# Why all the misplaced hatred for The Little Drummer Boy?

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**Created:** [November 22, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-misplaced-hatred-for-the-little-drummer-boy/843807 "2019-11-22T03:08:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-misplaced-hatred-for-the-little-drummer-boy/843807/49 "2019-11-22T22:49:50Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Indeed.
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> I have always disliked it because as a child I realized how unlikely it would be for a child to be playing a drum at the Nativity.

If it was a common event there would be no reason to sing about it.

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