Here at the LC, we traditionally like to share our favorite holiday songs, but this year we thought it would be fun to mix it up by sharing some songs that skirt the edge of our naughty list. The LC loves the holiday season, but everyone can agree that there is at least one song you can’t stand to hear this time of year. Here are ours!
Dogs Barking Jingle Bells
Victoria: Don’t call me a hater. I love dogs as much as any other good Coloradan does, but can anyone actually claim they “enjoy” listening to dogs bark? NO!!! There is a reason that “animal disturbance of the peace” was drafted into the City of Fort Collins Municipal Code. Seriously, how did this song ever become a thing? (Ok, when that bass hound really nails his part, it does make me smile a little…but the rest is pretty ruff.)
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Alison: If you mean a bad song, then yeah, I do. I hear a brutally repetitive song that my brother just loved to holler at me when I was growing up.
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)
Taylor: I think the Chipmunks are so cute but I’m set for the rest of the season after hearing this song just once. The voice and repetitiveness really grate on my ears after awhile.
Feliz Navidad
Jill: It’s a love/hate relationship with the Christmas song “Feliz Navidad”. When my husband and I were raising the kids (six total-all close in age!) and we would all be traveling together in the van, this song would come on the radio at Christmas-time when they all had presented us with multiple lists for Christmas presents that ranged into the thousands of dollars.
So, instead of signing “Feliz Navidad” to the radio… all at once they sang a mondegreen (a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of hearing a lyric & substituting other words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.) So, in unison, they would all sing “Please mom-n-dad” to “Feliz Navidad” i.e. “Paaaal’eeeese Mom-n’-Dad”, “Paaaal’eeeeese Mom-n’-Dad” to beg for their Christmas gifts.
If you listen to it carefully it sounds exactly like “Feliz Navidad”. It became a joke, and still is today, but reminds me of how broke we were in those days with such a huge family.
The Christmas Shoes
Rachael: I get it—it tugs on the heartstrings, but really, the guy did one good deed and felt the need to write an entire song about it. Also, I like to think the whole thing was a scam.
Text Me Merry Christmas
Jack: Love those involved but can’t stand the song – Sorry!
Santa Baby
Ryan: No matter who signs it, it always annoys me. I just don’t like how the song is written.
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Liz: It is just horrible and stupid. It is like fingers on a blackboard for me.
Robin: It gets played endlessly and was unfunny the first time. I’m not a huge fan of Frosty either, but at least it doesn’t have a fake Southern accent. Ick. I like Christmas songs that are either traditional or celebrate the beauty of winter.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Lex: It’s creepy. “He sees you while you’re sleeping“…
12 Days of Christmas
Victoria: We get it, the name of the song is 12 Days of Christmas, but does it actually have to take 12 loooong days for this song to play start to finish? The line at the DMV and global warming both move faster than this little ditty. Plus, only toddlers enjoy repetition on a scale this grand.
Hey every store that force feeds us holiday music while we shop, please keep the leaping lords and milking maids to yourself!
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that everyone over the age of four would prefer to listen to nails on a chalkboard over this holiday delight.
(Note: this shade is only for the traditional version of this song — fun-poking versions by folks like Bob and Doug McKenzie and Straight No Chaser are exempt.)
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