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"12 Days of Christmas" song makes me violently angry
- Thread starter gutter_trash
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You must work in retail.
And don't worry, R.E.M. hated their song too.
Such a classic song, nothing says Christmas like an Irish woman spurting homophobia.
Santa baby is god awful. Never want to hear it again.
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time is also terrible.
Simply having a wonderful Christmas time is also terrible.
Santa Baby is only appropriate for your SO to lip sync while doing a Christmas themed strip tease.
Can't stand Santa Baby, but I will admit to genuinely enjoying SHaWCT.
No though, because I don't want to think about Santa in a sexual context. Aged bears are profoundly not my jam, no matter how many gifts they slip into my socks.
100% serious. Christmas music makes me smile and makes me happy!
OP
OP
https://globalnews.ca/news/3852878/christmas-music-mental-health/
Some experts say Christmas music can be bad for your mental health
Some experts say Christmas music can be bad for your mental health
When did Christmas have 12 days anyway?
Not that this is an original opinion but "all I want for Christmas is you" is the only Christmas song I like
Not that this is an original opinion but "all I want for Christmas is you" is the only Christmas song I like
I'm with you, man, I love Christmas music.
There are a couple songs I'm not a fan of though. My work plays this one song, I Want to go Skating with Willie, every year. They usually shuffle in some new songs, but they keep this one. It gets on my nerves. They also play the, I believe, Burl Ives version of 12 Days that feels annoyingly slow especially with the 5 Golden Rings part.
On a related note, I love the Phineas and Ferb version of 12 Days
The whole Christmas album is a real gem.
Should I return the 5 golden rings I was going to get you for Christmas :(?
Nick Fury?
I remember it well. I think I have PTSD from our Christmas music. The same 4 tunes over and over, it was after every second song from early November to Christmas eve.
I like it, depending on he version.
I had to listen to this version I don't know how many times growing up. My mom had two different Christmas albums by this guy that she constantly played every year except for when Mannheim Steamroller Christmas music was everywhere. My brother bought them on CD several years back so we could listen to them "ironically" or something.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y_xuGxdqKU0
I had to listen to this version I don't know how many times growing up. My mom had two different Christmas albums by this guy that she constantly played every year except for when Mannheim Steamroller Christmas music was everywhere. My brother bought them on CD several years back so we could listen to them "ironically" or something.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y_xuGxdqKU0
I work retail. There are specific songs I hear a million different versions of every day that drive me mad.
The biggest one is Little Drummer Boy. I grew up listening to the original record. I love it. I do not love hearing half-assed covers on repeat all afternoon. None of them have any personality or emotion. It's usually either "hey I'm singing a popular Christmas song!" or "hey listen to how many passing notes I can hit between the notes I'm actually supposed to be singing!" or some combination.
Similarly, I love The Drifters' version of White Christmas (it's the song my brain automatically jumps to when it's bored, year-round, that backing vocal does it for me) but I can't stand most other versions of it. And of course nobody ever plays this version.
People also do this to I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Why would you do that?!
There's one other tune that drives me nuts. The main lyric is "Need a Little Christmas Now". I refuse to look it up to know any more about it than that and the fact I despise it.
The biggest one is Little Drummer Boy. I grew up listening to the original record. I love it. I do not love hearing half-assed covers on repeat all afternoon. None of them have any personality or emotion. It's usually either "hey I'm singing a popular Christmas song!" or "hey listen to how many passing notes I can hit between the notes I'm actually supposed to be singing!" or some combination.
Similarly, I love The Drifters' version of White Christmas (it's the song my brain automatically jumps to when it's bored, year-round, that backing vocal does it for me) but I can't stand most other versions of it. And of course nobody ever plays this version.
This is the other big one. I don't dislike the lyrics and there are a couple versions I enjoy (such as Wham!'s), but there are versions that are literally just the chorus repeated for 3 minutes and they're on constantly.
I don't find the song too bad, but I really hate how most people who do it always do it in that over-exaggerated "Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to JFK" voice. Taylor Swift does my favourite version (that I've heard lately) because she's actually singing it like a normal person.
People also do this to I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Why would you do that?!
omg I HATE THAT SONG
There's one other tune that drives me nuts. The main lyric is "Need a Little Christmas Now". I refuse to look it up to know any more about it than that and the fact I despise it.
It makes you angry?
My grandma had 12 glasses one for each of the 12 days of Christmas. She would set up the dinner table with one of the glasses at each seat. She then made us sing the full song using the portion that matched the glass of your seat. Seating arrangements got very heated to the point where one of my cousins ended up hiding the set of glasses all together. My grandma was so angry, but at least we didn't have to sing.
The worst tradition.
My grandma had 12 glasses one for each of the 12 days of Christmas. She would set up the dinner table with one of the glasses at each seat. She then made us sing the full song using the portion that matched the glass of your seat. Seating arrangements got very heated to the point where one of my cousins ended up hiding the set of glasses all together. My grandma was so angry, but at least we didn't have to sing.
The worst tradition.
I unabashedly adore the stupid synth sound on that song. It's legit one of the only Xmas songs that doesn't make me want to claw my ears out.
That song always makes me think of this Eddie Izzard bit.
Christmas Shoes is the worst Christmas song. Christmas is meant to be a happpy occasion, what kind of jerk would make such a sad song about it.
I work retail, so I have to hear these songs in a goddamn loop. as annoying as the old staples like that are, by far the worst is one about a fucking christmas donkey complete with hee haw sounds that a 5 year old would find grating
If I could get away with punching the people who wrote, produced, played and signed of on thatsong from the label I would
If I could get away with punching the people who wrote, produced, played and signed of on thatsong from the label I would
My older sister lost both of her front teeth at the same time so I heard that song constantly as a kid, ugh
12 days is annoying, I find a lot of Xmas music to be though.
Do they know it's Xmas
The pogues
Well I wish it could be Xmas everyday
All I want for Xmas is you
I like last Xmas and let it snow but not much else
Do they know it's Xmas
The pogues
Well I wish it could be Xmas everyday
All I want for Xmas is you
I like last Xmas and let it snow but not much else
Previously workibg retail has basically ruined all Christmas songs for me but the worst offender for me is some country singers rendition of Jingle Bell Rock. The dude sings at like 2 words a minute so it goes on for like 20 minutes and the version they'd play was like some live performance or something where at the end he'd decide everyone wants an encore and go through the last bit of the song again. Drove me insane everytime it came over the speakers.
