Dumb Christmas Songs

I have a co-worker who turns on Christmas music first thing every morning. Consequently, I've been reminded repeatedly of some of my least favorite Christmas songs or Christmas song portions.

The following lines from the song "Do You Hear What I Here", always sung way too dramatically:

"A star, a star, shining in the night,

With a tail as big as a kite,

With a tail as big as a kite"

From the song "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year":

"It's the hap-happiest season of all"

Hap-happiest? Puh-lease!

From the same song:

"There'll be parties for hosting

Marshmallows for toasting

And caroling out in the snow

There'll be scary ghost stories

And tales of the glories

Of Christmases long, long ago"

Who's telling scary ghost stories as part of their Christmas celebration? I think someone's mixing up their holidays. My co-worker suggested it's referring to "A Christmas Carol" and the ghost of Jacob Marley. Maybe...

The entire song "The Little Drummer Boy".

This is another one that tends to be sung way, way too dramatically. It's like The Battle Hymn Of The Republic in it's presentation - building, building, stronger, louder...

And who ever thought this one up? Hey, how about a song about someone banging on a drum during the nativity?

The "Pa-rum-pa-pum-pum" thing makes me want to scream.

And I especially don't like it when a group I respect decides to throw it onto their Christmas CD. I'm thinking Jars of Clay, Joan Jett and the BlackHearts, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. What were they thinking?

But the one I really just don't get is by Sonny and Cher:

I Got Yule, Babe.