During the holiday season there have been many songs created for the sole purpose of getting us into the Christmas mood. However, some songs have caused people to cringe inside due to their repetitive and annoying nature. Here are a few songs that you might be able to do without this holiday season.
1. “The 12 Days of Christmas”
While this carol can start out as innocent fun, after singing the repetitive line, “five golden rings” 12 times, it quickly becomes annoying. Who really gives their true love “eight maids-a-milking” for Christmas?
2. “Santa Baby”
Who came up with this song? Apparently no one stopped to realize that it’s not exactly child friendly. Not only does the lead singer sounds like she’s flirting with Santa, she seems to have an ulterior motive for getting Santa to “hurry down the chimney tonight.”
3. “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”
This song is never okay, no matter the holiday. How exactly does this put someone in the Christmas mood? If anybody bothered to listen to a few verses of the song, they’d find that the bereaved grandpa was actually okay with the loss of his spouse. Also, the family’s biggest concern is whether or not to open up the deceased grandma’s gifts. If anyone ran over a grandma, their license would be revoked and they probably would be heading to jail.
4. “Feliz Navidad”
The writer of this song is seriously insulting our intelligence. Did he think we wouldn’t notice there are only two words in the entire song? Oh yeah, we noticed!
5. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
Kid-friendly must be on the criteria of songs about the Christmas holiday. This song not only infers that mommy finds Santa attractive, but it also implies that she’s willing to have an affair. Adding to the family drama, she’s seen doing so by one of her children.
6. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
This song is really not that bad. It’s even okay after you hear it the first 45,599 times. However, after the 45,600th time, its countless renditions, gets pretty annoying.
7.”Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
This song actually isn’t that bad either. Even though the variations that kids learn at an early age, which includes shouting pointless echoes after each line, can get a teeny bit aggravating.
8. “Here comes Santa Claus”
So, where exactly is Santa Claus Lane? This song just has way too many verses, that when combined with the awkward rhythm, gets pretty annoying to learn.
9. “Frosty the Snow Man”
Not exactly an annoying song, but the fact that it’s labeled as a Christmas song, and doesn’t mention Christmas once, is a little odd.
10. “The Little Drummer Boy”
Whether or not this song is aggravating depends on two factors: the particular singer’s rendition, and the percussion used for “pa rum pa pum pum.” It’s a pretty long song, over-complicating the accompanying music, draws a fine line between clever and annoying.