Welcome to December and the onslaught of Christmas music, that is if you haven’t already immersed yourself in its splendor. I actually don’t mind all the tunes leading up to the big day. I don’t even mind that retailers start playing Christmas music the day after Halloween. I like Christmas music. I like it so much that I will sometimes pop in a Christmas CD at random points during the calendar year.
Christmas music is awesome and, generally speaking, makes you feel good. Of course, there are some tunes that simply never should have been made. It is to them that I dedicate the next 15 or so business days. Starting today, I will feature a different awful Christmas song every day until the day. Now, some of these fall under the “guilty pleasure” umbrella. Are they awful? Yes. Are they awesome? Also, yes! So just because I feature it, doesn’t mean that I don’t love it, that I don’t crave it, that I don’t regard it absolutely necessary to the holiday. Regardless, our season of Yule would be just fine if the following had not been recorded.
Let’s get started:
I’ll kick it off with “Come On Christmas” by Dwight Yoakam. Come on, Christmas? Come on, Dwight! Dude! Any chance we could pick this up a bit?
[YouTube: Dwight Yoakam]
