Do genetically engineered Christmas carols make you sick?

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I enjoy singing 12 Days as a memory test, but have no desire to hear it on the radio (99 bottles of beer is a good comparison!). Have not heard a parody version and prefer to keep it that way. (I never listen to the radio anymore, so probably miss out on much of this, as I get it only at stores.)

I love how every year they tell you how much it would cost to buy someone all of those gifts, as if the retail cost of seven swans is a legit indicator of the economy. Personally I think the cost of 99 beers is more relevant and of greater importance to my holiday

Embedding the OP song for those who didn't click the link.

https://youtu.be/96jOezZhlRQ

I thought it was much more tolerable and happy than all the superstitious sentimentality we're force-fed far too long every year.

But then I'm predisposed to love anything "genetically engineered" just because I love how it makes the woo woos heads explode.

I'm just going to drop this here (ducking and running)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-8FqlMA3CI

I'm always annoyed at all the covers of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" that change the words to make it "happier". The lyric is SUPPOSED to be "Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow", NOT "Hang a shining star upon the highest bough". Judy Garland version in "Meet Me in St. Louis" is the only one worth listening to.

This one swings it pretty good:

https://youtu.be/M-b3iU-INDo

I thought "Do They Know It's Christmastime" was a song that was meant to convict people engaging in sloppy, meaningless sentimentality and false religious sentiment while living in complete contradiction to the Gospel and the commands of Jesus. Satire doesn't play terribly well for a lot of people, and we're definitely not used to hearing it in music.

I unashamedly love Christmas music. First of December, time to break Michael Buble out of his cave. I love the classics, too. I Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day, Christmas Time (by The Darkness), All I Want for Christmas, Fairytale of New York etc etc. There are some I don't like, but that's the case for even the most Christmasy of people. I don't care how cheesy the song it. It's Christmas, so it's fine.
And in defence of (and also not in defence of) Do They Know it's Christmas... it DOES snow in Africa. In South Africa and Lesotho, it snows pretty much every year. It also snows in North Africa, especially in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, where it snows enough for skiing. In 2015, it snowed in Kenya in February. It snows in mountainous regions of Uganda. So even in areas considered too hot for snow, it occasionally happens. So whilst everyone is wrong for saying 'that's stupid, of course there won't be snow in Africa' the song is also wrong for saying that in the first place. Remember Africa is a HUGE continent. People in the west often forget that 'Africa' doesn't just refer to Sub-Saharan Africa. So whilst there won't be snow in South Africa and Lesotho this Christmas time (it's in the southern hemisphere so snowfall there is between May and August usually) there probably will be in parts of North Africa.
I do take issue with the main line of the chorus. Most of them will know it's Christmas time, but a lot of them won't care. Whilst big parts of Africa are Christian, a lot of Africa is Muslim or follows traditional religious beliefs. I know it refers to the fact that people should be generous at Christmas and the poverty stricken people in parts of Africa won't feel that cheer, but it's probably too literal a way of putting it.
...Still love it as a Christmas song, even if I'm so pedantic that I pull it apart every time I sing it. If I'm drunk enough, I won't even care that there probably will be snow in Africa this Christmas time.

Love the song; glad they're not my neighbor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V245QDDXqU

And this is the ALL-TIME worst...

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