Least favourite Christmas songs and carols

[wanderings]

Come hither, Scrooges, let's have a bah humbug musical moan. Which seasonal songs make your heart sink every time you hear the first few notes? My nominations are:

Santa baby - just plain ugh.

Santa Claus is comin' to town: no wonder some children are scared of Santa!

Last Christmas.

I wish it could be Christmas every day, for obvious reasons.

Slow ones, like I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, and chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

Any rendition of a carol where the rhythm has been totally messed up, especially if it's sung slowly and with no accompaniment.

Also the really sad ones: Christmas shoes, The little boy that Santa Claus forgot, the cat carol. Warning - do not listen to the cat carol unless you really want to be bawling your eyes out, especially if you love cats, it is the saddest Christmas song I have ever heard, by a long way, and makes grown men cry. It claims to have a happy ending, but it really doesn't. Before you Google, you have been warned!

I love carols, except away in a manger (because I've heard it so many times), and I saw three ships: how did three ships sail into landlocked Bethlehem? I've just checked on the map, and I can't even see a river.

[busyweeks78]

Driving home for Christmas it’s just awful

[misspiggy19]

Last Christmas by Wham- overplayed drivel

[Kalim8]

Maybe the 3 ships were some sort of precursor to mortal engines

[MuseumOfYou]

I hate The First Noel - it's just so dreary.

[Puppylucky]

Why do you hate I Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day "for obvious reasons"? I suspect you think it's by Gary Glitter but it's not. Otherwise I'm intrigued!

[thistimelastweek]

Once in Royal David's City.

[WhentheRabbitsWentWild]

In the Bleak Midwinter (makes me feel really sad and sentimental)

All I want for Christmas is You (Twee)

Stop the Calvary (Always been amazed its a Christmas song, though it mentions home for Christmas so that probably qualified it)

Santa Baby (Also twee)

[KeithPartridge]

I used to love that Gary Gliiter one as a kid...Rock and Roll Christmas or something it was called.

The worst one is Stay Another Day by East 17. It's dire, mawkish shit.

[KeithPartridge]

3 ships = 3 camels. The ship of the desert.

(You were possibly being jokey in which case ignore the above).

[MatildeHidalgo]

OP - how dare you diss Last Christmas? You must be a TROLL!!!!

[HarveySchlumpfenburger]

Definitely Christmas shoes.

[newdeer]

That Cliff Richard one. Barf.

[DarkerShrimpVase]

When a child is born. Mawkish, sentimental dirge.

[jenthelibrarian]

Just reading the heading has infected me with an earworm of Cliff droning on about mistletoe and wine, children singing chris-tee-un rhymes.
Loathe that song.

[ExpletiveFairylighted]

Fairytale of New York - excruciatingly awful.

[AnneOfCleavage]

The Pogues Fairytale Of New York. Absolutely hate it. It is so NOT a feel good song and the beginning bit is so dirge-y that my heart sinks when it comes on. How is it so popular??? Queue hundreds of mumsnetters telling me IABU

[AnneOfCleavage]

ExpletedFairylighted oh yay, someone on my wavelength 😂🤣

[Cookit]

What are the obvious reasons?


The only one I guess I don’t really like is “baby, it’s cold outside” because it’s a bit grim.

[Bellybootcut]

Little Drummer Boy makes me think of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Gives me the absolute creeps.

[ExpletiveFairylighted]

[TwatCat]

All I want for Christmas is you. I just can't stand how much of a wailing cat Mariah Carey sounds like. Could she possible wail any more!? Just sing the fucking note not a million screaming others in the name of "ad lib".

No!!! Just go away Mariah!!!

[IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere]

"Do you hear what I hear?" I hate the tune the lyrics are weird. I am in agreement with the PP about Three Ships.

"Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses puts my teeth on edge.

[SpiderCharlotte]

That spaceman shite by Chris de Barf.

[sluj]

I agree Bellybootcut, I cant listen to Little Drummer Boy without thinking of the Moors Murders. Horrible song anyway but unbearable with that association

[smemorata]

O Little Town of Bethlehem- seems to go on forever.