When I was really little, I used to think that this song was funny and it was a lot of fun to sing along with my Grandpa (interesting, I know…haha). Now that I’m older and I can notice the lyrical content and just the overall quality of the song itself, I really don’t like it at all. It doesn’t offend me, it’s just overplayed and rather stupid. Now, my family is from West Virginia and I have nothing but respect for the southern accent…but in the case of this song, the accent just gets under my skin and drives me insane. This would be considered a “novelty” Christmas song.

Oh no…this song. Even when I was younger, I didn’t like this song. There is something about Little Miss Peevey’s voice that drives me crazy. Granted, she was only 10 when she recorded this song back in 1953, so I should give her some mad props but eh, I don’t feel like it. I know a lot of people who say that every time this song comes on they will turn it off and I can say that I am one of those people. The lyrics are stupid and it’s just painful to listen to; it’s all of that and it’s also the fact that this song will get stuck in your head. Listen with caution!

I recently heard this song performed by the wonderful Nat King Cole and even with his angelic voice it still is a crap song. I know it’s a vintage classic and I should respect it’s charm, but quite honestly when I hear it I just turn it off. It’s especially annoying when they get some little kid to sing it because they don’t have their two front teeth and that’s cute, right?…Right? Unfortunately no, it’s just annoying and can be left in the past for all I care.

I’m not entirely sure who the original artist is of this song, but around here they have various elementary school children sing it in a choir which consists of them yelling the lyrics along to the music teacher’s piano accompaniment. It’s also not a favorite when they have the little kid sing it and mispronounce the words for that little extra cute factor. If you’ve never heard the song before, it’s basically about a child’s account of how they’ve waited up for Santa on Christmas and he never came, but there is something stuck up in the chimney. As the song progresses, the length of time progresses and you get new lyrics such as this gem, “There’s something stuck up in the chimney/And I don’t know what it is/But it’s been there all month long/Well, it’s jammed up tight above the fireplace/Now the house smells funny, such a big disgrace.” Hm…that’s a little morbid. I guess my feeling is that a Christmas song is so universal that it really shouldn’t be performed by just anyone. So, unless these kids are prodigy’s, please leave their vocal stylings to the parents ears at the holiday Christmas concert.

I love The Beach Boys just as much as anyone else and really respect them as artists. I also respect the fact that they tried to break the rendition mold by making up their own Christmas song, but the only problem is that this song just sorta…well…it stinks. The sound isn’t Christmasy at all, the lyrics are about Santa’s sleigh being a “hot rod”, and the line, “Christmas comes this time each year” bothers me. It seems like it was thrown in there as not to hurt the music and it seems sort of like a no-brainer and sticks out to me like a sore thumb, even over the melodic “Ooooo’s”! I give mad props to these beachy gents for attempting a difficult feat of writing a non-traditional Christmas song that will receive mainstream exposure and be thrown around in well-known Christmas song conversation, but I am just not a fan. A for effort, D for the overall product.

It is not the content of the song that bothers me, rather it is this particular version performed by Mr. Bob Seger that I really dislike. A funny thing about this song is that when I first heard it on the radio and heard the finishing note of, “me and my dru-uuummmm”, I laughed! I would think that with a professionally recorded song, they would make sure that the quality is great and they would at least audio edit that note if not have Bob rerecord it! I also find it humorous that Bob Seger tries so hard to rock out in this song when there’s really no moment in the song to do this! And lastly, what’s with the saxophone?

This year was the first year that I heard this wonder of a song and as soon as I heard it, I called my mom to ask her if she had heard it and what she thought about it. Long story short, we both ended up laughing because no matter what the song is– Bryan Adams sings it all the same. There is the guitar that really wants to explode into a power solo but has to back down, there is the raspy “Ohhhhhh” belted out by Mr. Adams, and there is so much oomph put into every word sung (to the breaking point of over singing). If you changed the lyrics out and added some fluff about how a woman left him and he wants her back, it really could just go on a normal Bryan Adams CD (think: “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”). I guess the issue is that I think this song is silly sounding and the fact that I’m not a fan of Bryan Adams in any circumstance may come into play, too.

Nooo, Paul! Why?!  I have looked around at other “Worst Christmas Songs” lists and this song kept popping up and I have to say that I agree with all of you! I’m not sure what it is that I don’t like about the song; it’s a little bit of everything. The lyrics are very simplistic to the point that I’m not sure what exactly is going on in the song and the synth is annoying! I guess that we just expect so much of Sir Paul McCartney that this song falls short of being anything but easy to ignore. I wonder what it would have been like if The Beatles (John, Paul, George, Ringo) all recorded a Christmas album together, hm…

I hate to be the Scrooge right now, but…this isn’t a Christmas song! A New Years Eve song, yes, but a Christmas song? Not at all or in the least bit even if the first verse does state that, “the snow was falling Christmas Eve”. In fact, this song can be reserved to just be played on New Years Eve only and I’d be fine with it. I don’t understand why radio stations insist on playing this with the rest of the Christmas music, but they do. I think this song is way too long, first of all, I’m not entirely sure how long it is…but it seems like it goes on for an eternity, and what is the song about? Well, simple. It’s about Dan running into “his old lover at the grocery store” and then they catch up and well, that’s about it. He sort of boasts that he’s a singer and she is married to an architect who, and I quote, “keeps her warm and safe and dry”. It is what it is and I simply do not like it.

I’m sure that most of you have heard this song and maybe perhaps even seen the made-for-TV movie and if you are anything like me, you detest it. I think the story is fine and it’s one of those uplifting holiday moments that you’re supposed to take in and then reflect on your own life. I think it’s also an attempt to say that Christmas isn’t about the material things, but rather the spirit of giving and the feeling that you get when you do it. If you’ve never heard this song before, it’s about a man who’s wrapping up Christmas shopping and he’s behind a little boy in the line who explains to the cashier that he’s buying these shoes for his dying mother to wear to meet Jesus in Heaven. That’s pretty much the bulk of it. I don’t like this song for many reasons: 1.) it’s a real downer, 2.) I’m not a fan of storytelling songs like this, and 3) you have that children choir again at the end and I’ve already stated I am not a fan of that! The point of the song is decent and I think a lot of people need to be reminded of the spirit of Christmas, however; I don’t like to feel sad after listening to a song; that’s the primary reason why I can’t listen to “Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks