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“Little Drummer Boy” and “Do You Hear What I Hear?” are the worst Christmas songs ever, totally contrived stories made into song that have no business making into any legit artist’s Christmas album. And yet ....

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I'm on board with both of those choices, especially LDB. We try to go as long as we can without hearing it each year, and we can never escape.

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Dec 16, 2023Liked by Jay Busbee

Go Tell it On The Mountain is my favorite.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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Thank you my friend, Merry Christmas to you too. And that's a great pick.

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Dec 17, 2023Liked by Jay Busbee

Best: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)-Darlene Love

Worst: Any version of Santa Baby

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And anything with Darlene Love is amazing.

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Santa Baby was always a creepy song, and boy, does the Madonna version raise the creep level.

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Nice work! I've been writing a series this month on Christmas sl music, one song each day. I'm mostly sticking to lesser-known stuff, but yesterday I addressed why this song is so great: https://open.substack.com/pub/adamremsen/p/the-25-days-of-christmas-day-15

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Love this! Thanks for sharing it.

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Dec 16, 2023Liked by Jay Busbee

Worst: “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. One of my favorites: “Little Saint Nick”🎄Beach Boys... Merry Merry everybody!

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I love that the Beach Boys repurposed one of their own songs for Christmas! Great call.

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Dec 16, 2023·edited Dec 16, 2023Liked by Jay Busbee

I hope there’s a special place in hell for the writers of “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree.” 😄

Favorite: “A Merry Jingle” by The Greedies. 👍🏻

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Amen to all of this, brother.

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