I think I might have stumbled on the worst Christmas song of all time.

[Initech]

No it's not Dominick the Donkey. No it's not the Hippopotamus Song. No it's not Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. I give you - Feliz Navidad, sung by William Shatner:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. There are some things mankind was not intended to click on. NT

[Thomas Hurt]

2. NO NO anything but that...(runs away screaming)

[Initech]

8. Oh the whole album is much worse!

[unblock]

3. you had me at "william shat"

[underpants]

4. I...can't wait...to....give it a listen

[yonder]

9. Perfect and intentional or not...

....that sounds just like the captain himself sings. I suspect intentional. Well done!

[underpants]

19. You....are welcome

https://www.amazon.com/Shatner-Claus-Christmas-Rollins-Rundgren/dp/B07GJ56YX5

[House of Roberts]

30. Spock: "According to the tricoder scan, Captain,

there's no intelligent life in this quadrant."

[MustLoveBeagles]

53. Ain't that the truth

[SeattleVet]

5. Did he record this before his failed lingerie line was introduced?

Someone didn't do sufficient market research, and found out very quickly that 'Shatner Panties' was never going to be a big seller.

[stopbush]

6. It's a crappy song no matter who sings it.

[UTUSN]

54. this

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. A thing that, once heard, can't be unheard.

and

[Docreed2003]

10. This sounds like drunken karaoke

At 2am...on Xmas eve....

[Callmecrazy]

46. Exactly what I was thinking...

[yonder]

11. There's a guy who's not afraid of making fun of himself. I hope.

If he were serious, it would be another thing altogether.

[gratuitous]

12. If it's anything but the assaultive "Carol of the Bells"

You're wrong.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. Oh, THAT'S what that's called. I didn't know that was its real name.

Meh, I've heard worse than that. But I acknowledge there can be many candidates for the worst Christmas song.

And I'm about to hear them all.

[red dog 1]

13. He also did interpretative versions of "Mr Tambourine Man" & "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

He won an Emmy and a Golden Globe award for his role on "Boston Legal"

(He's still working at age 87)

[912gdm]

21. this video makes Shat's Lucy in the Sky pretty awesome...

[red dog 1]

45. + 1

LOL

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

61. My youngest son said of Shatner's "Mr Tambourine Man"

That he said "Mr Tambourine Man" as if he were trying to summon an inattentive waiter.

[underpants]

14. Is this from "Shatner Claus" with Jingle Bells featuring Henry Rollin's?

[Initech]

17. Yup!

The rest of the album is just as crazy!

[underpants]

18. Iggy Pop (Silent Night) Billy Gibbons Judy Collins Rundgren&Artimus Pyle, Ian Anderson

https://www.amazon.com/Shatner-Claus-Christmas-Rollins-Rundgren/dp/B07GJ56YX5

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. 😵!

I might have to have this.

Some friends might need it too!

[First Speaker]

16. Ever heard Robert Mitchum's calypso album...?

...and no, I'm not joking...it makes Shatner's XMas music seem like Caruso...

[NightWatcher]

22. I thought we had all agreed on "simply having a wonderful christmas time" by Paul McCartney

I would scream out in pain the year I worked retail at christmas every time that song came on.

[Initech]

24. I could totally understand working in retail why you would hate that song.

I was at my dentist office today and it was constant Christmas music being played. And of course when I'm in the waiting room, what song plays? Wonderful Christmas Time!

[NightWatcher]

25. Christmas music is the worst form of music. If it's so great why don't they play it in May?

[Initech]

31. Some people are trying to make 1/2 Christmas a thing.

No thank you sir! I want Christmas to be on one date and that's 12/25. No more, no less!

[Harker]

40. That's about as bad as it gets.

I'd sooner listen to silly love songs than thematic atrocities.

[Owl]

56. Agreed. Horrible terrible song!

[jmowreader]

23. No, that's high art compared to the truly worst Christmas song of all time

Don't say you didn't bring this on yourself.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Oh, damn, I'd forgotten about that one.

Poop on you for reminding me.

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Yep, that's the one

that makes me want to rip the radio out of the dashboard and throw it out the window.


.

[Initech]

35. Wow, that ranks up there with Mary Did You Know.

[TuxedoKat]

37. Yech!!!

Makes you want to stab your eardrums with icepicks!!!

[Harker]

41. Please... just... stop.

What bent toward self punishment leads me to hit the carat?

[crazycatlady]

55. Took the words out of my keyboard

[liberalhistorian]

59. Oh, ugh, I just posted that

I'd rather hear the Shatner song than this maudlin, hokey, sanctimonious, annoying pile of noise crap. And I don't know what's worse, the song itself or the practical demand that we all just fall down and worship it. UGH.

[EleanorR]

68. what the ever loving hell is this?

Jesus equals shoes? Or shopping for shoes? Or Rob Lowe paying for shoes?

[Historic NY]

26. Drunk Capt Kirk.

[JackInGreen]

29. Garmy?

Is this a fuck you eddie?

[Initech]

32. Ha!!!

Yes I'm a member of the Garmy as well. EDDIE!!!!! Is wrong!

[Evergreen Emerald]

33. I think it is hysterical!

Not sure that I would listen to it more than once, but it is art.

[Honeycombe8]

34. OMG! That IS horrible! LOL! What were the producers thinking of to allow this? lol. nt

[TuxedoKat]

36. OMG!!! That's so bad it's good!!!

I wonder if he was deliberately trying to make it sound campy and bad for just that reason?

[Paladin]

38. No way in hell am I listening to that.

The description alone has the potential to fuck up a perfectly good day.

Congrats on the nasty discovery, nonetheless.

[packman]

39. Oh, Kirk - You are at warp 9.9 on the AWFUL scale

[Harker]

42. Somebody's warped.

That's quite evident.

[lillypaddle]

43. Sounds drunker than a skunk nt

[3Hotdogs]

47. Imagine an hour and a half of crap like that.

I made the mistake of buying tickets to his Madison Square Garden recitation. I believe it was about 1980.

Equally bad was the stuff Nemoy recorded.

[Kaleva]

48. William Shatner is the gold standard in self parody

Adam West was up there too.

[mwooldri]

49. For personal reasons William Shatner singing anything is...

... better than Grandma got run over by a reindeer. (because my Nan got killed Dec 24th in evening many years ago).

[marble falls]

50. I'll see your William Shatner and raise you one Steve Maudlin with the worst x-mas song evah!!!

[KT2000]

52. that is outstanding

ly awful. Why oh why??

[marble falls]

57. There's a cult following for this artist and song. Its a hoot digging up the story ...

including videos of lip synche-ers and other trying to sing in a similar fashion.

[jmowreader]

60. Sorry, Marble Falls...

O Holy Night is a perfectly good Christmas song and, while this singer styled it in a manner you or I may not enjoy, there isn't really anything wrong with this rendition.

The worst Christmas songs, regardless of singer:

1. The Christmas Shoes. The existence of this horrific disaster set to maudlin music has increased the end-of-year suicide rate by at least five percent. If there really is a God he will reveal himself to the world by calling artillery in on the next concert hall NewSong plays in retaliation for this...this thing.

2. Baby, It's Cold Outside. A celebration of date rape in all its glory.

3. Santa Baby. One can easily imagine South Park's Eric Cartman singing this paean to unbridled greed.

4. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas...which is grossly annoying if you don't know what hippos are really like, and borderline psychotic if you do.

5. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth. Fortunately, they don't play this one very much.

[marble falls]

63. We agree to disagree.

[marble falls]

51. And a kicker ...

[liberalhistorian]

58. Finally, a Christmas earworm that's worse

than the Christmas Shoes song, LOL.

[Socal31]

62. Maybe 2nd worst.

The worst is that rape song that gets played non-stop on TV and in malls. How has nobody listened to the lyrics??

[LudwigPastorius]

64. There comes a time when taking the keys away from grandpa is an act of kindness.

That time should have been somewhere around the 1980s.

[kaotikross]

65. my ears are bleeding

this is truly the Donald Trump of Xmas songs.

[3catwoman3]

66. Isn't there one with a bunch of truckers...

...talking on their CB radios to a little boy named Teddy?

[krispos42]

67. "Hooray for Santa Claus"?

(Skip ahead to the 1:00 mark)

From "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"?

(Yes, it's a real movie)

[jb5150]

69. As bad as that is ...

my vote for the worst is "Hung for the holidays" a Christmas album sung by William Hung of American Idol fame (or infamy if you prefer).