# What's the Worst Christmas Album of All Time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075 "2011-12-13T20:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Professor\_Longnose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@Professor\_Longnose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Professor_Longnose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/1 "2011-12-13T20:43:43Z")
Holiday Halfway, put out by various NFL teams around 1969, would be up there. Someone recorded a bunch of standard pop-orchestra backgrounds to a bunch of Christmas standards, and got football teams to have their players sing along (at very slow speeds to make sure they could keep up). I have the NY Jets and NY Giants versions, and they reek. Nominations? ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/2 "2011-12-13T21:01:58Z")
Anything that features those damned chipmunks singing. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/3 "2011-12-13T22:09:10Z")
Streisand’s Christmas album. That nasal voice gives me Kramer fits. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/4 "2011-12-14T05:23:20Z")
**Mod:** This is more CS material, I think. - Gukumatz, GR & IMHO Mod ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/5 "2011-12-14T05:24:55Z")
Hung for the Holidays, by William Hung. I think it’s real, and I am sure that if it does exist, it’s awful. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/6 "2011-12-14T06:14:54Z")
[Ruff ruff ruff, ruff ruff ruff, ruff ruff-ruff ruff ruff…](http://www.amazon.com/Jingle-Dogs/e/B000AQ13IM) ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/7 "2011-12-14T13:46:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Streisand’s Christmas album. That nasal voice gives me Kramer fits. Her version of “Jingle Bells” makes my ears bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/8 "2011-12-14T14:21:55Z")
[Nostalgia Chick reviewed N’Sync’s quickly put out Christmas album. It’s not pleasant.](http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/team-nchick/nostalgia-chick/33471-a-very-nsync-christmas) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/9 "2011-12-14T14:36:10Z")
[Christmas in the Heart](http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Heart-Bob-Dylan/dp/B002MW50KO) by Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/10 "2011-12-14T15:57:08Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > Anything that features those damned chipmunks singing. Winner! [Christmas with Santa’s Helpers](http://www.amazon.com/Along-Santas-Helpers-Pixie-Record/dp/B005ZF0KXC) is a rip-off of Chipmunk style singing which was put out in the late 50’s or early 60’s. My parents bought it when I was a kid and my sister and I played it to death. About 5 years ago I bought a copy on EBay (yes I paid stupid money for it) just so I could surprise my sister with it. It truly is awful. My wife won’t let me play it when she’s in the house. ---
**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 14, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/11 "2011-12-14T16:31:34Z")
I bought some holiday/Xmas/winter album by Sting and listened to half of it. You couldn’t get me to replay it by putting a gun in my ear. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/12 "2011-12-14T16:33:37Z")
> [@LaurenIpsum](#): > > Her version of “Jingle Bells” makes my ears bleed. I’ve never had a panic attack, but I gotta imagine that’s what it feels like. Trapped, caged, freaked the F out. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/13 "2011-12-14T17:35:57Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > I’ve never had a panic attack, but I gotta imagine that’s what it feels like. Trapped, caged, freaked the F out. The first time I heard that, I left a full cart of groceries in the aisle as I fled the store. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/14 "2011-12-14T18:03:43Z")
For me it has to be Kenny G’s Christmas album. I couldn’t even make it through 1 song. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/15 "2011-12-14T18:32:08Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > For me it has to be Kenny G’s Christmas album. I couldn’t even make it through 1 song. Norm MacDonald: “Kenny G has a Christmas album out this year. Hey, happy birthday, Jesus! Hope you like crap!” ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/16 "2011-12-14T18:32:54Z")
Meowy Christmas, by the [Jingle Cats](http://www.youtube.com/meowychristmas). So bad, that when I played it in the music store I worked in, I had several customers come racing to the register to find out what album that was, so that they could buy it and torture someone with it. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/17 "2011-12-14T18:41:54Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Hung for the Holidays, by William Hung. I think it’s real, and I am sure that if it does exist, it’s awful. [It’s real](http://www.amazon.com/Hung-Holidays-William/dp/B0002PUHSI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323888000&sr=8-1). Check out the first “review” of this title on Amazon. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/18 "2011-12-14T18:57:37Z")
Probably not the worst (not counting all the gimmick records listed, it would be hard to outdo Bob Dylan’s album for pure shittiness), but the most recent PoS I’ve heard was the Justin Bieber Christmas record. It’s almost bafflingly horrible to my ears. I understand he grew up on top 40 crap from the 2000s, for which I pity him, but goddamn is that ever some soulless corporate crap. That “Mistletoe” song almost makes me laugh, it’s so moronic. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/19 "2011-12-14T19:09:02Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Meowy Christmas, by the [Jingle Cats](http://www.youtube.com/meowychristmas). > > So bad, that when I played it in the music store I worked in, I had several customers come racing to the register to find out what album that was, so that they could buy it and torture someone with it. This album is particularly fun if you have cats. I bought it awhile ago to see what my cats thought of it, and it freaked them the hell out. Half of them just sat there staring glassy-eyed at the speaker while the others ran for the hills. I don’t play it anymore. I love my cats, and I think this album qualifies as cruelty to animals. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075/20 "2011-12-14T22:37:06Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Hung for the Holidays, by William Hung. I think it’s real, and I am sure that if it does exist, it’s awful. I was in Best Buy several Christmases ago and one of his songs was playing over the PA. I told the cashier I was very sorry he had to listen to that. He said “Yeah, I don’t get paid enough for this!” I have some Christmas CDs that have awful songs on them (The Three Tenors sing Feliz Navidad, anyone?) but I don’t think I have any CDs that are awful from start to finish. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-christmas-album-of-all-time/606075.md?page=2)