Free Holiday Music at Amazon.com

Amazon.com is offering 25 Days of Free - Every day through December 25th, they will unveil a new song available to download free for a limited time.

All of the songs unveiled so far are still available for free downloading!

Earworm du Jour

RING RING RING RING RING RING RING BANANAPHONE

Once you get this song in your head, it never leaves. It's kind of cute, though. Don't ask me why, but I added it as a ring tone on my cell.

I Thought I'd Heard it All

I've listened to some pretty strange Christmas music in my life, but I don't know how I've managed to miss out on hearing Tiny Tim singing "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer". A friend of mine informed me that Tiny Tim not only sang "Rudolph", but also recorded a whole entire Christmas CD, and that sound clips could be heard at Amazon.com.

Of course, curiousity got the better of me, and I just had to go and listen. My friends, you simply have not lived until you've heard Tiny Tim singing "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth", and my personal favorite, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". Writing about it does it no justice. It has to be experienced. Trust me. Go and listen! Click here to share it with your friends!

My Ten Most Hated Christmas Songs

I've been listening to Christmas music on the radio the past few weeks, and in the spirit of the season, have decided to list my ten most hated Christmas songs. In no particular order, here they are:

• "I'm Gettin' Nothin' For Christmas" - Someone should get this kid a muzzle for Christmas and put a permanent end to this assault on our eardrums.
• "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" - Quick! Someone punch the rest of them out! I'd rather have root canal than listen to this one.
• "Jingle Bells" by the Barking Dogs - It wasn't funny the first time I heard it. By the six thousandth time, all it does is make me feel extremely homicidal.
• "Christmas to Remember" by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - "WHOAH! WHOOOOOOAAAAH! This is awful! WHOAH! WHOOOOOOAAAAH! Change the station!"
• "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" by The Ray Conniff Singers - These people are just way too happy, like they're on crack or something. This song is like a case of Holiday Herpes - Once you get it in your head, it never leaves.
• "Toys for Tots" by Red Simpson - Part of the lyrics for the chorus are "Won't you give a toy for a tot. Just a little something that you've got", and it only gets worse. Imagine a Christmas version of "The Ballad of the Green Berets", and you've got the idea.
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - This has to be one of the most depressing Christmas songs out there. If you wanted to off yourself on Christmas Eve, this would be a great soundtrack.
• "Pretty Paper" by Willie Nelson - Another one from the "Holiday Music to Off Yourself By" collection.
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by Burl Ives - Burl should've quit while he was ahead with "Holly Jolly Christmas". This one's painful. Very painful.
• "Christmas Shoes" by New Song - Somehow, I managed never to have heard this song until this year. My mom's dying and I want to buy her new shoes for when she meets Jesus. How absolutely cheerful.
• "Do They Know it's Christmas?" by Band Aid - Feed the world already, so we don't have to listen to this again next year!
• "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Karen Carpenter - No, you won't.

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By Far THE Worst Holiday Album of All

I thought I had heard just about every awful holiday song there ever was. Then, this morning, I heard something that made me want to go and rip my ears off. William Hung's "Hung for the Holidays". He really should be. This is an assault on the ears unlike any other. The perfect holiday gift for those who insist on giving you crocheted toilet paper covers every year.