Worst/Best Christmas Songs?

[Galway Eagle]

Any songs or versions of songs that you flat out hate or love?

Dominic the donkey and Santa Baby top my list of terrible.

Fairytale of New York is my favorite by far.

[tower912]

It goes in waves.   Best:   Oh, Holy Night, Josh Groban.       The one that I used to be ambivalent about is 'Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas'.    Then, after seeing/hearing it in Monuments Men, I hear it differently and I have come to enjoy it.   
Silent Night/Night of Silence sung together by a decent choir.
Worst:   Rockin around the Christmas Tree.       Baby, its cold outside.   

[brewcity77]

Fairytale of New York is fantastic. Father Christmas by The Kinks is another good one. Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC. Also the Bad Religion version of Silent Night.

[reinko]

Almost too many to list, old classics by the Jackson Five and the Ronnettes are fantastic, Stevie Wonder has an old holiday album that is amazing, The Boss, Santa Claus is Comin to Town, The Very Special Christmas albums are generally pretty good...

I have curated the following holiday playlist over the years, feel free to give it a listen if you have Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/user/1219323110/playlist/0VziBqoDv7rvOvA31WZt7w?si=pFi8hk8ITY2GHAWclEM08Q

[Pakuni]

"The Best Christmas Song " by Jon Lajoie.

[jesmu84]

It goes in waves.   Best:   Oh, Holy Night, Josh Groban.       The one that I used to be ambivalent about is 'Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas'.    Then, after seeing/hearing it in Monuments Men, I hear it differently and I have come to enjoy it.   
Silent Night/Night of Silence sung together by a decent choir.
Worst:   Rockin around the Christmas Tree.       Baby, its cold outside.

Herman/Tex/munfy's fave

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I can't stand "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time" or "Christmas Shoes"

For the classics my favorites are always "Silent Night" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

For the more contemporary songs I really like Straight No Chasers "Text Me Merry Christmas" Somehow it always gets stuck in my head

[Galway Eagle]

Have any of you heard dropkick Murphys seasons upon us? Completely forgot about the tune till my housemate played it the other night. It's hilarious

[warriorchick]

Best : The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

Worst: Merry Christmas War is Over - John and Yoko

[PBRme]

Herman/Tex/munfy's fave

Keep showing how small you are

[Dish]

12 Days of In Before The Lock.

[naginiF]

Keep showing how small you are

It was funny AND it was an obvious joke.

Worst:  any rendition of any song by Trans Siberian Orchestra
Best:  Silent Night (yes, as an atheist i love this song), Christmas Time is Here

[barfolomew]

There was a reggae Christmas album that I listened the crap out of while at MU.
Inexplicably, I can't find it on YouTube, but it had some great ones:

Irie Christmas -- Freddie MacGregor
Christmas Stylee -- Johhny Osbourne
Sound the Trumpet -- The Wailers

And the best version of White Christmas that I ever heard.
Wish I could find it.


EDIT: Found it! Reggae Christmas from Studio One.

[GGGG]

Keep showing how small you are

Christmas is the perfect time for snowflakes.

[Galway Eagle]

Keep showing how small you are

I asked for Christmas songs not arguments. He didn't even reference you why're you taking it personal?

[mu_hilltopper]

12 Days of In Before The Lock.

I love that song!  And this one, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/v/Eq9xD0DRPXk?t=10

[4everwarriors]

"Hanukkah" song by Adam Sandler, aina?

[cheebs09]

Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives is the best in my eyes.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Really like this combo of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and We Three Kings by Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVNzgUxE-g

[WI inferiority Complexes]

The dealership where I spend 7,000 hours a week has been playing Sirius XM "Holly," since Black Friday, so right about now all Christmas songs sound terrible.

That said, "It's Christmas All Over Again," by Tom Petty is my favorite.

[jesmu84]

Keep showing how small you are

Interesting. I didn't know it would be a controversial position for me to be against getting young women intentionally drink for the purpose of having unprotected sex with them.

Guess it takes bigger men than me to commit the act.

Thanks for setting me straight and being the SJW of the board

[buckchuckler]

Any songs or versions of songs that you flat out hate or love?

Dominic the donkey and Santa Baby top my list of terrible.

Fairytale in New York is my favorite by far.

Haha, way to be a stereotype.  The Irish guy hates the Italian donkey and loves the Pogues. 

JK of course, we all know you are really Italian.
Though the title is Fairytale of New York, by the way.

I love many Christmas songs, but the one I really hate is "Do they know it is Christmas".  It is idiotic and incorrect at best, and reeks of condescension and western superiority .  It is just a ridiculous song all the way around.  Really?  No rivers flow?  You can't think of one river in Africa?  Not one that was basically the cradle of civilization?  Do they know it is Christmas, really, on the continent that had Christianity loooooong before it took hold in Europe?  I really hate that song.

[Jockey]

Best would be the entire Christmas album by Bruce Cockburn

[Galway Eagle]

Haha, way to be a stereotype.  The Irish guy hates the Italian donkey and loves the Pogues. 

JK of course, we all know you are really Italian.
Though the title is Fairytale of New York, by the way.

I love many Christmas songs, but the one I really hate is "Do they know it is Christmas".  It is idiotic and incorrect at best, and reeks of condescension and western superiority .  It is just a ridiculous song all the way around.  Really?  No rivers flow?  You can't think of one river in Africa?  Not one that was basically the cradle of civilization?  Do they know it is Christmas, really, on the continent that had Christianity loooooong before it took hold in Europe?  I really hate that song.

hahaha you should see the look on customs here when I pull out the irish passport with an italian last name and american accent.

And you're right. It dawned on me while writing the post I've only ever called it fairytale and never looked on the back of the cd case so I took a guess.

Do you know its christmas is a terrible one but the end is so catchy it always gets stuck in my head

[reinko]

Forgot a few of my favs above, Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses, newer one my Megan Trainor, I'll Be Home, Last Christmas by WHAM...