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 Introduction. Spinner is an online magazine, and I enjoyed their lists of the "12 Worst" and "12 Best Songs of Christmas" so much that I just had to share them. Let's hope their lawyers don't surf my little beach on the world wide web.... Anyway, their "worst" list is brave enough to sacrifice a few sacred cows (including several of my Top 100 Songs) while their "best" list is genuinely eclectic - and hip enough to include latter day classics by the White Stripes and Fountains of Wayne. Still, I couldn't help but notice that no less than five tracks are pulled from the Very Special Christmas series - something I'll attribute to the tender age of the compilers. Regardless, I am proud to say I own all 12 best songs of Christmas - and all but one of the worst (Clay Aiken... insert joke here). Be sure to click through to the Spinner website for all the juicy details - maybe that will keep the lawyers happy!
 12 Worst Songs
- Do They Know It's Christmas (Band Aid, 1984)
- Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) (John Denver, 1975)
- Oi to the World (No Doubt, 1997)
- Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) (Ramones, 1989)
- Merry Christmas With Love (Clay Aiken, 2004)
- Santa’s Beard (Beach Boys, 1964)
- Christmas Conga (Cyndi Lauper, 1998)
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Bruce Springsteen, 1981)
- 8 Days Of Christmas (Destiny's Child, 2001)
- Christmastime (Smashing Pumpkins, 1997)
- Wonderful Christmastime (Paul McCartney, 1979)
- Santa Baby (Madonna, 1987)
12 Best Songs
- Christmas in Hollis (Run-DMC, 1987)
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon/Yoko Ono, 1971)
- Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley, 1957)
- River (Joni Mitchell, 1971)
- Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (James Brown, 1968)
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee, 1958)
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (U2, 1987)
- Someday at Christmas (Stevie Wonder, 1967)
- Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You (Billy Squier, 1981)
- Candy Cane Children (White Stripes, 2002)
- Pretty Paper (Willie Nelson, 1979)
- I Want an Alien for Christmas (Fountains of Wayne, 1997)
- Originally published in 2007 by Spinner Magazine, a division of AOL Music -
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