Overplayed Christmas Songs and pre-ordering

There are great reasons to celebrate December 6th! My book is available for pre-order. Okay, really, people, humor me. My husband still thinks I’m a fruitcake for religiously checking Amazon to make sure I wasn’t dreaming that my book is for sale.

I resisted the urge to pre-order 400 copies. That’s good, isn’t it? (And, no, I did NOT order 399 copies. Shut up. I’ll tell you later how many copies I pre-ordered. Oh wait. My husband reads this blog. Really, honey, I was strong! I resisted the urge. Mostly. :banana:)

The children are nestled, all snug in their beds. No, I did not drug them. They wore themselves out arguing, fighting, whining about why their mother is a horrible person for not allowing them to have candy for supper. “But Mommy, Dad’s not home! We should have special treats for supper!”

And letting them have full access to a sugar-induced high is good because…..???

Right then. Back to our topic. I was listening to Christmas songs today and I was bemoaning the fact that they overplay so many of the same tunes. Really. There are a few songs that make me want to run screaming to change the radio station. So here are my Top 5 most Overplayed Christmas Songs and my Top 5 Fun Christmas songs.

Quick! Change the Channel Songs
1. “Feed the World/Do They Know it’s Christmas” (or whatever the true name of this song is–the Ethiopia Benefit concert song)–Okay, I’m just sick of George Michael. It’s a good song to hear…once in a while. Not every hour. Not every three songs. I feel the urge to drive ice picks into my eyeballs when I hear it.
2. “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley (Too much of the King)
3. “Christmas Shoes” (It’s too sad. I start bawling about the little boy whose mother is dying and he doesn’t have enough money to buy her a pair of pretty shoes when she goes off to meet Jesus. Christmas is a happy season! No death. No dying. None of that! Click.)
4. “Merry Christmas, Darling” by the Carpenters (Good song, just too much of it!)
5. “Feliz Navidad” (It gets stuck in my head all day!)

Christmas Songs I Like
1. Gabriel’s Message by Sting (I don’t hear it enough. It’s just a cool song. Kind of medieval in flavor. And of course, it’s Sting!)
2. Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire (it makes me laugh–and it’s sick. Sorry, Larissa.)
3. “Dominick the Donkey”–It’s such a goofy song.
4. O Holy Night (It’s my favorite song, when sung properly)
5. Do You Hear What I Hear (Bing Crosby)
6. The Christmas Song (the proper version, by Mel Torme)
7. The Little Drummer Boy
8. The Grinch song

How about you? What Christmas songs do you loathe and despise? Which ones do you love?