Favorite novelty holiday song - an opinion poll

[vettech]

http://youtu.be/sEbUtpPQihM

Bob and Doug McKenzie
My personal favourite

Mine too !

And while I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler's movies, I do find the Hanukkah songs entertaining.

[jarnon]

I've always liked Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.

Here's a real-life story that reminded me of that song:
Flying deer hits runner in Loudoun

[earendel]

Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLaughlin - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Shoutout to Esto who Kroxed in my LSWE this the year before it made the Mecca CD! Absolutely love the bass in this one...)

I heard this for the first time the other day and I thought it was Peter, Paul and Mary.

[Estonut]

Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLaughlin - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Shoutout to Esto who Kroxed in my LSWE this the year before it made the Mecca CD! Absolutely love the bass in this one...)

There are a few other really good songs on that album. BNL even included 3 Hanukkah songs and a snippet of "Auld Lang Syne." "Hanukkah Blessings" is probably the best Hanukkah song that I've ever heard. They do an interesting version of "Jingle Bells," which includes the "Batman smells" line. Other stuff is a mixture of traditionals, silly ones and originals. I think it has something for everyone.

If you view it from the YouTube page, you can click on the time and go directly to any song. The extensions required to the URLs do not work here on the Bored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5xiTl4esA


0:00 - Jingle Bells
3:56 - Green Christmas
6:31 - I Saw Three Ships
7:39 - Hanukkah Blessings
11:05 - O Holy Night
12:14 - Elf's Lament feat. Micheal Bublé
12:54 - Snowman
18:54 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
22:26 - Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
24:37 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings Feat. Sarah McLachlan
28:03 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
29:04 - Carol of the Bells
32:04 - Footprints
35:19 - Deck the Stills
35:51 - Christmastime (Oh Yeah)
38:07 - Sleigh Ride
38:53 - Christmas Pics
41:07 - I Have a Little Dreidel
41:59 - Wonderful Christmastime/Hidden Song
43:18 - Auld Lang Syne

[BassPlayingSugarplum]

The Kinks' "Father Christmas"

Father christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys.
Well beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaPXihbORk

[BassPlayingSugarplum]

And how can we forget Cheech and Chong's "Santa and His Old Lady"

Oh yeah, I played with those dudes, man

[Bob Juch]

Here's another of my favorites:

[elwoodblues]

And how can we forget Cheech and Chong's "Santa and His Old Lady"

Oh yeah, I played with those dudes, man

"Santa Claus is not a musician, man."

"I'm hip, man. That cat didn't know any tunes."

[Estonut]

Since many have already overlooked the "novelty" aspect:

[T_Bone0806]

I will stay with the question posed in the original post...usually, the "novelty" wears off after I hear something a few times. although "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" can still bring forth a chuckle or two.

Let me put in a vote for "The Chipmunk Song"...as timeless a Christmas novelty song as can be. It has it all...a sweet, instantly memorable melody, some amusing hijinks, and heck, even those 3-part squeaky harmonies are well put together...easier to take for me than those 3-part squeaky harmonies on "Saturday Night Fever" era Bee Gees, anyway

Upon closer inspection, Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville) has perfectly captured the magic, innocence, wonder, and yes, the "gimme gimme" (ALVIN!!!!!!) of a child's view of Christmas. Tell me one line that describes what a child feels during the days approaching Christmas more succinctly than "We've been good, but we can't last...hurry, Christmas, HURRY FAST!!!".

Don't know about you, but I remember having that feeling QUITE well