My Least Favorite Christmas Songs
I have a confession to make… I’ve been secretly listening to Christmas music in my car. On November 1st one of the radio stations started playing Christmas music 24/7. I outwardly agreed with everyone that it was too early, while happily driving around town singing along to “Feliz Navidad.” BUT! I have a few Christmas song “pet peeves.” The first one is… “Last Christmas” by Wham. I’m sorry. Very, very sorry, but I can’t stand this song. I know it’s wildly popular… why??? The lyrics… the melody… it’s just so inane. I don’t think it would irritate me so much if I didn’t hear it all the time. And the last thing we needed was ANOTHER version of it, Taylor Swift. In 2016, George Michael died on Christmas Day, and I briefly felt guilty about trash-talking his stupid Christmas song. I’m sorry he died, but I still strongly dislike this song. “All I Want For Christmas” by Mariah Carey. Once again- sorry. I don’t actually dislike this one as much as “Last Christmas” but it irks me that it’s the most requested Christmas song. I mean… it has a pleasant little melody but other than that it’s nothing special. Once again, I hear this song WAY TOO MUCH. I don’t get it. “The Christmas Shoes” by NewSong. I would actually listen to “Last Christmas” and “All I Want For Christmas” all day rather than have to hear this song once. The lyrics tell the story of a little boy whose mother is dying. He wants to buy her some shoes so she’ll look beautiful “if Mama meets Jesus tonight.” No. Absolutely not. As a mom, I absolutely can’t hear a song about a boy whose mother is dying. My second biggest fear in life is dying and leaving my kids without a mom- and I especially don’t appreciate being reminded of that fear on Christmas. I’ve always said this song should be banned, and maybe enough people agree with me, because I don’t hear it very often anymore. In addition to being banned, I think NewSong should issue an official apology to moms everywhere. But I’ll settle for never hearing it again. How about you- do you have a least favorite Christmas song? Do you like any of the songs I’ve mentioned? What do you think of the shoe song?