I also hate the one about some guy that goes to the grocery store and meets his old flame who is now married and they sit in the car together and stir up old feelings for each other. I think it's a new year's song , but they play it at christmas. ew adultry for the holidays...
The song is "Same Auld Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg. The first line goes, "Met my old lover in the grocery store, the snow was falling
Christmas Eve..." which is why they play it at Christmas. Incidentally, the characters never actually do more than talk, and she gives him a kiss as she leaves. (This isn't on my list...I'm just answering...)
I've been through this entire list, and my top two - or should I say bottom two - haven't been mentioned yet...but I'm not surprised...
"Blue Christmas" by Elvis Presley. On top of the fact that the lyrics are depressing, he sings it like a dirge. I heard once that he absolutely hated the song, so he purposely hammed it up and asked the Jordannaires to really ham up their backup part to make it sound worse. How was he to know that he could sing a grocery list and still sell millions?
"Mary's Boy Child" by Boney M. One of the worst sounding songs of ALL TIME...not just Christmas. I will never, ever understand what everyone sees in this.
While I'm ducking the stones that will be coming my way, here are a few others I can't stand (most of which have already been listed).
"Santa Baby" - Oh, yeah...commercialism, greed, selfishness...the TRUE feeling of the holidays. <insert eyeroll>
"Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC. As much as I can't stand rap to begin with, this one is particularly bad.
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". My husband and I actually came up with a rather nasty version, which I will NOT type in here, and only repeat if I'm sure to be in adult company.
Most of the Santa/Winter/Snow ones.
Side note: For those like me who shudder at "Jingle Bells", I HIGHLY recommend listening to SheDaisy's version. They do it with a Celtic twist, and it is fantastic.