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From: "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald1@gmail.com>
> Which suggested a Scroogian thread: what are your LEAST favorite 
> holiday pop
> songs?

Ain't none of 'em I get particularly excited about, frankly.  One of 
the local oldies stations in Boston switches to Christmas music 24/7 
every year, and by the first weekend in December, I'm usually sick of 
all of them.  I admit to a certain perverse fondness for McCartney's 
"Wonderful Christmastime" simply because the synth sounds are so 
deeply odd, especially for what's clearly meant to be a holiday 
favorite for all ages.  I dread the second hearing of it every year, 
though.

But I think my least fave would have to be the Bing Crosby/David Bowie 
duet: near-death child-beater and coked-out sleepwalker...yeah, 
nothing says "Merry Christmas" like that.  And of course, thanks to 
Preznit Daddy Issues and Lord Cheney of the War Profiteers, the 
Pretenders' "2000 Miles" gets harder to listen to every year.

Give me Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band every time.

S