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onager

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19. Country gave us an anti-Xmas song, sort of...

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #15)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 09:20 AM

Dec 2015

Xmas? FTS, I got laid off, can't buy my kid any presents, and the only hope I have is moving to a warmer place. Where I'll still be broke and unemployed. Recorded in 1973 and IMO even more relevant with the financial disasters of the past few years...

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worst Xmass song ? [View all] olddots Dec 2015 OP

Any from recent pop stars played endlessly in stores! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2015 #1

Definitely this abomination. Ugh! Drives me insane. valerief Dec 2015 #2

Then here's an early Xmas gift for you! onager Dec 2015 #7

Funny, but the Faith Hill clip is more annoying! nt valerief Dec 2015 #8

This version by the Cranberries is pretty awful too. progressoid Dec 2015 #37

As a former drummer, I approve of this! progressoid Dec 2015 #36

The foul mouthed knitters have a contest going Warpy Dec 2015 #3

I'm just happy to live in a universe OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #41

In terms of annoying earworm category, I would go with "jingle bell rock", bonus points if sung by Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #4

The ickily coy golddigger song, "Santa Baby" is down there, too Warpy Dec 2015 #5

I'm fortunate in that I rarely encounter situations where I'm forced to listen to any music I don't Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #6

Alas, even though I mostly eat out of the freezer this time of year Warpy Dec 2015 #10

I don't know, I heard a French version being played in a store recently Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #23

I'd vote for "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" classof56 Dec 2015 #9

I almost decided to go for this instead of Drummer Boy, but SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #25

Drummer Boy by a mile. PassingFair Dec 2015 #27

Me too. nt SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #28

I share your nausea. classof56 Dec 2015 #29

Same to you. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #30

I saw mommy kissing Santa Klaus olddots Dec 2015 #11

12 days of monotony Cartoonist Dec 2015 #12

I don't play any Xmas music with the words. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #26

Santa Claus is coming to Town pokerfan Dec 2015 #13

I got something that might cheer people up and make 'em laugh sakabatou Dec 2015 #24

I like that one because it bolsters the No Santa/No God argument. Iggo Dec 2015 #33

Seeing as that little drumming fucker has been mentioned already... Ron Obvious Dec 2015 #14

Ugh. ISIS probably uses that one to torture prisoners. onager Dec 2015 #16

Me too.... Ron Obvious Dec 2015 #17

Anything done by a country music "artist". beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #15

Country gave us an anti-Xmas song, sort of... onager Dec 2015 #19

I live near Worcester, MA. Mariana Dec 2015 #18

Since, as Lewis Black put it edhopper Dec 2015 #20

I hear you Cartoonist Dec 2015 #21

My annual contribution, since you reminded me... onager Dec 2015 #22

It depends on the version of White Christmas Jokerman Dec 2015 #31

I was in as store today edhopper Dec 2015 #32

Pretty much all of them. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #34

Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney progressoid Dec 2015 #35

"Carol of the Bells" by Mannheim Steamroller onager Dec 2015 #38

Fucking Mannheim Steamroller awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #40

So this is Christmas. John Lennon. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #39

with a few exceptions (Drummer puke to be exact) OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #42

Chest hairs roasting on an open fire ........... olddots Dec 2015 #43