Oh my EARS!

As much as I love the Christmas season, and the 24/7 carols they play on WASH FM, there are just SOME SONGS that make me want to jab a sharp pencil into each eardrum. For example, right now they are playing "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas". Seriously? Who thought up that one? Did someone lose a bar bet that they couldn't get a song about Hippos and Rhinos on the airwaves? Ditto "Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey" (DAMN the hee-haws!)

And how about Kenny Loggins' "Celebrate Me Home"? The first time I heard that song (actually, EVERYTIME I hear it!) I thought it was a woman. What ever happened to the bad ass Kenny "Danger Zone" Loggins?

Not even sure if I want to address my own convoluted thoughts on how terrible a song "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus" is. I mean, most versions involve a cute little kid singing about "what a laugh it would have been if daddy had only seen". What? Mommy being unfaithful? Sure I understand the whole Santa Secret Identity thing, but I just can't get behind the whole "jolly adultry" spin.

And let's hear it for the trifecta of most depressing Christmas Songs ever - Christmas Shoes (NewSong), Same Old Lang Syne (Dan Fogelberg), and Blue Christmas (assorted offenders).

Can I also get a shout out for people and songs that just annoy the hell out of me for reasons too random to list? Celine Dion and Faith Hill, I'm talking to you. You too, Beach Boys... "Run Run Reindeer", "Man With All The Toys" - need I say more? *shudder*

Wow. Reading this again... I SWEAR I love Christmas Carols! I just - equally despise a bunch of them too! :)