# What Christmas standard do you not want to hear any more? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056 "2016-12-06T22:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/61 "2016-12-07T14:21:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” is the very definition of what is wrong with Christmas music. Thank Og I’m not the only one. That song is just awful in so many damn ways. I will gladly listen to the terribleness that is “Grandma Got Run Over”, and any other novelty crap to avoid hearing that 5 minutes of Brenda Lee. On the flip side though, the Matina McBride version of “What Child is This” gives me goosebumps, and I am generally a scrooge when it comes to Christmas music. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/62 "2016-12-07T14:32:49Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > _Little Drummer Boy_ by anybody. > > If there’s a good version of this one, I haven’t heard it. And yes, that includes Bing and Bowie, and Joan Jett’s versions. > [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > This. What a stupid concept for a song. let’s see, you’ve been on the road forever, spent hours looking for a place to stay, squeezed out a baby, and finally got him to bed. Then some kid comes up and offers to play a drum solo, and you \*agree \*? Please… > [@SCAdian](#): > > This!!! > > Not that I’m all that fond of Xmas in the first place… For all of you who hate the little drummer boy, I give you [The Annoying Drummer Boy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Hhj9bh-WQ) But here we are at three a.m. With Ringo Starr of Bethlehem I just love that line. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/63 "2016-12-07T14:32:53Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > This far into the thread and no one has mentioned “Sleigh Ride”?!? :dubious: :eek: > > I loathe this song! Every time I hear _“Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, let’s go!/Let’s look at the show!/We’re riding in a wonderland of snow!”_ I want to commit murder. :smack: :mad: > > And now I won’t be able to get it out of my head for the rest of the day. **ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!** I did mention it, just didn’t know the title. Or I blonked it out. It is a dreadful, dreadful song. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/64 "2016-12-07T14:39:24Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I did mention it, just didn’t know the title. Or I blonked it out. It is a dreadful, dreadful song. The Johnny Mathis version would make the perfect backdrop for the ultimate gay Christmas orgy video. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/65 "2016-12-07T14:59:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus_. It’s just so pervy. 😛 YES. Ew, ew, ew! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/66 "2016-12-07T15:09:42Z")
**I’ve Got Some Presents For Santa** , Sarah Taylor. Too smarmily smutty for my tastes, despite my usual tolerance for double entendres and the like. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/67 "2016-12-07T15:20:27Z")
Wow. 1. So much vitriol for songs. I guess it’s not a shock, given how overplayed so many of them are, but folks, really? Y’all seem to be missing the spirit of the season. :dubious: 2. I do note that, with very few exceptions, no actual Christmas carols are listed; it’s ALL “novelty” songs. Well, that’s what they were when they first surfaced; they only become “standards” after years of not going away. 😛 3. I’m really surprised at the unhappiness with “Little Drummer Boy”, which was written in 1941, but not actually recorded until 1951 by the Trapp Family Singers (yes, [THOSE Trapp Family Singers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(film))!). According to the original writer, it’s a transcription of a Czech carol, though which one has never been determined. The popularity goes back to 1958, when the Harry Simeone Chorale recorded it. It’s been covered at least 200 times, which indicates it’s pretty damn popular. But my liking of it might have to do with the fact I was in a school Christmas pageant/play as a drummer boy, sidekick to THE drummer boy, in the 5th Grade. Check out the Pentatonix version; it’s more upbeat, which I do agree the song needs. 4. If there was one “standard” I wish would go away, it’s any attempt to sing “Silent Night” as anything but the lovely carol it is. For some reason, people love to take liberties with that carol, mixing it up with all sorts of other things. I don’t care what language you sing it in, sing it with the holy reverence it deserves, please. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/68 "2016-12-07T15:27:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > _Little Drummer Boy_ by anybody. > > If there’s a good version of this one, I haven’t heard it. And yes, that includes Bing and Bowie, and Joan Jett’s versions. As a male member of a choir, let me add that if I never have to say “puddly-pum” again, it will be too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/69 "2016-12-07T15:40:11Z")
The neighborhood grocery store plays the standards, reimagined. Some songs are done boy band style, some R&B Diva style, and so on. None are improvements. Next time I’m buying ear plugs. Contrary to popular opinion, I like Little Drummer Boy (original version). I think the boys choir with the echo effects sounds cool. ---
**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 7, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/70 "2016-12-07T15:55:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus_. It’s just so pervy. 😛 This, specifically the Jackson 5 version. Fortunately I’ve only heard it once this season and that was on Pandora. ETA: great. Now it’s on CISL. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/71 "2016-12-07T16:03:37Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > _Little Drummer Boy_ by anybody. > > If there’s a good version of this one, I haven’t heard it. And yes, that includes Bing and Bowie, and Joan Jett’s versions. What about [Weird Al and Annoying Orange](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJC8N8LWpUA)? Guaranteed to be, er, weird and annoying! The overplayed Christmas dreck in this neck of the woods is Mariah Carey’s _All I Want For Christmas Is You_. It’s inescapable. I mean, on a song-for-song basis I probably hate _Last Christmas_ more but the Carey song is on **endlessly**. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/72 "2016-12-07T16:11:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What about [Weird Al and Annoying Orange](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJC8N8LWpUA)? Guaranteed to be, er, weird and annoying! > > The overplayed Christmas dreck in this neck of the woods is Mariah Carey’s _All I Want For Christmas Is You_. It’s inescapable. I mean, on a song-for-song basis I probably hate _Last Christmas_ more but the Carey song is on **endlessly**. Aw, these are two of my favorites, pop music wise. And anyone who doesn’t like Messrs. Bowie and Crosby singing Little Drummer Boy deserves a lump of coal in their stocking:p ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/73 "2016-12-07T16:17:31Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Can we also mention just how horrible “Last Christmas” is anyway? > > I gave you my heart and you broke it so I’m going to give it to someone better. > > Yeah, that’s what I want in my Christmas songs, misery and heartbreak Exactly! It has nothing at all to do with the holiday season, other than the timing of when his heart was broken. Though, in hearing the lyrics the other day, I realized something: “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart // But the very next day, you gave it away” The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. So, (s)he was just giving George Michael’s heart away to someone in need. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/74 "2016-12-07T16:26:53Z")
I generally like most of the old religious Christmas standards, so I throw no shade at them. However, how has no one mentioned that horrid Mariah Carey abomination “All I Want For Christmas Is You”? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/75 "2016-12-07T16:36:16Z")
I can’t believe this is post #74 (unless someone sneaks one in while I’m typing) and I’m the first to say it… **Rudolph!** I detest that thing. I suppose it counts as a novelty song… it should, by any reasonable standard, but it’s been around for fucking forever and I doubt it will die in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/76 "2016-12-07T16:36:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Exactly! It has nothing at all to do with the holiday season, other than the timing of when his heart was broken. > > Though, in hearing the lyrics the other day, I realized something: > > “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart // But the very next day, you gave it away” > > The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. So, (s)he was just giving George Michael’s heart away to someone in need. 😉 Here’s a game to play. Take that one line and change it to something else that rhymes with heart and see how many funny things you can make: Last Christmas I burned a pop-tart Last Christmas I drew you a chart. Here’s the caveat: They have to work with the syllabic nature of the song. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/77 "2016-12-07T16:47:42Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Here’s a game to play. Take that one line and change it to something else that rhymes with heart and see how many funny things you can make: > > Last Christmas I burned a pop-tart > > Last Christmas I drew you a chart. > > Here’s the caveat: They have to work with the syllabic nature of the song. Last Christmas I married Paul Blart ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/78 "2016-12-07T16:50:38Z")
Last Christmas I ripped a wet fart ---
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/79 "2016-12-07T16:52:03Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Last Christmas I married Paul Blart Please don’t hijack my thread with a better concept. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056/80 "2016-12-07T17:30:00Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Last Christmas I married Paul Blart Was that sung in a “Buh-wheat” style? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056.md?page=5)