The following songs are forbidden

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 12:10pm

from being played on the radio as Christmas songs.

My Favorite Things
Seasons of Love
Love on Layaway

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 12:15pm

Also, La Bamba (which I hear all the time)

In addition, anyone who plays the pan flute should be shot with a silver bullet. They're gravestone should read "I fuc%ed up"

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 12:21pm

And "Jingle Bells" and "Winter Wonderland" can be played after Christmas since they are "winter" songs, not specifically Christmas Songs.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 12:23pm

I think I am the only person on the planet that it bothers when I hear "Hard Candy Christmas" played at Christmas. Though it has the word in the title, it is not a Christmas song at all.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 12:24pm

Don't forget My Hump.

[peach]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 2:30pm

I wish I could hear Seasons of Love as a Christmas song.

One of my local radio stations is on an "all Christmas music, all the time" kick right now. I check it out now and then for a little winter spirit.

But in the car yesterday, I put on this station only to listen to some syrupy sobfest "Christmas Song" about a kid asking Santa for a pair of shoes, something about he wants his mother (who is apparently quite ill) to wear them and look pretty if "mama meets Jesus tonight..." I was like "WTF is this?"

PLEASE, I would welcome Seasons of Love and My Favorite Things right now!

[BluCat500]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 2:36pm

Harry Potter is NOT a christmas movie...Family Channel I'm looking in your direction...

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 2:50pm

Yes, I know I shouldn't, but here are the lyrics to "Christmas Shoes:

It was almost Christmas time
There I stood in another line
Tryin to buy that last gift or two
Not really in the Christmas mood

Standin right in front of me
Was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

And his clothes were worn and old
He was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldnt believe what I heard him say

Sir, I wanna buy these shoes
For my mama, please
Its Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir?
Daddy says theres not much time
You see, shes been sick for quite a while
And I, know these shoes will make her smile
And I, want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

He counted pennies for what seemed like years
And the, cashier said Son, theres not enough here.
He searched his pockets franticly
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Most years she just did without
Tell me, sir, what am I gonna do
Somehow Ive gotta buy her these Christmas shoes

So I laid the money down
I just had to help him out
And Ill never forget the look on his face
when he said Mamas gonna look so great

Sir, I wanna buy these shoes
For my mama, please
Its Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir?
Daddy says theres not much time
You see, shes been sick for quite a while
And I, know these shoes will make her smile
And I, want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

I knew I caught a glimpse of heaven love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that god had sent that little boy to remind me
What Christmas is all about

Sir, I wanna buy these shoes
For my mama, please
Its Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir?
Daddy says theres not much time
You see, shes been sick for quite a while
And I, know these shoes will make her smile
And I, want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

I want her to look beautiful
If mama meets Jesus tonight

[DBillyP]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 2:53pm

And all these years I thought that song was actually a true story!

[peach]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 2:59pm

I don't mean to sound like a grinch, but hearing it in the car is like "huh?" It's actually quite heartwrenching...

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:04pm

There is NOTHING funnier than The Christmas Shoes song. If I didn't know better I'd think it was an intentional parody. Sadly, it isn't. Even funnier I work with women who get sincerely choked up everytime it comes on the radio each year while I practically fall out of my chair laughing at the sheer inanity of it.

I've been known to call and request it, just for the laugh.

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:07pm

God...I've heard SO MANY people say they think that Christmas Shoes song is their favorite and it's beautiful.

Those people have BAD TASTE!

[camerangel]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:07pm

Popa that's Rotten!!! I love it!!

[peach]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:11pm

So it's not just me that thinks it's a weird song...

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:14pm

I found this comment somewhere else:

"Now, if this song touched your heart as much as it touched Tracy’s, then I apologize for this story. But as this song played in that conference room and it got sappier and sappier, we started snickering. And when it got to the line “…when Mama meets Jesus tonight” I muttered something about how the kid should save his money because “Mom doesn’t need any damned shoes — she’s dead already!” That pushed us over the edge. We couldn’t hold it any longer and we burst out laughing like loons. Everyone in the room was laughing, not just me and Joe and Sal. And “When Mama meets Jesus tonight” became code for the rest of the week for when management made us do something stupid, and it always generated gales of laughter."

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:46pm

The thing about the Christmas shoes song is that the kid had ten brothers and sisters. A couple of the sisters were using the same story trying to buy Mama dresses to meet Jesus in and the other brothers were out buying jewelry, stockings and cosmetics. Once they had assembled all the mess they scammed, they opened the franchise which is now known as Wal-Mart.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:52pm

BluCat, I know! They've been doing that for 3 years now and it drives me up the wall each and every time. The Christmas segment of the movie is like 5 minutes long!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:54pm

"In addition, anyone who plays the pan flute should be shot with a silver bullet."

Now, that does not sound like a pacifist.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 3:57pm

Goth, that made me laugh out loud.

Let's not forget the made-for-TV movie based on that song...and a book too, I believe. Yikes.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:01pm

Everyone talks about Christmas Shoes, yet I have NEVER heard this song. Not once. I guess there is a benefit to never listening to the radio.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:05pm

MisterMatt,

you caught me.

I often have the rhetoric of a NRA member when it comes to those who annoy me. I have more compasion for those who do worse wrongs than incompetence. Deep down, though, I'm a bleeding heart "wage peace" wristband kind of guy...even with those I like to say should die.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 4:10pm

Nothing against you, but it's so f*cking confusing!! Now I find myself trying to dissect the humanity of that which is annoying.

Again, that must be a pretty planet you're on. LOL

[shiksa_goddess]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 5:48pm

Barbara's bastardization of Jingle Bells.

I have never heard "Christmas Shoes" either, now I really want to hear this song that is garnering so much hatred.

[enjolrasissex]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 6:21pm

Oh, the Christmas Shoes song. Good times, goooood times.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 6:29pm

Also "Let There Be Peace on Earth." And technically, "We Need A Little Christmas" is also not a Christmas song. It's supposed to be a way-before-Christmas song.

But the line "But Auntie Mame! It's one week past Thanksgiving Day now..." really dates it. Uh, Patrick? If that's the case today, the malls have already had a little Christmas for four weeks.

I think "My Favorite Things" became associated with Christmas because that's when The Sound of Music always used to air.