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America's Least Popular Christmas Songs

Monday, December 10, 2012

10 Least Popular Holiday Songs: What's Yours?

From singing dogs to a philandering Santa Claus, these recordings came in last place in a recent survey.

Odds are there's at least one Christmas recording filling the airwaves each December that you absolutely, positively, cannot stand. Maybe it's something about the vocalist. Maybe the song brings up less than cheerful memories. Maybe the carol itself is just plain awful. Whatever the reason, you're not alone. Edison Research, a company specializing in marketing and polling, has published a list of least liked holiday songs for 2012. To compile its rankings, the company polled a group of 200 women ages 30-49 "who said they liked or loved hearing Christmas music on the radio." (The sample may be somewhat unrepresentative of the broader population, but we're willing to bet a few of these recordings would show up on a great many "least favorite…

Matt

9:48 am on Friday, December 14, 2012

Also, if you ever want to hear a song absolutely trashed, check out Jingle Bells by Barbra Streisand. That is the worst piece of song destruction I have ever heard!   more ›

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