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103. I like " I'll Be Home for Christmas" nostalgic, written during WWII

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Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:33 AM

Dec 2016

when so many servicemen wouldn't be home, with family and loved ones, at Christmas.

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What Christmas song is like nails on a chalkboard to you? [View all] rurallib Nov 2016 OP

I don't mind it, in small doses. MADem Nov 2016 #1

thanks for posting it, but I will pass on watching it rurallib Nov 2016 #6

Wish I had! lillypaddle Dec 2016 #134

NSFW Chatroulette Version - Funny! ihaveaquestion Dec 2016 #87

"The Little Drummer Boy" in all arrangements makes me want to hurl. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #2

YES! lastlib Nov 2016 #7

He practices rudiments all night in the apartment right above you, I'm guessing. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #14

Little Drummer boy was even worse before keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #61

"Do You Hear What I Hear?", though, was actually written with anti-nuclear intent. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #15

I remember when it came out, and I also remember The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #16

The claim has been that the image of the "star" in the song Ken Burch Nov 2016 #28

Here's something truly different. ChazInAz Dec 2016 #63

"Feliz Navidad." Real dreck. stopbush Nov 2016 #3

Feliz? Nitram Dec 2016 #74

Feliz Navidad lillypaddle Dec 2016 #135

It's too wordy stopbush Dec 2016 #139

That's why it's so catchy, lillypaddle Dec 2016 #140

All of them. TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #4

Grinch! rurallib Nov 2016 #5

This is my answer too, mostly cemaphonic Nov 2016 #9

+1. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #114

Jingle Bell Rock. It's not real rock, and it's not a real Christmas carol. eppur_se_muova Nov 2016 #8

I kinda like the one about that razor guy pinboy3niner Nov 2016 #10

OUCHHH!!!! ailsagirl Nov 2016 #12

I bet you also like Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2016 #117

I like the traditional carols... ailsagirl Nov 2016 #11

And, of course "Sleigh Ride" and "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Ken Burch Nov 2016 #29

Oh, and "White Christmas!!" ailsagirl Nov 2016 #32

must say I kind of like the Drifters version rurallib Dec 2016 #49

I didn't know they had a version of it ailsagirl Dec 2016 #53

you would be surprised to know it was in the background in Home Alone rurallib Dec 2016 #76

This is one of my favorites! japple Dec 2016 #85

Very cute! ailsagirl Dec 2016 #99

Oh, lord, that is wonderful TNNurse Dec 2016 #112

Love this! Granny M Dec 2016 #133

One year I successfully went the season without hearing white xmas. alfredo Dec 2016 #110

It's STILL the second-biggest-selling music recording of all time! lastlib Dec 2016 #131

"The Christmas Song", though the tune is pleasant, always bothered me. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #13

You a close whistler162 Dec 2016 #94

"all I want for Christmas is you"... JHan Nov 2016 #17

Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey :) Donkees Nov 2016 #18

This one is completely... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #45

"Carol Of The Bells" Paladin Nov 2016 #19

The Real Lyrics Go Wolf Frankula Nov 2016 #22

By George, I think you've got it! And all at 78 rpm speed. Paladin Nov 2016 #23

Shedrick (so called Carol of the Bells) DMJG10 Dec 2016 #128

Stevie Nicks Silent Night Skittles Nov 2016 #20

Best antidote to that I can think of: Paladin Nov 2016 #21

I was in labor, Christmas Eve, 1986. . The hospital had an endless loop annabanana Nov 2016 #24

sounds like torture rurallib Nov 2016 #25

Yeah.. good thing I like my kid! annabanana Nov 2016 #26

And THAT's why you begged for an anesthetic! Ken Burch Nov 2016 #31

has nothing to do with Christmas......... mrmpa Dec 2016 #35

"The Christmas Shoes" by Christian Country Band, Newsong. FSogol Nov 2016 #27

Argh! You just had to remind me!!!! Coventina Dec 2016 #33

You beat me to it, Sentath Dec 2016 #34

This one is in a 3-way tie with... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #46

I'd never heard that one so I checked it out. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #52

The worse part of that one TimeChaser Dec 2016 #96

This classic from "Little Augie Rios" Ken Burch Nov 2016 #30

I like this one... Callmecrazy Dec 2016 #36

The elevator kind lunatica Dec 2016 #37

Anything sung with that high strung church-lady warbling sound Bucky Dec 2016 #38

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2016 #39

Ugh...ugh...ugh Liberal Veteran Dec 2016 #41

Dear God I hate that song Danmel Dec 2016 #121

The Christmas Shoes Mad_Dem_X Dec 2016 #40

Jingle Bell Rock Auggie Dec 2016 #42

How Can you not Love this song? Wolf Frankula Dec 2016 #43

I hate Springsteen's version of Santa Claus is coming to town Va Lefty Dec 2016 #44

Has anyone heard any of the... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #47

Bob Dylan Chistmas album? awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #115

"Twelve Days of Christmas". Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #48

and all the 'funny' variations rurallib Dec 2016 #50

Hey! Take off you hosers! eShirl Dec 2016 #83

I have to say I really like that one ailsagirl Dec 2016 #54

Well obviously a lot of people do or it wouldn't be so popular. Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #57

I certainly wouldn't want to hear it all the time!!! ailsagirl Dec 2016 #58

All 27 verses! world wide wally Dec 2016 #89

Jeff Foxworthy Redneck 12 Days Of Christmas OxQQme Dec 2016 #104

Every F---ing One Of Them. ret5hd Dec 2016 #51

"All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" ARGH ailsagirl Dec 2016 #55

There's chorus of the horny shepherds from Handel's "Messiah." stopbush Dec 2016 #56

Several Christmas seasons working retail ... neeksgeek Dec 2016 #59

Any Christmas tune that substitutes "cutesie-poo" for good music or humor. Archae Dec 2016 #60

One of the shipping companies is using that awful hippo song in their ads this year jmowreader Dec 2016 #123

Mama Got Run Over by a Reindeer LakeArenal Dec 2016 #62

Yes! radical noodle Dec 2016 #98

Oh, LakeArenal ailsagirl Dec 2016 #100

Bing Crosby's "white Christmas" Doreen Dec 2016 #64

That McCartney song is on the top of my most hated Christmas songs. progressoid Dec 2016 #65

All of them!! joshdawg Dec 2016 #66

All of them. Since they begin immediately after Halloween sinkingfeeling Dec 2016 #67

I never liked Christmas sings except for one from the 1950s, so I made up my own. Here goes: DFW Dec 2016 #68

Winter wonderland TrogL Dec 2016 #69

I used to hate "Sleigh Ride" until a friend and I pulled a prank TrogL Dec 2016 #70

Christmas songs countryken Dec 2016 #71

Grandma ran over by a reindeer. kairos12 Dec 2016 #72

Rum-a-tum-tum! Nitram Dec 2016 #73

From "Santa Clause Conquers the Martians" Coventina Dec 2016 #75

I watched Rifftrax make fun of that last night. FSogol Dec 2016 #78

Me too!!!! Coventina Dec 2016 #79

Yeah, we stayed for it all. It was great. n/t FSogol Dec 2016 #84

'Christmas in Maine' is a horror show /nt hopeforchange2008 Dec 2016 #77

Hate the stupid-cute ones but colorado_ufo Dec 2016 #80

just a cursory reading of this thread it seems Drummer Boy rurallib Dec 2016 #81

Good to see little drummer boy is the most hated retrowire Dec 2016 #82

And a stupid premise... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #116

The chipmonks northoftheborder Dec 2016 #86

Feliz Navidad cabot Dec 2016 #88

Has anybody else ever heard Ozzie Osborne "I am Santa Claus" to the tune of "Iron Man"? world wide wally Dec 2016 #90

This one? jmowreader Dec 2016 #125

Wow man, I wasn't hallucinating! world wide wally Dec 2016 #126

Sorry man, you're not hallucinating about that either jmowreader Dec 2016 #127

Mary's Boy Child by Bony M Stargleamer Dec 2016 #91

I really like the Charlie Brown song lanlady Dec 2016 #92

Something by Vince Guaraldi ? eppur_se_muova Dec 2016 #107

The "Christmas Time Is Here" segment of that show always gets me. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #113

All of them. Watching The Santa Clause now, and I'm home alone! elleng Dec 2016 #93

"little Drummer Boy" except the Bowie / Crosby version. whistler162 Dec 2016 #95

All of them TimeChaser Dec 2016 #97

That Mcartney one. flying rabbit Dec 2016 #101

Feliz Navidad---omg how I HATE that one! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #102

I like " I'll Be Home for Christmas" nostalgic, written during WWII No Vested Interest Dec 2016 #103

Sad song, really ailsagirl Dec 2016 #105

a good anti christmas song Locrian Dec 2016 #106

While there are a lot of good candidates, heckles65 Dec 2016 #108

! rurallib Dec 2016 #109

The more replies I read.. jimmil Dec 2016 #111

Jingle Bells. I despise it. nt Lyric Dec 2016 #118

I dislike most listed so I'll buck the thread with a favourite: The Pogues-Fairytale of New York yonder Dec 2016 #119

great song. kwassa Dec 2016 #120

After six years in retail? ALL of them! jmowreader Dec 2016 #122

Also the one where dogs bark Jingle Bells LakeArenal Dec 2016 #124

While Drummer Boy is the whale-poop standard of carols spiderpig Dec 2016 #129

Baby, It's cold outside. IrishEyes Dec 2016 #130

Paul McCartney song. Granny M Dec 2016 #132

Rudolph the fucking red nosed reindeer, Lionel Mandrake Dec 2016 #136

Anything by Mannheim Steamroller Bob Loblaw Dec 2016 #137

Little Drummer Boy, Up on the Rooftop, Silent Night, SCRUBDASHRUB Dec 2016 #138

Rare-anti Christmas 45s Uke Dec 2016 #141

12 Days of Christmas beaglelover Dec 2016 #142