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cthomer5000
11-28-2005, 11:43 PM
I think "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses might be my favorite song of all time.


"Bah, humbug!" No, that's too strong
'Cause it is my favorite holiday
But all this year's been a busy blur
Don't think I have the energy

To add to my already mad rush
Just 'cause it's 'tis the season.
The perfect gift for me would be
Completions and connections left from

Last year, ski shop,
Encounter, most interesting.
Had his number but never the time
Most of '81 passed along those lines.

So deck those halls, trim those trees
Raise up cups of Christmas cheer,
I just need to catch my breath,
Christmas by myself this year.

Calendar picture, frozen landscape,
Chilled this room for twenty-four days,
Evergreens, sparkling snow
Get this winter over with!

Flashback to springtime, saw him again,
Would've been good to go for lunch,
Couldn't agree when we were both free,
We tried, we said we'd keep in touch.

Didn't, of course, 'til summertime,
Out to the beach to his boat could I join him?
No, this time it was me,
Sunburn in the third degree.

Now the calendar's just one page
And, of course, I am excited
Tonight's the night, but I've set my mind
Not to do too much about it.

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.

Hardly dashing through the snow
Cause I bundled up too tight
Last minute have-to-do's
A few cards a few calls
'Cause it's r-s-v-p
No thanks, no party lights
It's Christmas Eve, gonna relax
Turned down all of my invites. Last fall I had a night to myself,
Same guy called, halloween party,
Waited all night for him to show,
This time his car wouldn't go,

Forget it, it's cold, it's getting late,
Trudge on home to celebrate
In a quiet way, unwind
Doing Christmas right this time.

A&P has provided me
With the world's smallest turkey
Already in the oven, nice and hot
Oh damn! Guess what I forgot?

So on with the boots, back out in the snow
To the only all-night grocery,
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
In the line is that guy I've been chasing all year!

"I'm spending this one alone," he said.
"Need a break; this year's been crazy."
I said, "Me too, but why are you?
You mean you forgot cranberries too?"

Then suddenly we laughed and laughed
Caught on to what was happening
That Christmas magic's brought this tale
To a very happy ending! "

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Couldn't miss this one this year!
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Couldn't miss this one this year!




I had to get that off my chest.

oliegirl
11-28-2005, 11:50 PM
Definitely up there on my list of all time favorite xmas songs (#1 is "Do They Know it's Christmas) and in regular rotation on my iPod for the next month :)

Anthony
11-29-2005, 12:11 AM
The Waitresses' have another song i like:

i know what boys like
i know want guys want
i know what boys like
boys like
boys like me

dervack
11-29-2005, 12:11 AM
I like the Christmas song from Love, Actually.

Draft Dodger
11-29-2005, 12:13 AM
Definitely up there on my list of all time favorite xmas songs (#1 is "Do They Know it's Christmas) and in regular rotation on my iPod for the next month :)

Do They Know It's Christmas is my favorite too, followed closely by A Christmas in Hollis.

McSweeny
11-29-2005, 12:15 AM
i dunno

Father Christmas by The Kinks is probably the best Christmas song ever

Karlifornia
11-29-2005, 12:19 AM
what about that beach boys christmas song?

cthomer5000
11-29-2005, 12:22 AM
what about that beach boys christmas song?
little st. nick is pretty solid

Vince
11-29-2005, 03:45 AM
The Waitresses' have another song i like:

i know what boys like
i know want guys want
i know what boys like
boys like
boys like me
That has to be the worst song ever. I absolutely, positively, HATE that song.

Celeval
11-29-2005, 09:19 AM
I like the Christmas song from Love, Actually.
I like the version of All You Need is Love from Love, Actually.

More to the point, I think Kiera Knightly looks incredible in Love, Actually.

Joe
11-29-2005, 09:23 AM
I like the christmas song by Chestica Simpson

Honolulu_Blue
11-29-2005, 09:27 AM
I like the christmas song by Chestica Simpson
No you don't. You justed wanted to write "Chestica Simpson." I cannot blame you. It's funny.

Joe
11-29-2005, 09:30 AM
No you don't. You justed wanted to write "Chestica Simpson." I cannot blame you. It's funny.


Yeah, you're right.

scooper
11-29-2005, 09:37 AM
John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War is Over) for me. Ironically, my least favorite Christmas song is from another Beatle. I loathe McCartney's Wonderful Christmas.

Warhammer
11-29-2005, 09:53 AM
Give me 2000 Miles by the Pretenders.

Ksyrup
11-29-2005, 09:57 AM
Never heard of them. Or the song.

QuikSand
11-29-2005, 09:59 AM
This thread title. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Critch
11-29-2005, 10:03 AM
"Merry Christmas Everybody" by Slade is the greatest ever xmas song. FACT!

oliegirl
11-29-2005, 10:29 AM
I like the Christmas song from Love, Actually.

Are you talking about the horrible song the weird ex drug head sings through the whole movie? My mind is drawing a blank on what it is, or the original it's a take off on...

BTW - that is one of the best xmas movies ever...It's a Wonderful Life will always be the best though

GrantDawg
11-29-2005, 10:33 AM
I have to agree on the Love, Actually love.

Huckleberry
11-29-2005, 10:39 AM
This thread is funny. One of my "confessions" is that I loved Love, Actually. Great, great movie.

Another is that my favorite Christmas song is I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by John Cougar/Mellencamp/Cougar Mellencamp.

And finally, I find Keira Knightley completely unattractive. Not ugly, it's just that whole body of a 12 year old boy thing. She's pretty, though.

dervack
11-29-2005, 10:39 AM
Are you talking about the horrible song the weird ex drug head sings through the whole movie? My mind is drawing a blank on what it is, or the original it's a take off on...

BTW - that is one of the best xmas movies ever...It's a Wonderful Life will always be the best though
Yep, that one. I guess I like it because of the comedy involved of getting it produced and not the song itself.

Raiders Army
11-29-2005, 11:07 AM
And finally, I find Keira Knightley completely unattractive. Not ugly, it's just that whole body of a 12 year old boy thing. She's pretty, though.
Huh? She's pretty but you find here completely unattractive? How does that happen?

Ksyrup
11-29-2005, 11:11 AM
Another is that my favorite Christmas song is I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by John Cougar/Mellencamp/Cougar Mellencamp.
That's Menstrualcramp to you, buddy.

Huckleberry
11-29-2005, 11:22 AM
Huh? She's pretty but you find here completely unattractive? How does that happen?
Pretty simple. I consider the word "attractive" in the context of being attracted to someone physically. She's pretty but I am in no way attracted to her physically/sexually and can't imagine I ever would be.

QuikSand
11-29-2005, 11:26 AM
Pretty simple. I consider the word "attractive" in the context of being attracted to someone physically. She's pretty but I am in no way attracted to her physically/sexually and can't imagine I ever would be.

I totally agree with this. She as on The Daily Show recently, and looked like a skinny nine year old boy, with a rather pretty face. That description, in its entirety, isn't my cup of tea.

Joe
11-29-2005, 11:54 AM
she was so good looking in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, definitely NOT like a 9 year old boy

QuikSand
11-29-2005, 12:08 PM
She's probably at her best when fully swaddled in burlap or other heavy clothing and gear -- so all we see is her face and we get to speculate about the rest. When she's a skinny little boy playing soccer or a skinny little boy wearing a t-shirt, it's just not working for me.

oykib
11-29-2005, 07:41 PM
I agree with Quik about the thread title. I opened it ready to divulge the events of my druken birthday party of a few days back (what I can remember anyway).

As far as christmas songs go, I like to force my students to learn "Sleigh Ride" by Lorrie Morgan. And if I get a really big group I make them do "Carol of the Bells".

cthomer5000
11-29-2005, 07:56 PM
I agree with Quik about the thread title. I opened it ready to divulge the events of my druken birthday party of a few days back (what I can remember anyway).

As far as christmas songs go, I like to force my students to learn "Sleigh Ride" by Lorrie Morgan. And if I get a really big group I make them do "Carol of the Bells".
Well, I felt it was a pretty embarssing "confession" for a guy who works in music and does basically nothing outside of listen to it 24/7. There are millions better songs, but for some reason this one if my favorite. And I don't just mean x-mas songs (but everyon just ran with that single thing).

Also, I killed somebody once. There, now we're on topic.

AZSpeechCoach
11-29-2005, 08:24 PM
I delight in the bad christmas music. My iPod has a playlist of 55 strange and offbeat Christmas songs. ANything by Bob Rivers automatically makes my list.

Schmidty
11-29-2005, 09:03 PM
This thread title. I do not think it means what you think it means.

That's inconceivable!!!

ThunderingHERD
11-29-2005, 09:35 PM
She as on The Daily Show recently, and looked like a skinny nine year old boy, with a rather pretty face.

that whole body of a 12 year old boy thing. She's pretty, though.

Why, when people say this, is it always an 8 to 12 year old <i>boy</i>? Are 8 to 12 year old girls' bodies too sexy to make the point?

QuikSand
11-29-2005, 09:38 PM
Why, when people say this, is it always an 8 to 12 year old <i>boy</i>? Are 8 to 12 year old girls' bodies too sexy to make the point?

Yes.