Christmas songs

I was just reading Judy's list of her favourite Christmas songs on her blog. The radio station I usually listen to has now switched to an all Christmas song lineup - who knew there were that many to play that they could do it all day long!!!lol Anyhow, I actually enjoy Christmas music, particularly in December - I can do without it the day after Halloween!!lol My favourites are the songs I grew up with - the traditional Christmas songs like Silent Night, O Holy Night, Angels We Have Heard on High, Jingle Bells, etc. As for the new Christmas songs (or newer versions of older songs), well, I can handle Bruce doing Christmas with the E Street guys, I can even handle Madonna singing Santa Baby and I do love a good rendition of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, but the one Christmas song that will always lead me to change the dial is that amazingly formulaic and annoying one about the little boy buying shoes for his dying mother. Oh.my.goodness.could.a.song.get any.more.corny.if.it.tried!!!! I know loads of people love it, I can't stand it. The one new Christmas song I really enjoy is Chris Rea's Driving Home For Christmas - that one I always play real loudly. :-) Now, ya'll going to pelt me with snowballs for dissing the most annoying Christmas song ever played???lol