Posted on 12/24/2015 10:12:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Very kindly, Feliz Navidad only has to be one song in a set, and in that fashion it is okay as a touch of Mexican spice, mostly for the instrumentation.
I still wish it wasn’t “I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas” because now it’s Wantmas, not Christmas. That puts the hell in holidays, and we know it all too well. I’d change it to “I’m gonna wish you a Merry Christmas.” Try it, just for illumination’s sake — see if that gives it a different tone.
whoops that was Jimmy Boyd (had Jimmy Webb on the mind)
Although I didn't realize it until recently many performers have one this song.The one to which we're both referring was done by the "Harry Simone Chorale" and came out just before Christmas in '58.
To me it perfectly symbolizes...simply and beautifully...the *true* meaning of Christmas.
Few may relate to this but the worst Christmas music I have heard is the Mickey Rooney “Merry Micklemas” recording.
Attempt to acquire and listen to it at your own peril.
You Ain’t Getting Sh*t For Christmas - Red Peters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHM2sIll68
The song itself isn’t bad..however, the parrrrrrrumpahpumpum...
Please no....make it stop...
I’ve seen a LOT of controversy about this, about which I used to be blissfully unaware.
It could be offensive to some people, who don’t want anything that might even look like a hint at something unhistorical. Once they’ve taken that position then the other objections pile up, like how could something like that appeal to an infant. (They don’t know real infants and their varying moods, but that’s a digression. Add to this the sinless babe factor and we have a non problem.) I don’t get hung up over that point of view... I say, treat it like a parable. Jesus had no problem using parables that mixed historical and fictional elements, which illustrated a broader spiritual point of grace that He sought to make. And the point is so wonderful. Jesus accepts and blesses the humblest gifts. Even the Grinch-stolen Christmas offered the gifts of singing, if you remember the cartoon. So such objection is worse than the Grinch’s evil experiment.
4. Tie: ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’
Mommy kissing Santa Claus, is about a father dressed up as Santa kissing his wife. The kid is worried because of course he doesn’t know that his father plays Santa every Christmas.
There are a couple of clinkers on this list, but most are fine and beautiful. Carol of the Bells? great song.
This, from a Korean rock band circa 1969 is not bad, but can anybody explain the logic in combining Jingle Bells and Inna Godda Davida ?
“Santa’s got a mullet” by Nerf Herder
I thought so too.
Give it a rest, it’s Christmas........SO MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Good point about Mommy kissing Santa Claus. I used to love a song with a similar theme, “Santa Claus Looks Just Like Daddy.”
You’re right, the humor comes from the misunderstanding.
try the version by Bob and Doug MacKenzie from the Great White North. Very funny.
It’s pretty? Sometimes that’s all the logic that’s needed in music.
If you were ever in the nuclear weapons business it would be a favorite, just like the best movie ever is Doctor Strangelove.
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