And we’re back! It’s day three of the most important voting experience of your life: “BEST X-MAS/HOLIDAY SONG EVARRRRRR!!!” And today is my personal fave of holiday song genres: The Best Animated Special Song (or “Creepy Wooden Puppet Music,” such as those featured in those awesome Rankin/Bass specials or holiday cartoonies of yore).
So to quickly catch you up: FOUR CATEGORIES! Secular (vote here!), Traditional/Jesus-y (vote here!), Animated (vote below!), and Commenter’s Choice (vote tomorrow!). The top two from each list will face off on Friday in one big mega poll, and HO! HO! HO! We’ll have chosen the “BEST X-MAS/HOLIDAY SONG EVARRRRRR!!!” (which of course no one will be satisfied with, because that’s the nature of the internet).
Okay, on to today’s ANIMATED category! (And remember, put your favorite song in the comments from any genre, and it may be chosen for tomorrow’s Commenter’s Choice!) THREE IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:
1) I included the “Linus & Lucy Theme” below, because even though it’s not strictly an Xmas/Holiday song, it did premiere in A Charlie Brown Christmas, and if I didn’t include it, you’d shit your pants. I think “Christmastime is Here” (from the same special) is far superior, but whatever. I don’t care anymore.
2) You should vote for “Jingle Jingle Jingle.” Watch it here. It’s the best fucking song that’s ever been written by anyone.
3) Can’t remember some of the songs? I posted each with a musical link to jog your memory after the jump!
NOW LET’S VOTE FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST(mas)!!!
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Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Frosty the Snowman
Little Drummer Boy
You’re a Mean One Mister Grinch
Linus & Lucy Theme
Holly Jolly Christmas
Put One Foot In Front of the Other
Heat Miser
Jingle Jingle Jingle
If Grinch doesn’t win this, then Mecklam is definitely stuffing the ballot box again.
Christmastime Is Here is definitely superior. R.I.P. Vince Guaraldi.
And Rudolph the song existed long before the Rankin-Bass special, it should have been on yesterday’s poll.
Since you foolishly neglected to include a NOTE FROM HUMPY* in today’s poll, I ask: WHERE THE HELL IS THAT “FAH-WHO-FOR-AZE” SONG FROM HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS?! Also, where are all the songs I’m expected to wait until tomorrow to mention?
C&B: yesterday’s poll was religious songs. “Rudolph” isn’t exactly chock-full of Jesus.
@ C&B
Had I included Rudolph, Frosty, et al on the “Secular” poll that would’ve kicked off songs such as “Winter Wonderland” or “Feliz Navidad” and I would’ve been yelled at about that as well. Moral: I cannot, nor will ever be able to, win.
It’s funny that you’d say that, Cup, because I hastily voted for Grinch before I even noticed that Heat Miser was on the list. Now I want to change my vote. Can somebody take care of that?
See Mr. Mecklem!? Even you cannot deny the genius that is The Grinch.
You are my hero, dmitrir! I TRIED to make that point yesterday with that song, and would’ve today too except Dear Leader is prone to accusing me of something called “trollerizing.”
I’m not speaking to any of you until we get some more votes for “Jingle Jingle Jingle” (AKA the best fucking song ever written EVARRRRR!!!).
Crap. If I’m TSW’s hero, that means I have to rescue him or her if he or she gets captured by a supervillain. I DON’T WANT TO DO THAT.
I would like to add “Rest in Peace” by Spike (the Vampire) to tomorrow’s reader’s poll.
“The Who Song (Welcome Christmas)” should be on this list. This is an egregious error. William clearly doesn’t care about anything good.
Goddammit you fuckers, vote for “Heat Miser.”
Where is “Master of Puppets” by Metallica?
DMITRIR,
I WILL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE.