TODAY… IS THE DAY! After a week of mind-numbing polls, voting on every possible genre of Xmas/holiday song, today is the day when we pick the best of the best and make our final decision: “What is the best Xmas/holiday song EVARRR???”
But first a quick recap of this week’s journey:
You voted on FOUR CATEGORIES! Secular (Non-religious stuff written before 1970-ish, and after 1900-ish), Traditional/Jesus-y (Stuff glorifying god and/or Jesus or written pre-1900), Animated (Songs either written for, or used in, animated holiday specials), and Commenter’s Choice (songs that commenters bitched and moaned were neglected from previous lists).
NOW we’ll take the top two from each list (plus “Heat Miser”—because of a near tie, and “Father Christmas”—because c’mon… it really should be on the list) and combine them all to form the HOLIDAY CHEER MEGA-POLL in which we decide once and for all what exactly is the BEST XMAS/HOLIDAY SONG EVARRR!!!
(Note: Perhaps your favorite song wasn’t chosen. But can you for once please put your anger aside, hold your nose, and vote for the best song on this list? Because a) It’s a pretty goddamn good list, and b) It’s the holidays. YOU’RE THE BEST!!!)
SERIOUSLY, THINK HARD ON THIS ONE: The songs and their links are all posted after the jump if you want to make a truly informed choice! The winning song will be posted on Christmas Eve, so we can virtually give each other drunken hugs and express emotion that is normally too hard to expend. Okay? Okay! Annnnnnd… LET’S VOTE!
Christmas Time is Here (Charlie Brown Christmas)
Fairytale of New York (The Pogues)
Carol of the Bells
O Holy Night
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Feliz Navidad
You’re a Mean One Mister Grinch
Linus & Lucy Theme (Charlie Brown Christmas)
Heat Miser (Year Without a Santa Claus)
Father Christmas (The Kinks)
GO GRINCH OR GO HOME!
POGUES OR GTFO!
Hand’s down, it’s Dominic the Donkey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0O9VBIaWU
THIS POLL IST STUPID BECUASE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MY FAVORITE SONG. I HOPE THE MERCURY OFFICES GET HIT BY A METEORITE.
Vince Guaraldi is on here twice! Loaded odds!
If Heat Miser doesn’t win, I’m going to make 3,650 Blogtown comments in 2012.
TylerInCMYK ftw!!
Don’t make that many comments Todd. I think that kind of aggressive commenting would dillute the Mecklem brand.
I do think it’s interesting that the most depressing songs are getting the most votes.
I vote in solidarity with Todd
Tough, Cup. Thanks, chop.
@Steve: That’s because Christmas is fucking depressing.
Christmas is a time when you’re acutely aware of all of your friends and family who are far away from you for factors beyond their control or for shitty reasons. It’s when everyone reflects on people who aren’t there, either because friendships and family relationships have become strained, or because people have fucking died. It’s when you think about all the things you promised to do over the past year, and didn’t, all of the people you wanted to see, and didn’t, and all of the existential satisfaction that has otherwise eluded you.
Sure, it’s fun. It’s not horrible. I like Christmas and all that. But it’s a time when empty spots at the table are emptier. That’s why the depressing songs are winning. They’re all about going home for Christmas, turning to an empty chair, and then getting a sharp little cold feeling in the back of your throat.
Hey, look. Eggnog. I’m going to drink eggnog now.
“Fairytale of New York” by the Pogues w/ Kirsty MacColl. But only because Mojo Nixon’s “Son of Santa” isn’t there.
Heat Miser OBVIOUSLY because of the.. what were those, trombones?
This fucking poll hates America.
I do not view the results of this poll as binding in any way.