I am sick of Christmas music. Let me rephrase that, I am sick of SOME Christmas music. There are a few truly hated ones. Let’s see….’Santa Baby’ may top the list. Second on the list is ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’. I also dislike Run, Run, Rudolph and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. I can tolerate Mariah Carey singing “All I want for Christmas”. However, Lady Antebellum’s version of that song is pure gold. Sorry Mariah. I’ve never heard it done better.
A few more which quickly force my hand to change the radio station are: ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ by Paul McCartney, Brenda Lee’s version of ‘Rockin Around the Christmas Tree’ and ‘The Chipmunks Christmas Song’. Lord give me strength.
Lest you think I am an old scrooge, I do have some favorites. ’Grown Up Christmas List’ is one. Bing Crosby singing ‘Silver Bells’ or ‘White Christmas’, James Taylor singing ‘Some People See Him’, and oh my, a true classic sung with all of the smoothness of spiked eggnog, Karen Carpenter singing ‘Merry Christmas Darling’. Hand me a tissue. Though Amy Grant’s ‘Melancholy Christmas’ is certainly tissue-worthy, also.
I am hoping the reindeer that ran over Grandma would run over all of the other mind-numbing Christmas songs. If you pass by me in the car and I am singing along with one of those, please throw a fruit cake at my head.
(And the picture caption on this post…nuff said)