This has got to be the worst "holiday" song I have ever heard...

• justincredible

  

  Scarlet_Fever wrote: So I should kick my wife in the earhole?

  Tell her I said sorry, but yes.
• wes_mantooth

  

  I hate Christmas music. My exwife made me go to our kid's christmas concert yesterday.......I was pissed. At the end of it, I booed and pelted my son with soda and a popcorn bucket.
  
  Sorry seahawks rock.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Met my old lover in the grocery store
  The snow was falling Christmas Eve
  I stole behind her in the frozen foods
  And I touched her on the sleeve
  
  She didn't recognize the face at first
  But then her eyes flew open wide
  She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
  And we laughed until we cried.
  
  We took her groceries to the checkout stand
  The food was totalled up and bagged
  We stood there lost in our embarrassment
  As the conversation dragged.
  
  We went to have ourselves a drink or two
  But couldn't find an open bar
  We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
  And we drank it in her car.
  
  We drank a toast to innocence
  We drank a toast to now
  And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
  But neither one knew how.
  
  She said she'd married her an architect
  Who kept her warm and safe and dry
  She would have liked to say she loved the man
  But she didn't like to lie.
  
  I said the years had been a friend to her
  And that her eyes were still as blue
  But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw
  Doubt or gratitude.
  
  She said she saw me in the record stores
  And that I must be doing well
  I said the audience was heavenly
  But the traveling was hell.
  
  We drank a toast to innocence
  We drank a toast to now
  And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
  But neither one knew how.
  
  We drank a toast to innocence
  We drank a toast to time
  Reliving in our eloquence
  Another 'auld lang syne'...
  
  The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
  And running out of things to say
  She gave a kiss to me as I got out
  And I watched her drive away.
  
  Just for a moment I was back at school
  And felt that old familiar pain
  And as I turned to make my way back home
  The snow turned into rain --
• krambman

  

  As soon as I saw the title to this thread I said to myself "I bet it's that dumb Dan Fogelberg song." The first few times I heard this son a few years ago I didn't really listen to the lyrics. The one day I actually listened to it and thought "this is a horrible song." Bad lyrics, awful message, and it has nothing to do with Christmas other than the fact that it takes place at Christmas time. Every time it comes on the radio this time of year I yell and change the channel. I agree, not only is it the worst Christmas song ever, but the worst song ever. The only way you could have a worse Christmas song is if the lyrics were "Death to Jesus. Death to Mary. Death to God. I hate Christmas."
• krambman

  

  P.S.
  
  I feel really sad for the person who took the time to make that video. His life must really suck.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  How can you guys not actually sit through this song and enjoy it for the trainwreck that it is? One of the worst songs ever written, but one of the funniest as well. As I was listening, I thought it was a SNL song.
• spartybbcoach

  

  Ohhhhh, Gawd awful!
• underdog32

  Absolutely horrendous song. I was glad to have never heard it before and I hope to god I do not hear it again.
• Websurfinbird

  

  I was forced to listen to this awful song while eating at Subway during my lunch break a little while ago. Now I have yet another reason not to go to Subway.
• Swamp Fox

  I was amazed that so few of you had ever heard this song before. I've always been a huge Dan Fogelberg fan and I thought I'd try to clarify some things about the song that you have labeled the worst holiday song ever. First of all, this song has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the Christmas season. It is the story of two people who at one time were friends, drifted apart, went their separate ways and by pure chance, reunited in a convenience store on xmas eve, she to pick up some egg nog and he to pick up some whipping cream for Irish coffee. Instead, they bought a six pack and spent the next two hours reminiscing and drinking the six pack in her car, finally realizing that they never really lost their original affection for each other but it was a pipe dream now, because of family conflicts and all the rest. Five years later She (Jill) heard his song on the radio and decided to keep quiet about it to not ruin his family connections. She would actually divorce her husband shortly after that. the song is not about Christmas because the title deals with the New Year (Auld Lang Syne), not Christmas and the only reason it does is because their meeting happened at this time of the year. Another really good reason that there were no intended religious references is that Dan Fogelberg was an atheist his entire adult life and had no reason whatsoever to write a religious song. I always thought this song had one of the prettiest melody lines of any song I'd ever heard and I still believe that. The recording went double-platinum and was one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular Fogelberg song. So, I guess if you are criticizing it for being a very unreligious religious song, it was never intended to be a religious song. just a simple love song that was too late. finally, I have always been of the belief that a man's religion or lack of same should not automatically be reason for our dislike. I do not subscribe to his atheistic way of life, but this song is one of my all time favorites and I suppose I would only say..."to each his/her own."
  
  Sadly, Dan Fogelberg is no longer with us, having died in 2007 after a tough battle with advanced prostate cancer at the age of 56.
• justincredible

  

  Not at all criticizing it for being a "very unreligious" song. There are a ton of great secular Christmas songs out there. The lyrics are just absolutely dreadful.
• Heretic

  

  Oh believe me, the lack of religion in this song didn't bother me, since I don't care for religion in the first place. The only thing that bothered me was how the song was really, really, really, really bad.
• justincredible

  

  And the only reason I brought it up as a "holiday" song is because it is played on the 24 hour Christmas music station.
• queencitybuckeye

  Dan Fogelberg wrote and performed some fairly decent music.
  
  And this song.
• Ironman92

  

  Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the best and most listenable Christmas song ever.....and the video is nice.
• zambrown

  

  While I absolutely agree that the Fogelberg song is truly awful, my vote for worst holiday song ever would have to go to "Christmas Shoes". What a depressing crapfest. If SOMEHOW you have missed hearing it, it's about a boy in the store who wants to buy his dying mother a pair of shoes so she can look pretty when she meets Jesus tonight. It is undeniably the most depressing song EVER! I hear the first note and can't change the radio station fast enough.
  
  BTW - All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey is probably one of my secular favorites - and I'm NOT a big Mariah fan by any means. Great song!
• justincredible

  

  zambrown wrote: While I absolutely agree that the Fogelberg song is truly awful, my vote for worst holiday song ever would have to go to "Christmas Shoes". What a depressing crapfest. If SOMEHOW you have missed hearing it, it's about a boy in the store who wants to buy his dying mother a pair of shoes so she can look pretty when she meets Jesus tonight. It is undeniably the most depressing song EVER! I hear the first note and can't change the radio station fast enough.

  #2 on my list. It was #1 until I heard Fogelberg's song.
• vdubb96

  

  I put this song up at the top with none other than "christmas shoes" that song makes me vomit on cue!