Route 1 readers would spare Grandma from reindeer
Some might argue there is no cause-and-effect evident here, but the ROUTE 1 WORLD HEADQUARTERS currently boasts no fewer than SEVEN CHRISTMAS TREES this season, and we are hearing more CHRISTMAS MUSIC than you could ever imagine. Well, perhaps you could imagine it, but I never imagined there could be this much Christmas music.
Some of it is not exactly good, either, a sad fact illustrated by readers who answered the following FRIDAY QUESTION:
"What is your least favorite Christmas song?"
DAVE B. -- "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer"
MARY N.-P. -- No question: It is "Blue Christmas" by Elvis - While I really like Elvis's upbeat rock-and-roll stuff, this is a droopy, whiney song. Also I HATE the color blue for Christmas décor - What the...?
LAURA C. -- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"... followed closely by any modern/R&B/jazzy version of any traditional song... EXCEPT Bruce's "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," which rawks.
MIKE M. -- My least favorite is "Do You Hear What I Hear?" which was written in response to the Cuban Mistletoe Crisis. "A revolution is not a group of hemiparasitic plants!"
ANNIKA H. -- My least favorite X-mas song is "I Saw Three Ships." My favorite is "Jingle Bells."
JIM S. -- Any Christmas song by Michael Bolton or Mariah Carey.
KERI M. -- "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," specifically done by The Pointer Sisters. Or one that used to play at Shoppers all the time when I worked there.
BOB H. -- By a long mile, "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!" I don't listen to any music stations or go to the mall for fear I will hear it. Auuuhg!
RICK T. -- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!"
MIKE D. -- "Santa Baby," with its ditzy, squeaky vocals, makes my skin crawl.
KERSTIN H. -- It's a tie between "Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night." To me, both are overly played.
BRIAN C. -- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Hard to believe, I can do without this song celebrating the season. All together now: "When we found her Christmas mornin' at the scene of the attack, she had hoof prints on her forehead and incriminatin' Claus marks on her back."
BRIAN M. -- After a while, almost ALL of the Christmas songs (which I differentiate from the hymns about Christ's birth) make you want to gouge out your eyes with candy cane... "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow," "Winter Wonderland," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," but the all-time disfavored Christmas song to me is Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime." The lyrics AND music both give you the notion it took him all of five minutes to write and arrange the song, with about as much inspiration afforded.
ERIK H. -- "Santa Baby," specifically Madonna's version on "A Very Special Christmas" is akin to nails on the chalkboard to me. Hearing that song makes me want to smash things.
Some of it is not exactly good, either, a sad fact illustrated by readers who answered the following FRIDAY QUESTION:
"What is your least favorite Christmas song?"
DAVE B. -- "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer"
MARY N.-P. -- No question: It is "Blue Christmas" by Elvis - While I really like Elvis's upbeat rock-and-roll stuff, this is a droopy, whiney song. Also I HATE the color blue for Christmas décor - What the...?
LAURA C. -- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"... followed closely by any modern/R&B/jazzy version of any traditional song... EXCEPT Bruce's "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," which rawks.
MIKE M. -- My least favorite is "Do You Hear What I Hear?" which was written in response to the Cuban Mistletoe Crisis. "A revolution is not a group of hemiparasitic plants!"
ANNIKA H. -- My least favorite X-mas song is "I Saw Three Ships." My favorite is "Jingle Bells."
JIM S. -- Any Christmas song by Michael Bolton or Mariah Carey.
KERI M. -- "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," specifically done by The Pointer Sisters. Or one that used to play at Shoppers all the time when I worked there.
BOB H. -- By a long mile, "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!" I don't listen to any music stations or go to the mall for fear I will hear it. Auuuhg!
RICK T. -- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!"
MIKE D. -- "Santa Baby," with its ditzy, squeaky vocals, makes my skin crawl.
KERSTIN H. -- It's a tie between "Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night." To me, both are overly played.
BRIAN C. -- "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Hard to believe, I can do without this song celebrating the season. All together now: "When we found her Christmas mornin' at the scene of the attack, she had hoof prints on her forehead and incriminatin' Claus marks on her back."
BRIAN M. -- After a while, almost ALL of the Christmas songs (which I differentiate from the hymns about Christ's birth) make you want to gouge out your eyes with candy cane... "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow," "Winter Wonderland," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," but the all-time disfavored Christmas song to me is Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime." The lyrics AND music both give you the notion it took him all of five minutes to write and arrange the song, with about as much inspiration afforded.
ERIK H. -- "Santa Baby," specifically Madonna's version on "A Very Special Christmas" is akin to nails on the chalkboard to me. Hearing that song makes me want to smash things.
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