I don’t know. I can’t explain why sadness. (This is the original canon, not the Christmas one.)
I agree with the feelings of sadness. For me, Canon in D immediately triggers the movie Ordinary People. It is a powerful association.
I just put in a few votes.
Obligatory Simpsons vid for Bab’s Jingle Bells:
This is a clear example of a category 4 song. It’s objectively a good song. But it gets played a lot and I can see how it annoys people. It has annoyed me at times. But this is category 4, it is not in the conversation for actual worst Christmas song. I don’t doubt that it is many people’s most hated Christmas song.
No, it’s objectively awful. I hated it the very first time I heard it.
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Sweet Christmas: I’m hearing it again!!! 
You’re showing a lack of understanding of a lot of the concepts being discussed.
Anything by Meghan Trainor. Her whole Christmas album is a train wreck. (Pun intended.)
Incidentally, Train’s Christmas album is also woof.
Voting is closed for the opening round. 
Let’s see who the winners and losers are … and how much more suffering everyone has to endure. 
Santa Claus Division
The #1 seed, and arguably the tournament #1 seed, “The Christmas Shoes” from NewSong walks to a comfortable 12-5 win over “Mistletoe and Wine” who can now fade back into oblivion with everything else Cliff Richard has done. It will go up against The Jackson 5’s “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” who narrowly shot down “Don’t Shoot Me Santa” from The Killers 12-8.
The other side will see #2 seed John Denver’s “Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas” which breezed to an 18-2 win over “Little Saint Nick” from The Beach Boys that struggled like it was running in sand and eventually stumbled over. It takes on the #3 seed John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” who both delighted and horrified GoA users but in the end sent Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” home early, 11-8.
Jack Frost Division
#1 seed “Santa Baby” - this round’s version droned on serenaded by Madonna, puts an early end to “The Christmas Song” 15-5 and leaves Christina Aguilera searching for a new venue to warble. Which version will I find next? Whatever it is, it will match up with #5 seed “Back Door Santa” from Bon Jovi, which decisively ended the fairytale hopes of The Pogues “Fairytale of New York” 13-4.
Meanwhile, #2 seed “Baby It’s Cold Outside” - this time from the Elf soundtrack - chilled everyone’s nerves enough to rout Gwen Stefani’s version of “Let It Snow” 16-2, and will get a surprise matchup against #6 seed “Jingle Bells” talked through like she’s trying to break JFK’s words-per-minute record sang by Barbara Streisand, who knocked off “Last Christmas” by Wham! 12-7 and leaves Andrew Ridgeley and the ghost of George Michael looking for someone else more special to give their heart (and repetitive lyrics) to.
Mistletoe Division
Unlike the first two divisions, it’s instant chaos here as the 8-seeded, last-minute entrant that no one asked for (probably for a really good reason) “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” pulls the upset of the tournament so far, trampling #1 seed “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” 12-5. Spike Jones and company get paired off against the Great Canadian 'Ope, Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” that put the bow on a 12-6 victory over “Christmas Wrapping” from the Spice Girls.
Lady Gaga doesn’t need to reply about her #2 seed “Christmas Tree” after a 14-2 waltz over Cyndi Lauper’s “Christmas Conga” that shuffles right out of the tournament. But Gaga might want to hold off on further dancing for the moment, because #6 seed “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” stamped on 3-seed “The Little Drummer Boy” 14-7 and might be poised for further destruction.
Bing Crosby Division
In our final quadrant, #1 seed “Do They Know It’s Christmas” from Band Aid decided it didn’t want any of Brenda Lee’s f-ing pie and put up a 14-6 win that sent “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” rocking out of the competition. It now knows that it goes against #4 seed “Funky, Funky Xmas” from New Kids on the Block, who kicked Lou Monte and “Dominick the Donkey” to the funky, funky curb 10-7.
In what might be must-listen-to [or must-not-listen-to] division semi of the tournament, #2 seed Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” synthesized a 13-5 win over Jose Feliciano, who couldn’t convince everyone to “Feliz Navidad” their way into more votes. It gets a date with #3 seed Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” which got all it wanted from “That’s Christmas to Me” from Pentatonix before scratching out a 9-8 win, which might leave some GoA users saying "yes, not listening to that again, … that’s Christmas to me.
Division semi polls will go up later tonight (Friday night). Feel free to encourage or berate fellow users for their votes as needed!
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Out of respect for the beloved and too-soon departed John Lennon, I will not vote for his song as being the worst! Open season on all the others.
I’ll give you too soon departed, but I don’t belove him (although I accept that other people do).
Before I forget and we move on, I was just wondering if Deck The Halls is well known in the UK. Did the Spice Girls not recognize the reference in “just cause it’s tis the season” or were they too hung up on grammar that could potentially be parsed “just cause it is it is the season” were there not implied quotes around “tis the season”?
Santa Claus Division - Semifinal #1
- #1 - NewSong, “The Chrismas Shoes”
- #4 - The Jackson 5, “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
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Santa Claus Division - Semifinal #2
- #2 - John Denver, "Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)”
- #3 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
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Jack Frost Division - Semifinal #1
- #1 - Various Artists (current: Pussycat Dolls), “Santa Baby”
- #5 - Bon Jovi, “Back Door Santa”
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Jack Frost Division - Semifinal #2
- #2 - Various Artists (currently John Legend, Kelly Clarkson): “Baby It’s Cold Outside”
- #6 - Barbara Streisand, “Jingle Bells”
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Mistletoe Division - Semifinal #1
- #5 - Justin Bieber, “Mistletoe”
- #8 - Spike Jones & His City Slickers, “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”
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