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I saw on the news this morning that the song "Christmas Shoes" was voted the worst Christmas song ever. I know why I don't like it, I feel people are exploiting a very sad subject just to make a lot of money. What do you feel about this song?

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

Never heard it that I know of. I hate Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and hate Jingle Bell Rock.

 

LOVE "Santa Baby"!

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

I never heard that one either, but my least favorite is "l Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Tacky, IMO.

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

It's the song about the little boy needing to buy his mama a pair of red Christmas shoe before she dies on christmas  eve.

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

Deck the Halls...the part of falalalalalalalala...drives me nuts!

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?


@sweetee2 wrote:

It's the song about the little boy needing to buy his mama a pair of red Christmas shoe before she dies on christmas  eve.


It sounds like tripe

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

I can't remember the title of the song but it's something about Grandma getting run over by a reindeer.

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

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I like Christmas Shoes.  I don't feel like it's exploitation at all.  Many songs have someone dying as the premise of their lyrics.  It's a very real thing that happens and many families have to deal with missing a loved one (or loved ones) at Christmastime.  I know I do. We've been NewSong fans from way back.  Eddie Carswell is an excellent songwriter and tenderly approached the topic from the perspective of what a business man observed about the boy and himself because it was him who gave the boy the extra money to make up the difference on what he was short to buy the shoes.  The businessman had gotten so caught up in his own life that he was missing part of what Christmas was about and he finally "got it" when he saw how much it meant to the boy to give his mom that special gift.

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

I dislike all Christmas music. Really, really dislike it. "Silent Night" makes me physically ill....like I want to throw up when I hear it. I think it's a revolting song. 

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Re: Worst Christmas song ever?

While I do love Christmas music, I have several I simply can't stand.  Blue Christmas and All I Want for Christmas is You are a couple that come to mind.