Christmas Song Confessions

Christmas music is omnipresent in December, so I thought I would share my Christmas song confessions with you.

I hate listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving.

I wish radio stations would continue to play Christmas music after Christmas, until New Year's Eve. I find the transition back to the regular radio formats immediately after Christmas is jarring.

It is not enough for me to like a particular Christmas song...it also matters to me who is singing it. There are some versions of songs that I cannot abide.

I don't understand why "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music gets played as a Christmas song.

I like Mannheim Steamroller's  "Deck the Halls" and "Stille Nacht."

I can take "funny" Christmas songs in very small doses, like "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" or "The Twelve Pains of Christmas."

There are some songs I look forward to every Christmas. Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order:

1.    O Holy Night - Nat King Cole or Josh Groban

2.  Little Drummer Boy - but only the Bob Seger OR Bing Crosby/David Bowie versions

3.  Santa Claus is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

4.  Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2

5.  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies & Sarah Mclachlan

6.  For Unto Us a Child is Born - from Handel's Messiah

And here are some of the Christmas songs I could do without!

1. Christmas Shoes - Newsong
2. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - anyone
3. Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
4. Please Come Home for Christmas - the Eagles
5. The Holly & The Ivy

Which Christmas songs are your favorites? Which ones are on your "worst" list?