Results: Christmas Songs That Annoy You Most
1.
1.
Are you prepared for the onslaught of Christmas- and winter-themed songs (the latter of which evaporate from the airwaves once Christmas passes) that will be upon us by the end of November?
Yes
45%
•
1040 votes
No
36%
•
829 votes
Undecided
10%
•
235 votes
Not Applicable
10%
•
227 votes
2.
2.
Below, and in no real order, is a list of more or less canonical Christmas and cold weather-adjacent songs that bug me or I can imagine irritating other, credited to whomever recorded them first, with whom (I think) they're most associated and/or versions which could be repellent. Which of these songs chafe your ears when you hear them?
Wonderful Christmastime-Paul McCartney
12%
•
269 votes
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer-Elmo & Patsy (especially the major label re-recording for which its music video was made)
25%
•
592 votes
Mary Did You Know?-Michael English (yes, she DID know!)
9%
•
217 votes
The Christmas Shoes -Newsong (a contemporary Christian pop group good enough to deserve at least another general market crosover hit apart from this heartstring-puller)
10%
•
225 votes
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)-The Chipmunks featuring David Seville (nee' Ross Bagdasarian)
23%
•
543 votes
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)-Nat "King" Cole (my mother especially dislikes this for some reason)
9%
•
210 votes
My Two Front Teeth (All I Want For Christmas) -Spike Jones And His City Slickers featuring George Rock
20%
•
476 votes
I Saw Mommy Santa Claus-Jimmy Boyd
15%
•
361 votes
Jingle Bell Rock-Bobby Helms
10%
•
225 votes
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree-Brenda Lee
8%
•
195 votes
All I Want For Christmas Is You-Mariah Carey
14%
•
317 votes
Little Saint Nick-The Beach Boys
8%
•
195 votes
The Little Drummer Boy-The Harry Simeone Chorale
8%
•
184 votes
Last Christmas-Wham!
9%
•
200 votes
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas-Gayla Peevey
16%
•
378 votes
Jingle Bells-The Singing Dogs
16%
•
370 votes
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town-Bruce Springsteen
10%
•
239 votes
I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas-Yogi Yorgesson (nee' Harry Stewart)
10%
•
231 votes
Baby, It's Cold Outside-any renditiom, from the original by Esther Williams & Ricardo Montalban (from the soundtrack to Neptune's Daughter) to this year's equally objectionable (at least!) lyrics by John Legend and dueted with him by Kelly Clarkson
10%
•
234 votes
Not Applicable
32%
•
740 votes
Step Into Christmas-Elton John
6%
•
133 votes
Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)-John Denver
14%
•
329 votes
All
8%
•
180 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
56 votes
3.
3.
How important is music to your celebration of Christmas and/or whatever other holiday(s) you celebrate in December?
Very
28%
•
661 votes
Somewhat
26%
•
614 votes
Peripheral
11%
•
254 votes
Not really important at all
19%
•
432 votes
Not Applicable
16%
•
370 votes
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