After unexpected delays, we’re finally ready to wrap up the division finals and move one step closer to crowning a champion that you can use to torment the people that you love and/or hate!
Santa Claus Division
We needed late voting to break a tie, but the matchup of the divsion’s top-2 seeds sees #1 NewSong’s “The Christmas Shoes” coming through to everyone’s delight and/or disgust with a 10-9 victory over John Denver, who in retrospect maybe should have spent more time writing and singing about not being drunk while flying.
Jack Frost Division
In another matchup of top seeds, #1 “Santa Baby” shimmied its way past “Baby It’s Cold Outside” 12-7 which raises one question - would one of BICO’s versions have beaten one of the other SB’s versions - but also raises a different question: can Ted find another awful version of Santa Baby to try and oust the current favorite to win?
Mistletoe Division
Gayla Peevey might not have received a hippopotamus for Christmas, but she does get the division title here in a 12-8 decision over Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” which fittingly adds to the list of things Biebs had a chance to win, but didn’t.
Bing Crosby Division
There was much lamenting about Paul McCartney being here, but the voters have spoken and his “Wonderful Christmastime” was too wonderful to advance, instead sending 4-seed New Kids On the Block to the semis in a 14-5 rout that makes one upcoming Xmas matchup really, really funky.
Semifinal pairings will be posted this afternoon, based on past results, comments made here about various songs, and suggestions offered by those wanting to see any certain pairings to get a desired final.
I saw a meme last year that implied that you should never sing “Santa Baby” unless you’re Eartha Kitt. I actually hate her version worse than Madonna’s cover though (although make no mistake, the song itself is just plain a bad song, so no one’s version will ever be good). So I corrected the meme so that all the arrows in the flow chart ultimately point to “Don’t sing Santa Baby.”
I hate other songs more but the premise of a kid out shopping on his own instead of spending those last moments with his mom is pretty annoying, plus the thought that Jesus cares about how nice her shoes are. Jesus was a carpenter, not an actuary.
Voting for the current round will close tonight around 9pm Central.
If you need to cast a vote, change your vote or cajole others into changing their votes, you have about 6 hours to do so. Trash talking other for their votes, current or past, may be done as long as you feel is necessary.
