I don’t want to be a Scrooge or ruin anyone’s Christmas spirit, but are there any Christmas songs that simply annoy you? Maybe it’s just me, but for the encouragement of those, who like me, enjoy Christmas and Christmas music but just can’t stand a few of the holiday stand-bys, here are my Six Least Favorite Christmas Songs:

6.. Santa Baby (sung by anyone, but especially bad by Madonna)

5. Here Comes Santa Claus “He doesn’t care if you’re good or bad/Cause he loves you just the same/Santa knows we’re all God’s children/That makes everything right????” Bad. Bad. Bad.

4. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. Once is sort of funny; more than once is torture.

3. Little Drummer Boy. Any version. Any time.

2. The Twelve Days of Christmas. It keeps going and going and going and going. Just buy me an energizer battery and turn off the song.

1. My Grown-Up Christmas List. I heard a version of this one on the radio this afternoon by Amy Grant. I used to like her, but if she’s the one who started that song’s popularity, I’m definitely disenchanted.

I was going to make a list of my ten least favorite Christmas songs, but I realized there are really only six I can’t stand. I guess I like most Christmas music. Just don’t send me any drummer boys, relativistic Santa babies, or roadkill. And don’t sing about any of it for twelve solid days. This is MY grown-up Christmas list.

P.S. If you need something uplifting after that crabby post, Cindy writes about her favorite Christmas music. She even likes a version of Little Drummer Boy!