It's Christmas time, which tends to make me more sentimental than usual. I love recalling childhood memories of past Christmases. I even love listening to the same Christmas music such as BING CROSBY, JIM REEVES, STATLER BROTHERS, and PERRY COMO. However, I loathe one Christmas song to this day. My family knows I loathe this song and even now as an adult, they taunt me with it.
Icky!
I even hate typing the title, but here it is "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus" by LORETTA LYNN. When I was little, I thought Santa would be angry at me for listening to a song with lyrics like, "When he goes dashin' through the snow I hope he falls, I like to hit him in the (ho ho ho) with a bunch of big snowballs; To heck with ole Santa Claus."
LORETTA even goes on to threaten Santa with this, "This year I'll build a big fire by the fireplace, I'll be like a little pig I read about, If that big bad wolf in red comes down my chimney; He's a gonna scorch his whiskers there's no doubt."
Well, as a child, I thought Santa would be insulted by this song just as Santa in ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS was insulted by Albert's scathing letter to the editor. I sure hope this year that my family forgets to torture me with this loathsome yuletide tune!
Mickster:
First & foremost, thank you for bringing to my attention THE LORETTA LYNN CHRISTMAS COLLECTION. As a fan of Ms. LYNN’s, I feel like a big dummy for not knowing of this awesome compendium of yuletide chestnuts, and will most likely be getting it with the iTunes gift card I got from a co-worker.
Back to LORETTA, I L-O-V-E her, and would like to take this opportunity to shamelessly discuss my admiration:
1. LORETTA on THE MUPPETS:
2. “You Ain’t Woman Enough To Take My Manâ€:
3. “Fist Cityâ€:
4. “The Pillâ€:
5. “Your Squaw is on the Warpathâ€:
6. “Don’t Come a Home a Drinkin’ With Lovin’ on Your Mindâ€:
7. The CONWAY TWITTY duets:
8. She uses CRISCO:
9. She’s CRYSTAL GAYLE’s big sister:
10. That JACK BLACK album:
Aunt John, happy to be of service. Since my parents are "old school" country fans, I was exposed to this type of music from birth. I'd sneak you my parent's copy of the Christmas album if I could get away with it. Then, I would never have to hear it again. Did you know Lorne Greene recorded a Christmas album? My parents have that one too. He sings on one side and on the other he reads "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and "The Gift of the Magi." I've been in the mood to listen to that one this week.
LORNE & JIM NABORS really should have done an X-Mas duet.
Who knew Loretta was such a bad ass? And she's right, Santa is a fat bastard :-)>
I love Loretta. Not familiar with this song, but it has to be better than Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer! I mean, it's just gotta!