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What's your favorite most depressing Christmas song?

Mine is, hands down, the great Dwight Yoakam's "Come On Christmas"

~ there's no other song like it at all! I love this song! And Dwight!

:)


Posted - June 18, 2017

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  • 7132
    Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, that feel good Christmas classic.   
      June 18, 2017 6:28 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Feel Good Christmas classic, yes!
    :)
    Such an upbeat sound for the tragedy.
    :)
      June 18, 2017 6:40 PM MDT
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  • Only one I can think of at the moment... it's not time for Christmas!!! ;)  https://youtu.be/itdNoGtPQ3I
      June 18, 2017 7:43 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    This song has been done by so many people - - do you know if this is the original? I like this Charles' version by far the best of all I've heard!
    :)
    And dig that simple, cool piano part - -just chord-after-chord - - excellent.
    Even if it's not time for Christmas, thanks for answering, Jaimie!
    :)
      June 19, 2017 12:48 PM MDT
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  • 585
    Christmas Shoes - New Song

    So sad!! Makes me tear up every time I hear even the first few notes.  
      June 18, 2017 8:15 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yes, the subject matter of that song is indeed sad.

    Yet, somehow (and I have people in my life affected by cancer) I find the song very annoying and over-the-top/maudlin. Too sappy, somehow. That's just me, though. I can be sort of weird when it comes to my music choices.
    :)

    Thanks for answering, mk1217!!
      June 19, 2017 12:51 PM MDT
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  • 585
    I can definitely see that! I think it's very obviously intended to make someone emotional, and that in and of itself can be irritating sometimes. But man, IT GETS ME EVERY TIME. 
      June 19, 2017 1:13 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I can relate to that in other cases, too, mk1217! You're right! Sometimes I seem to have no choice when I get emotional -- if it happens, it happens!
    :)
      June 19, 2017 1:19 PM MDT
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  • this entirely insipid "Twelve Days".  Long, repetitive, boring. 
      June 18, 2017 9:15 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    I see where you're coming from, whistle6 -- it is long and repetitive! I have heard some parody versions that I enjoy - - like The Muppets version and then some other version with a male voice (one among many singers) getting increasingly more irritated each verse as he has trouble with the Christmas lights.
    :)
    Thanks for answering!
      June 19, 2017 12:54 PM MDT
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  • 585
    I love that "irritated" version, haha! Reminds me of my father. So sweet. 
      June 19, 2017 1:15 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    mk1217 -- so you are familiar with that 'irritated-with-the-lights' guy version? Cool! Ha! I think the title is something like The 12 Things I Hate Most About Christmas.
    :)
      June 19, 2017 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 585
    "If YOU'RE so smart, YOU RIG UP THE LIGHTS!!!!"
      June 19, 2017 1:24 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    That's  it!
    :)
      June 19, 2017 2:00 PM MDT
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  • Did you know 12 Days is a catechumen song?

    And yea the irritation with the lights is funny, still long nd annoying though. 
      June 19, 2017 1:39 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yeah, I did know that, I believe. I tend to forget about that aspect to the song because I, like you, still just find it a repetitive and long song!
    :)

    The song can be annoying, no matter what. You're right, whistle6!
    :)
      June 19, 2017 2:04 PM MDT
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  • 9777
      June 19, 2017 3:43 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    I've never heard this song. It's nice! And the more and more I hear Merle Haggard songs, I realize more and more what a pleasant singing voice he has! I admit that I never had paid much attention to his singing before.
    Thanks for answering, JaneS!
    :)
      June 19, 2017 12:59 PM MDT
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  • Red Peters - "You Ain't Getting Sh*t For Christmas"

      June 19, 2017 11:14 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    That was truly funny!
    :)
    Thanks, ALF!
      June 19, 2017 1:16 PM MDT
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