Eartha Kitt’s version rocks (or jazzes?) though.
It’s so sad, bitter and depressing that it’s played as they march Private Eddie Slovik to where he was executed by firing squad for desertion in the movie “The Execution of Private Slovik”.
For all those who hate The Liottle Drummer Boy
Here’s the antidote.
It is defintely the best christmas song that involves negotiations with some form of prostitute, according to my daughter. She was horrified when she first properly listened to the lyrics.
Black Muslim
Well, not 600 years before Islam was created.
Must be talking about the Ethiopian wise man.
Btw Epic xmas rant I heartily endorse the sentiment.
Mary had a little lamb
The doctors were astounded
Everywhere she went
Gynaecologists surrounded
– from “99% of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd,” by Half Man Half Biscuit
I too always thought that this Chipmunks song was horrendous. However, once I heard the Norah Jones rendition of the very same song, I realized that the song itself was not all that bad when performed by a talented singer and jazz combo. In fact, I really like Norah’s whole holiday CD.
My vote for worst Christmas song is the Christmas Shoes. I really don’t care for Wham’s Last Christmas either. To me it is not a Christmas song at all, just a song about a break-up that happened to occur on December 26 one year.
The Kenny Rogers renditon of Mary Did You Know is okay, but many artists did much better performances and arrangements of the song. The version by Pentatonix is a favorite of mine.
Here’s Home Free performing Mary Did You Know.
It’s a season of miracles. Duh.
Or this:
When Mary Had A Little Lamb
the doctor was surprised,
But when Old MacDonald had a farm
the doctor nearly died!
ETA: Why would the Mary’s doctor be surprised? Just because Mary claimed to be a virgin? Why would the doctor have believed that? Maybe the Herald Angels mentioned it to the doctor too?
Oh wait. We’re hijacking this thread to talk about songs we liked now? 
Okay, try this:
For a good rollicking Gospel / Christmas number, here’s the Late Lamented Man In Black doing Children Go Where I Send Thee – the complete unabridged version:
BTW, can somebody tell us what he says right at the beginning, at 0:00 to 0:02? This performance was in Denmark. Is it something in Danish?
For a little extra entertainment, here’s an unintentionally amusing performance by Tennessee Ernie Ford:
Because humans generally don’t give birth to farm animals.
Not with that attitude they don’t
Obviously, you haven’t been around young humans.