There have been some issues with a number of Christmas songs that have been gnawing at me for some time now. We’ll pass over the fact that no one is alive who has ever heard bells from a sleigh that was being used as a legitimate means of transportation, and we’ll ignore the phenomenon of seeming to need children to enjoy Christmas and pass straight to specific songs that drive me crazy.
#1. Baby, It’s Cold Outside: A man who apparently lives alone pressures a younger woman who lives with her parents to spend the night with him. He even goes so far as to drug her drink while she tells him all the reasons that she should leave. We call this a timeless Christmas classic.
#2. What Child Is This? Great song, except for the first line of verse 2:
Why lies he in such mean estate where ox and ass are feeding?
