of the boy not having gifts to bring the king. So he drums. That isn’t what I asked, though. Where does the idea of a drummer boy at the Nativity come from? Is it traditional, in some culture(s)? Religious? Marketing scam? What? 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/90 "2005-12-22T14:10:49Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > That isn’t what I asked, though. > > Where does the idea of a drummer boy at the Nativity come from? > Is it traditional, in some culture(s)? > Religious? > Marketing scam? > What? 😕😕😕 Well, [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy)’s what Wikipedia has to say about it. Take it as you will. ---
**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/91 "2005-12-22T14:15:19Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > That isn’t what I asked, though. > > Where does the idea of a drummer boy at the Nativity come from? > Is it traditional, in some culture(s)? > Religious? > Marketing scam? > What? 😕😕😕 I always wanted the little drummer boy to give his life for our sins. Where’s Mel Gibson when you really need him? Bah. Rumpumpum. Pum. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/92 "2005-12-22T15:28:01Z")
Yep-the ass was indeed Dominick. I wonder how Barbra feels, being asked to sing Christmas carols and all? Is that why she murders them with tortured delivery, screams and rushed intakes of breathe? I’ll go out on a limb here and say that there are many Christmas songs that I enjoy and that mean alot to me–good agnostic that I am. But I cannot stand the newer versions of alot of them. Bing is the ONLY person who should sing White Christmas. Period. That’s just one example. I don’t want to hear it funked up, hip-hopped, rapped, twanged to death in good ole Appalachia style or diva’ed, either. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/93 "2005-12-22T16:39:05Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I wonder how Barbra feels, being asked to sing Christmas carols and all? Is that why she murders them with tortured delivery, screams and rushed intakes of breathe? No. She ‘sings’ everything that way. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/94 "2005-12-22T18:09:54Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > No, but I will try to Google for it now. If you haven’t had any luck, [here it is](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bkremix.php). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/95 "2005-12-22T18:29:40Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > > [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > > > That isn’t what I asked, though. > > > > Where does the idea of a drummer boy at the Nativity come from? > > Is it traditional, in some culture(s)? > > Religious? > > Marketing scam? > > What? > > Well, [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy)’s what Wikipedia has to say about it. Take it as you will. More [here](http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/s_404398.html): > [@](#): > > _Pittsburgh Tribune-Review_ > “Little Drummer Boy” > Words and music, Katharine K. Davis; revised by Harry Simeone > > Katharine Davis, a composer and teacher who taught in Massachusetts, wrote “The Carol of the Drums” in 1941 as a retelling of the legends found in many European countries about young, poor and disaffected members of society offering gifts to the Baby Jesus. The Trapp Family Singers recorded a popular version of the song, but in 1958, Harry Simeone, formerly the choral conductor for Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians, recast the song as “Little Drummer Boy.” It has proven popular with contemporary musicians, as Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Mathis and Lou Rawls have recorded the song. The most unique version might be Bing Crosby’s duet with David Bowie in 1977 on the former’s Christmas special. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/96 "2005-12-22T18:44:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I thought I was the only one who hated that song. Add a third Episcopalian vote against it. Any of you guys know how we can get a hold of a member of the Hymnal Committee? (No violence; it’s against the rules. We’ll just play him/her tapes of “A Grand Ol’ Opry Christmas” until he agrees to delete the %#%# thing from the next edition.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/97 "2005-12-22T21:33:59Z")
**kaylasmom** hates to hear Michael Bolton (the no-talent assclown, not the cubicle drone) sing “White Christmas.” This is because, at the end of the verse, when Mr. Berlin wrote that he’s supposed to sing the notes: > [@](#): > > (_ascending_) do, re, mi, mi, la, (_descending_) ti, ti, ti, (_ascending_) do, he instead sings > [@](#): > > (_ascending_) do, re, mi, mi, la, (_descending_) do, do, do, do This drives her crazy. I’m terribly conflicted about _Little Altar Boy_, because I know [the guy who wrote it](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808487/) to be a hypocritical, sanctimonious, glurge-composin’, cheatin’-on-his-wife prick, who betrayed my wife into a nervous breakdown twenty-three years ago. But Karen sure did sing it pretty. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/98 "2005-12-22T22:38:55Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Barbra Streisand sings a version of _Jingle Bells_ that makes me want to scream. First off, I don’t like Barbra, and secondly, she sings this song like she had drunk eight cups of coffee and had to record the song before she could go pee. I don’t understand the motivation behind singing this song like she’s on crack. It’s so freaking fast I’m stunned. Amen. She totally messes with the meter on this, and ruins the song. Not that it’s a work of art to begin with, but she turns it into utter crap. And **Rico** caught on my pet peeve of _My Favorite Things_ being played as a Christmas tune. Perhaps Babs thought that since it mentioned “brown paper packages tied up with strings” that maybe that was referring to Christmas gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/99 "2005-12-22T22:40:22Z")
> [@YWalker](#): > > And **Rico** caught on my pet peeve of _My Favorite Things_ being played as a Christmas tune. > > Perhaps Babs thought that since it mentioned “brown paper packages tied up with strings” that maybe that was referring to Christmas gifts. It also mentions “snowflakes” and “winter”. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911/100 "2005-12-22T22:57:32Z")
> [@YWalker](#): > > Perhaps Babs thought that since it mentioned “brown paper packages tied up with strings” that maybe that was referring to Christmas gifts. Naah…it’s a reference to porn. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-christmas-song/335911.md?page=6)