# Your favorite novelty Christmas songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 1999, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910 "1999-11-13T04:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/61 "1999-11-17T20:48:00Z")
The vocalist in the original version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” was (I forget his name) the same guy who voices Tony The Tiger for Kelloggs Corn Flakes. My favorite Christmas novelty songs? In no particular order, they are: [ul][li]Christmas at Ground Zero[/li](I even have the video for that one!) [li]Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer[/li](Fortunately I rarely listen to music radio so I haven’t gotten sick of it like so many others.) [li]The Hat I Got For Christmas is Too Beeg[/li](Sung by Mel Blank in his “Mexican” voice, sort of like speedy gonzales, but an octave or so lower) [li]Jingle Cats – the entire album[/li] [li]Jingle Dogs[/li](Yes, I’ll admit I have a high threshold of pain.) [li]And the list goes on and on…[/ul][/li] I am a Christmas junkie and always look forward to getting my “fix” of Christmas sentimentality this time of year. –Baloo * * * It’s more important to understand than it is to agree. [http://members.tripod.com/~Bob\_Baloo/index.htm](http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/62 "1999-11-17T21:47:00Z")
“I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas” by The Goonies (Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers). Tom Lehrer called it the essence of nonsense. “Pretty Little Dolly” by Mona Abboud; she recorded it live on _The Tonight Show._ ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/63 "1999-11-17T21:59:00Z")
I _hate_ Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. So much so that I love the song about (whoever sang GGROBAR) getting run over by a reindeer. Very crude lyrics that accurately state my sentiments. I love the Paul Simon/Billy Joel version of Silver Bells with Steve Martin narrating. * * * “Well, walk it off! And next time, _stretch_ before you ovulate.” – Al Bundy ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/64 "1999-11-17T22:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Jingle Cats – the entire album > > Jingle Dogs > (Yes, I’ll admit I have a high threshold of pain.) Baloo, have you heard The Carol of the Bells that’s all animals? ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 1999, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/65 "1999-11-17T22:47:00Z")
Because I am the Grinch incarnate, most Christmas novelty songs grate on me like nails on a chalkboard. My nominations for Most Annoying Xmas Jingles include: Little Drummer Boy (I’d strangle him with my own hands so as not to hear one more PAH-RUM PUM PUM PUM) Jingle Bell Rock (Working in retail spoiled this one for me) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Yuck!) And many more. So, to show the soft side of this Grinch, I love the Pogo versions of popular tunes: Deck us all with Boston Charlie and Good King Sauerkraut; when I was young I loved the We Three Kings song that had them “trying to smoke a rubber cigar.” And the Twelve Days of Christmas parody where Day two is “Rigging up the lights!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/66 "1999-11-18T01:08:00Z")
“And the Twelve Days of Christmas parody where Day two is ‘Rigging up the lights!’” ROTFLMAO at the memory of this song and the anticipation that the radio will soon be playing it again at least three times a week. (^: Each complaint is sung by a different (and funny) voice and the verse changes each time (they don’t just repeat “rigging up the lights” for each verse, for example, but the man yells for his wife to check the fuse). Hilarious! In no particular order or completeness, here are some of the other 12 days: Finding the Christmas tree! Singing Christmas Carols! Feeding my in-laws! 5…months…of bills! Sending Christmas cards! Stale TV specials! No batteries included! ---
**Author:** ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/67 "1999-11-18T20:49:00Z")
Thanks, Baloo. That’s the guy I was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/68 "1999-11-18T21:36:00Z")
AzRaek, I love the ‘Walking Round in Women’s Underwear’ song. Every time I sing it to someone, though, they give me that look like, “You’re making that up.” Also, Erik Cartman from SouthPark singing ‘Oh Holy Night’. With the cowprod accompaniment. But my all-time favorite is Elvis’ version of ‘Blue Christmas’. * * * Insert Random Witticism Here. ---
**Author:** ![PTVroman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@PTVroman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PTVroman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 1999, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/69 "1999-11-18T22:55:00Z")
[q]And the Twelve Days of Christmas parody where Day two is ‘Rigging up the lights!’[\q] Bob Rivers Comidy Corp, from the Twisted Christmas album, “The 12 Pains of Christmas” Singing Christmas Carols Stale TV Specials Batteries Not Included Whining Brat Facing My Inlaws No parking spaces Salvation Army 5 Months of Bills Sending Christmas Cards Hangovers Rigging up the lights And finding a Christmas tree (the last 7 are not in the correct order) And as the song goes on, what they are saying changes “What, one light goes out, they all go out!” “Get a flashlight, I think I blew a fuse!” “Fine, you’re so smart, you rig up these lights!” From that album, A Visit from St. Nickolson is great, but a bit dated. His second album has “I Am Santa Claus” (to the tune of Iron Man), and “Walking 'Round in Women’s Underware”. Another clasic - “I’m gettin’ nuttin’ for Christmas!” * * * _“The large print givith, and the small print taketh away.”_ Tom Waites, “Step Right Up” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 1999, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/70 "1999-11-20T21:44:00Z")
In 1988 I heard a version of “Silver Bells” with lyrics commenting on the Christmas shopping rush: Doesn’t anyone have any money? It’s the 80s, feels like Hades… Soon it will be Christmas day! I never did know the name of the artist. The background accompaniment was rerally fast and frantic. ---
**Author:** ![ConMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ConMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ConMan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/71 "1999-11-28T03:50:00Z")
My favorites have to be from Heywood Banks, a stand-up comedian, who performs: Frosty The Bluesman You Ain’t Gettin’ Diddly Squat (Cause you really messed up this year) [www.heywoodbanks.com](http://www.heywoodbanks.com) He also sings: Toast; The Pancreas Song; 18 Wheels on a Big Rig If he comes to your town, he is a MUST SEE! * * * “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore.’” E A Poe ---
**Author:** ![Lyly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c67d28/32.png) [@Lyly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/72 "1999-11-29T06:11:00Z")
DOMINIC THE DONKEY!!! I love that one! And every single time I hear “Jingle Bell Rock” I think of Lethal Weapon 2 and Die Hard. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/73 "1999-11-29T10:01:00Z")
When I was in high school, a friend of mine made up a new version of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, except it went: > [@](#): > > Hark the hare-lipped angels sing, > NOOOH NOOOH NOOOH, NOOH-NOOH NOOH NOOOOH! Maybe you had to be there. DHR ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/74 "1999-11-29T12:28:00Z")
My son(8), a Blues Brothers fan, will like Frosty the Bluesman ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/75 "1999-11-29T14:19:00Z")
“Here Comes Fatty Clause”, a rant song about having to spend hundreds of dollars every year because the kids get so hyped on Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/76 "1999-12-03T02:07:00Z")
If you go to [http://laughnet.net/](http://laughnet.net/) click on “Laughnet After Dark”, and click on “multimedia”, one of the selections will be a risque parody of “Jingle Bell Rock” Does “Kyle’s Mom is a Bitch” count as a Christmas song? After all, it was first sung in the first South Park Christmas special. ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/77 "1999-12-04T03:40:00Z")
The book, “Bart Simpson’s Guide to Life” has the words to some good novelty Christmas songs. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 1999, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910/78 "1999-12-11T00:49:00Z")
I was looking for something else, but only found this old thing.here it is again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-novelty-christmas-songs/11910.md?page=3)