Actually, I’ve been so inundated with Christmas music in malls (starting before Halloween!) and in commercials that I haven’t brought out any of the Christmas CDs I own; the onslaught of holiday sales (and advertising) have done nothing but turn me off the holiday itself. I mean, I will be very happy to get together with my whole famn damily on Christmas Eve, but the icing on the cake will be an end to “holiday music” in the stores.

Thank goodness Target never plays any kind of music in their stores, at any time of year.

Gah! I musta been drunk when I bought it.

Victor: I, too, adore Porky Pig’s Blue Christmas, and have become the bane of all local DJs around Christmas time. Apparently, when they’re taking requests for charity, listenership drops off during my beloved carol. Who cares? I heart the pig.

My stepmother has never forgiven me for this.

My sister and I sing “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas” to each other to pass the time and stay amused during midnight mass. It’s horrible, but we laugh every year.

And while I acknowledge that the Hippo song is obnoxious I have a good family story: A few year ago everytime we asked my mom what she wanted for Christmas she started to sing that song (funny once not so much after a few weeks). So on Christmas day her sister gave her giant stuffed hippo. So be careful what you wish for.

Also, I loathe and despide almost any version of Merry Little Christmas not sung by Judy Garland. Some things (like White Christmas) just shouldn’t be covered.

My Italian heritage forces me to object to “Dominic the Donkey” being included…there are not enough silly Christmas carols in this world. Hee haw!

There’s a radio station here that plays nothing but Xmas music from the day after Thanksgiving on. I’m glad I no longer work with the lady who played it at work.

In Baltimore, we have “Crabs for Christmas”, not THOSE kind of crabs, but the delicious blue crab. But, the song was written to amuse 12-year-old boys who’ve just had the STD talk in middle school.