December 2008
59 posts
1. You know you have been waiting for it.
Best:
White Christmas: Bing Crosby
Favorite Christmas song. It was our first dance at our wedding. It was the first song we ever danced to. It’s classic and really a lovely song that invokes all those good Christmas feelings. Can’t go wrong.
WORST:
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Absolute. Worst.
This took some time and real thought. I wanted to put both ex Beatle songs at...
tylercoates:
Jolie emailed me:
I require a Coates Family Recipe™ Do it. Stevie Nicks would…
I don’t like being forced into assignments BUT FINE. This is the only recipe I know: COKE CAKE.
Cake: 2 cups sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups small marshmallows 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup Coca-Cola® 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup buttermilk 2...
Off to AZ. Posting will be light until New Years most likely. Merry Christmas!
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Best:
O Holy Night:
Anyway you want it works. Such a great song.
Worst:
Wonderful Christmas Time: Paul McCartney
It pains me to say that not 1 but 2 former Beatles made it on this list. When I worked at David’s Bridal during Christmas this song probably came on at the LEAST 20 times a day. The intro just makes me cringe.
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Ok, now this gets serious.
Best: Christmas Time is Here: Vince Guaraldi
Although I tend to prefer the instrumental version of this (children singing really gets me upset) I think it is the one exception to my rule of never liking the sound of children singing. This song should be on everyone’s list.
Worst:
Here we go…
Happy Christmas (War is Over): John Lennon
This is the reason...
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Best: Carol of the Bells
Timeless and somewhat haunting.
WORST:
Mary’s Boy Child: Boney M.
Dear God, I have been so fortunate to have not heard this song until this year. What a glorious 25 years it has been.
1. Why does the Kroger have a player piano?
2. Why is that player piano playing the “Animaniacs” song?
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Best:Baby It’s Cold Outside: So many versions so take your pick
Nothing like drugging your date for a holiday classic. I love it though.
Worst:Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Do I even need to explain this one? I hate cynical Christmas songs (ex. the “12 Days of Christmas” that talks about how horrible the mall and traffic are, etc.) and this is the worst. The guy’s...
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Best:
O Come O Come Emmanuel
This made the list mainly because when I was a child at the Catholic elementary school and not Catholic, I always felt like I knew what was going on when we would sing this at mass during Advent, and that somehow the Catholics had made some mistake if I knew about this song. It always made Christmas time more fun at school since I did not particularly enjoy going to...
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Best:
Up on the Housetop: Raffi
Raffi borders on what I hate most: children singing. But his voice overrides the kids’ so I guess it’s ok. And I still love Raffi for introducing me to “the cat came back”
Worst:
Santa Baby: Eartha Kitt
Hate hate hate hate. What does NOT put me in the Christmas spirit? Some creepass lusting after Santa.
“If all of you would really like to hear the ultimate Christmas song click on...”
– This may be the craziest email from Justin’s mom yet. I still can’t tell what she means by “Katy most beloved hated song”
WHAT →
This is really creepy and disturbing.
“And on the eighth day God said, ‘Burn ‘em Uncle Ted’”
– Ted Nugent, who is apparently ridiculously crazy, on No Reservations
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Best:
I’ll Be Home For Christmas: Crosby
Classic, soulful, heartfelt, wistful. Perfect for those melancholy Christmassy feelings.
Worst:
Last Christmas: Wham
Let me just tell you that I freaking hate this song. Let’s stop pretending it’s good. it’s annoying, yet catchy enough to get stuck in your head for days, and by the time you get it out, you’ll hear it...
Film Addict: How many of IMDB's Top 250 have you... →
bg5000:
I’ve seen 63.2%. I suppose i have some work to do.
Wow, 43.6% is pretty bad.
#9 Worst
Feliz Navidad: Jose Feliciano
Just because you’re blind doesn’t mean this song is good. I remember being in the second grade and having to learn this in Spanish class and really thinking how annoying it was. I especially hate how he sings “from the bottom of my heaaaarrrt!” Just awful.
#9 Best
Silent Night
I really wish I could have made this a Top 8 Best because I am not in love with my first two. I promise it will get better. This is a great, classic Christmas song and it does deserve recognition.
#10 Worst
Do You Hear What I Hear?: Andy Williams
Unfortunately, most of these songs are on Justin’s ipod so I can’t post them as an audio file, so there will be a few great youtube tributes going on.
Anyway, I have never liked this song and Andy Williams’ voice cuts through me like a knife.
#10 Best
Silver Bells: Bing Crosby
From what I understand, we have Bob Hope to thank for introducing us to this song. I have chosen Bing Crosby’s version (which I also learned was really the first recorded version) and it won’t be the last time you see him pop up on this list. Not my favorite song, but good enough to make the cut. It always makes me feel like I’ll be celebrating...
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I am preparing my Top 10 Best and Worst Christmas songs. One from each group will be posted everyday until Christmas Eve. I am including the Best List to avoid being a promoter of grumpy ill will in the next 10 days, but I must say, it is a lot harder to make the Best List.
I know this isn’t original, but it’s been on my mind a lot. Especially being married to someone who sings these...
The time has come.
onceinalifetime:
It’s happened again: my Dad’s once a year request to go to the movies. Literally, once a year, if that. Here’s a brief list of movies, from my lifetime, that I remember seeing in theatres with him (I’m sure there’s a few more I’m forgetting from early childhood, but still it’s a brief list):
-Beauty and the Beast -Jurassic Park -Saving Private Ryan -No Country for Old Men
And...
Sean Penn’s “Milk” voice sounds a lot like Sean Penn’s “I Am Sam” voice.
Ill. Governor Arrested →
Well I’d be lying if I said I was at all surprised. When are they going to get Daley?
I had a dream that Barack Obama murdered 400 people in San Francisco. What is going on with me?
You know what’s not cool? When you’re trying to put your baby down for a nap and the lamp gets knocked over and broken glass goes everywhere in the room.
“I loved playing Skeletor and I tried to make him as dimensional as I could.”
– Frank Langella. I feel a special kinship to him now since people used to tell me I looked like Skeletor.
“I have the Talking Heads Album “True Stories” which has “Radio...”
– This is an email from my Father-in-Law and an example of why he’s one of the greatest people I know.
This Dark Knight game is pretty fun.
I really wish I could go see Frost/Nixon tonight.
“Being a man or being a woman are social terms. Gender is based on how you feel...”
– Thomas Beatie. Sorry, ma’am, that’s just not true.
O.J. Simpson Sentenced to 15 years →
I guarantee my Mother-in-Law will call tonight to say he should’ve gotten life.
Atheists Take Aim at Christmas →
I don’t care if you’re Atheist, but you don’t have to go out of your way to damper someone else’s celebration. Should the sign have been stolen? No. But I question its neccessity in the first place.
“Well, nevermind - it was in my back pocket.
mom”
– Email #2
“I forgot my phone this morning - I’ll go get it later - just in case you...”
– Email #1
