Monday, 30 November 2009
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Santa's Coming! Run!
Christmas is perhaps the most musical of holidays. From the day after Thanksgiving until late evening on Christmas Day, we hear artists of all kinds doing their renditions of our favorite holiday music.
From the classic (but poorly titled) 'White Christmas', all the way to the overly wordy 'It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas', we're bombarded with images of red, rosy faces, happy families, glistening snow, and giant, chomping soldiers. It's hard to fault the sentiment, and besides, it's even harder to dislike the inherent happiness that goes along with the Christmas season.
But, have you ever read the lyrics to 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town'? It tells the tale of a man with powers befitting Big Brother, able to watch children at all times of the day or night to determine if they're following the party line. So, parents, maybe you want to think twice before telling your kid that Santa's elves are hiding behind the the bushes.
However, one musical troupe seems to understand. CKY's version of 'Santa's Coming' is pretty candid about Santa's actual job. He beats chicken-men into submission and generally treats his workers like crap, all while keeping the kids in line. I'd say that's pretty accurate.Do any other Christmas songs rub you the wrong way?
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LMAO, that was great. I always knew Santa wasn't all sugar and jell-o. I knew my dad was lying to me... >.>
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2009/01/29/
The only Christmas song I like is "Carol of the Bells" so EVERY Christmas song rubs me the wrong way. They're so annoying. At least, "Carol of the Bells" sounds pretty.
I LOVE SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTA!! YAY SANTA
hahahah
well i find all xmas songs cheesy and all the holiday cheer being pushed into everyone's faces annoys me. it;s like they're telling u taht u have to be happy and glowy no matter what. we all have different ways to celebrate, and some of us don't enjoy spending time with their family or going shopping among rivers of crazed moms with babies sticking out fo everywhere and crying with their disgusting annoying little voices.
i like spending my holidays with some of my friends and family, and fuck xmas food, we have salmon or sth else taht isn;t gonna give u a heart attack at 30, we don;t bake cookies or enjoy uniform xmas trees.
ok i think i may have just thrown a bitch fit...but i just wanted to say that everyone should do what they want for the holidays instead of getting this particular kind of tree or those particular lights and sing carols and drink eggnog just cos everyone else does it.
Santa: Hey little girl.. come sit on santas lap and tell him what you want.
Little girl: Santa that candy cane in your pocket is poking me.
Santa: *staring at the little girl*
My favorite christmas song is by the transiberrian orchestra.. because that's about as metal as christmas songs get.
i tend to only like alternative/punk renditions of christmas songs. it's about that time of year for the killers' annual holiday song.
What's that one song. . . I suppose you're supposed to take I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus the wrong way. The plum fairy song used to scare me. It's a good piece though.
Chestnuts Roasing on An Open Fire.
I Leave that song up for interpretation.
@complicatedlight@xanga - omg I love Calvin & Hobbes!
@Super___Connected@xanga -
I always liked N'Sync's "Under My Tree." Hilarious.
I tune them out. A few years ago, though, a lady at my dad's church decided she was going to sing "The Christmas Shoes" song by Newsong, and did it very gratingly and horribly. A couple of days later I heard it at the mall and almost puked from the memories. Oh, wait, ladies don't upchuck...
I love a majority of Christmas songs, but I love Christmas season in general.
Santa isn't real!!!!
OMG
:)
That might very well be my favorite illustration of Santa ever. Next to the Coca Cola ads of the 40-50s; nothing beats that. And about songs... all nursery rhymes are pretty bleek and morbid once you actually read the lyrics.
You can say THE most horrendous stuff, with a calm melodic happy tone and it changes everything haha.
how do you put youtube videos up on your xanga?
and yeah this song makes me feel warm inside
@angelwingfive@xanga - I knooooow! I've heard so many bad renditions of it lately. I just heard some cheesy failversion of it playing in the Post Office on a Sunday! I've never before heard ANYTHING playing in the Post Office here. It WOULD be Christmas Shoes, of all songs. If the original wasn't bad enough, the copycat versions are even more shrill and melodramatic.
from the movie Elf - "SSSAAAANNNNTTTTAAAA!!! I KNOW HIMMM!!!!" haha. LOVE that movie =]