Christmas songs you can't bear?

[DontCallMeCharlotte]

I'm sure it's been done hundreds of times but which festive songs do you hate? I'm listening to a Christmas playlist and had to run from another room to stop "When A Child Is Born" by Johnnie Mathis. It actually makes my skin crawl. And the Jackson's version of Santa Claus is coming to town hurts my ears. So which ones send you running for the off switch?

There are s couple I find boring and wouldn't choose to listen to - the Elton John and the Paul McCartney ones but generally I love Christmas music - my favourite part of Christmas !

Last Christmas gives me the rage but the worst Christmas song of all time is the fucking 12 days of Christmas sung by Disney characters (Mickey, Donald Duck etc) which I have to listen to at least 3 times a day at work and makes me want to claw my own ears off.

All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey

I Wish it Could Be Christmas Every Day - Wizzard

Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Any Fucker with a Christmas album

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

Worst is Band Aid, the decadence of Christmas is such a contrast to the lyrics about people dying of hunger. It's the most unfestive, depressing and misery inducing song.

I also hate the John Lennon one.

An intense dislike of the cavalry one, it's about war and being away from your loved ones, that is not festive at all, people just seem to grab onto one line about wishing to be home for Christmas ignoring that the reason the person isn't home is because they're trying not to be killed in war.

I dislike some others, but those three I really hate, they bring my mood down instantly. I get around this by hosting Christmas and playing a lot of upbeat or traditional songs. If I want to wind my family up I put on operatic versions that I like and they hate

Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys.

All together now

♪Christmas comes this time each year♪

And so on.....

Italics fail...

A spaceman came travelling is my favourite! It's completely ridiculous but I just love it!

Stop the Cavalry EURGH! Makes me want to rip my ears off. Mariah Carey is overplayed as well. I like the Pogues only because DH and I sing the horrible bits each other. Agree with PP that it's now everyone's alternative choice therefore making it not an alternative choice.

Fromtheshires there are worse reasons to hate John Lennon than him being a (completely ineffectual) do gooder who wrote a trite Christmas song. He was not the man many people think he was.

I also detest Santa Baby. I think it’s awful whoever sings it. John Lennon one is depressing and awful although it’s not strictly a Christmas one but always finds itself into the mix.

My favourite has to be Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey. It’s played at the kids bath time. And the Waittesses.

Storm How is John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War is Over), which starts with the line 'so this is Christmas', not a Christmas song? Feel free to dislike it, but I don't see how it's 'not strictly a Christmas one'.

Hang on (now I've typed all this) do you mean Imagine?

Mistletoe and wine.

Wonderful Christmas time- wings. Yawn
Santa baby - sleazy gold-digger.
^^Yes yes to Little saint nick but that's because I hate the beach boys full stop.

Nope you’re right Buttery, I forgot how the John Lennon one went as I always skip it on our Christmas cd

Destiny's child for the reasons already given plus poor singing. I can hear our RE teacher screeching "enunciate" at the carol concert rehearsals 😂

I love the Destinys Child song! I dont think it's supposed to be taken seriously. Maybe I am biased as I was a 90s child

I hate hate hate Cyndi Lauper - Early Christmas Morning!

Also can't stand Band Aid.

That one that goes ‘AHHH RUM PUM PUM PUM’ - I don’t even what song it is as I just have to try and block it out.

Cliff Richard - mistletoe and wine

I really despise Wonderful Christmastime. And every time I wander into a shop and think about it (as in “oh, Christmas music. Please let them not play Wonderful Christmastime”), it starts playing.

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That shite that Sia has just released- 'Santa's coming for us'. Sounds vaguely threatening.

The rum pum pum One is the dreaded Little Drummer Boy, by a deeply misguided Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

Am I a bad person for liking Mistletoe and Wine? Yes, it is crap. And features Cliff Richard and a choir. But I still like it.

Actually, I have decided that Americans should not be allowed near Christmas music. They gave us Little Saint Nick and many other abominations, so should be the subject of an international Christmas music veto.

Can anybody name a good American Christmas pop record? White Christmas etc doesn’t count. Has to be a festive song churned out by somebody already famous.

@Nettletheelf I would say pretty much the whole of the Phil Spector Christmas album is utterly brilliant.

I'd forgotten (blanked?) the Paul McCartney one - that is bloody awful. And the horror of Slade goes without saying.

The Phil Spector stuff was included in the abominations!

Logged on to tell you that I just walked into Starbucks and three seconds later, Wonderful Christmastime started up. It’s following me.

I have to stay here because I need to charge my phone. Woe.

We need an evidence base to support your theory. How many shops can you get to after your phone is charged? Spend ten minutes in each and count how many are playing Wonderful Christmastime. Then we can all entertain ourselves by coming up with conspiracy theories.