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"Oh Holy Night" for favorite religious song. "Christmas, Don't Be Late" for novelty. I'll cut if off here before it turns into a laundry list.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 12/06/2004 09:37 PM EST
Hey, my first 'first post' since the blog was in it's wee little infancy.
Nice to see Kuse cutting loose and having some fun. This is my favorite so far.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 12/06/2004 09:39 PM EST
Okay, I wanna know where in the Hell you got a play sushi bar???? Matt, you're a genius.
Chestnuts roasted by Joe in OH @ 12/06/2004 09:41 PM EST
Wow! As much as I have a great memory with Nintendo stuff, I totally don't remember this SMB2 commercial at all. The memories of me playing it on my NES 15 years ago just rushed back to me. Thanks for posting this video up! 
Chestnuts roasted by Koopaprince @ 12/06/2004 09:41 PM EST
Jingle Jingle Jingle: Burl Ives
YAY IN THE TOP TEN
Chestnuts roasted by rimmie @ 12/06/2004 09:51 PM EST
Bad Religion's redition of Silent Night, mostly because they manage to put My Sharona in there, absolutely out of nowhere, and slip back just as easily. Beautiful. Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey is my new number 2 though.
Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 12/06/2004 10:38 PM EST
Favorite X-mas songs: Elvis Presley's "Santa Bring my Baby Back to Me". In fact anything on his Christmas album, plus anything on "Christmas With Coniff" - Scary, isn't it? but such was my childhood...And can I say that if I hear Madonna's Cyndi Lauper rip-off version of "Santa Baby" one more time, I'm gonna slap somebody!
Chestnuts roasted by JG @ 12/06/2004 10:47 PM EST
I'm glad to see Mare showing the gang some multi-cultural cusine. I was starting to worry about them.
Chestnuts roasted by Nathan @ 12/06/2004 11:14 PM EST
Also, awesome find on the SMB2 commercial... I've been looking for that one for awhile.
Chestnuts roasted by Nathan @ 12/06/2004 11:15 PM EST
O Holy Night sung by Cartman, and Korn's version of Jingle Bells.
Chestnuts roasted by Zorbs @ 12/06/2004 11:21 PM EST
Yikes.. Mare scares me more when she's nice! :S
Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 12/06/2004 11:47 PM EST
Carol of the Bells. Me and my buds composed a heavy metal version to play at the town's community talent show. We won 4th place. WOOHOO! TEN DOLLARS TO SPLIT BETWEEN FOUR PEOPLE! YAHOO!
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 12/07/2004 12:34 AM EST
Carol of the Bells by Manheim Steamroller. Absolute favorite.
Yay for the Mario commercial! When I was a kid I totally wanted one of those things. I was a girly-girl, (barbies, the works) but I loved video games. Mom & Dad never allowed one in the house, so when I got married, the husband and I stocked up. We have almost every game console (except Playstation. I hate their games.) We have all-night marathons on the weekends. (Right now the husband is gearing up to play Halo2 on Xbox live.)
Chestnuts roasted by Inquisitivewoman @ 12/07/2004 01:08 AM EST
Today's adventure was awesome- drunk at a sushi bar- I never saw this coming!
Thanks for the wicked Super Mario 2 commerical! I also panted for that game, but didn't remember the ad.
Best Xmas songs ever? "Jingle Bell Rock" as sung by the Muppets and "Happy Xmas (War is over)" by John Lennon
Keep the crazy drunken advents coming! 
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 12/07/2004 01:21 AM EST
Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?". A Christmas perennial for me ever since the mid-eighties.
Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 12/07/2004 01:43 AM EST
DUDE. Is that the Bratz Sushi Bar playset? I hope you burned those Bratz dolls in the name of all things .. namely. Anyway ..
BEST. EPISODE. EVER.
Chestnuts roasted by rockin' it @ 12/07/2004 01:56 AM EST
Dominic the Christmas Donkey right outta nowhere, and I fell in love with it. I've been making donkey noises all day at work. Could that be why they fired me today? Nahhhhh!
As for the advert (as the Brits call it): I don't like how that guy says Mario. "Marry-o. Marry-o." I hate that guy.
Chestnuts roasted by Deathfrogurt @ 12/07/2004 02:30 AM EST
1. White Christmas, Otis Redding
2. Baby It's Cold Outside, DOris Day & Bing Crosby
3. Little St. Nick, Beach Boys
Chestnuts roasted by Emily @ 12/07/2004 02:55 AM EST
"This World" by Twila Paris.
Runner-up: "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" by Rebecca St. James.
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 12/07/2004 03:33 AM EST
My favorite Christmas song? "Deck the Halls with parts of Wally" as sung by the Crypt-Keeper on his X-mas album: "The Twelve Days of Cryptmas." Great, horrible stuff.
Oh, Random Share:
Pictures of My Christmas Tree (Which is Rather Strange)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/OhGodtheRats/GoodTree2jaredhindman.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/OhGodtheRats/GoodTreejaredhindman.jpg
Because it has Teeth.
Chestnuts roasted by OhgodtheRats @ 12/07/2004 06:51 AM EST
Carol of the Bells
Chestnuts roasted by hugsnstuff @ 12/07/2004 07:16 AM EST
This was pure, unadultered X-E genius. It's already close to topping last year's advent.
I like Frank Sinatra's I'll be Home for Christmas and Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel for the religious themed song.
Chestnuts roasted by ANdrew @ 12/07/2004 09:03 AM EST
I'm with Overlord on this one - Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" is the song that gets me feeling the most festive.
And of course, I'm talking about the 1984 version and not 2004's rerelease/butchering. (Don't go there. No good.)
Chestnuts roasted by Ginrai @ 12/07/2004 09:20 AM EST
DTKIChristmas is probably my fave, but I just really like the song and the artists in it, I'm not so sure if it's fair to lop it into the Christmas pile. But that's probably the one. I like Paul Mc's SHAWChristmas Time quite a bit, too.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 12/07/2004 09:48 AM EST
You can't go wrong with Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas"
Chestnuts roasted by J-Dog @ 12/07/2004 10:01 AM EST
I have WAY too many Favorite Christmas songs to mention here, but if I had to choose, I'd go with Mannheim Steamroller's rendition of "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen."
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 12/07/2004 10:23 AM EST
For secular fun, I like Silver Bells. But for religious, I'll have to say Little Drummer Boy, if it's done right.
I remember Super Mario 2 being sold out EVERYWHERE.
The ending Super Mario 2 was so dumb. It was all a dream??? Thanks, Nintendo.
Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 12/07/2004 10:27 AM EST
Though it has nothing to do with Christmas, "Winter Wonderland" has long been my favorite secular holiday song. I guess I like it because white Christmases are about as common down here in southern New Jersey as mountains and people on the boardwalk in December. Favorite religious-themed Christmas song is "The First Noel." I like its simplicity.
Today's Advent Calender was classic. Where in the heck DID Matt pick up a mini-sushi bar? No matter, it made for hilarious Playmobil-fueled comedy. I said it last year and I'll say it again. Matt, what you do with 25 Playmobil toys (and a couple of stray odd Legos) is nothing short of inspired.
Ahh, how well I remember that "Super Mario Bros 2" commercial, and the game itself. Mario 2 reigned for years as the only Mario franchise game my sibilings and I failed to make heads or tails of. It wasn't until my family aquired a copy of Super Mario All Stars on for the SNES we were able to make heads or tails of it. Still, we had a great time trying. I recently picked up a copy of the original Super Mario 2 from a local Electronic Boutique, so now I can try all over again.
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 12/07/2004 11:03 AM EST
O Come All Ye Faithful as performed byt the gathered group led by Cindy brady in the Very Brady Christmas.
What Child is This is good too!!
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. T @ 12/07/2004 11:05 AM EST
Okay, now I see why people were waiting for the advent calendar. It really is a nice thing to come home to at night. Reminds me of how I always looked forward to the Far Side when it was still on. And the sushi special was incredible!
Chestnuts roasted by Dave @ 12/07/2004 12:29 PM EST
Off the top, in no particular manner, cause there's so many faves-
Churchy: Angels We Have Heard on High, We Three Kings. Any halfway competant choir can do justice to those, though some singers have tried to do some damage. Loved the Claymation Camels singing "Kings."
Secularlarlar: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman. Rudy is the original mutant outcast hero! How can you not love his tune? And Frosty? Two words: ICE GOLEM!
Novelty: All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth, the Spike Jones version, The Chipmunk Song. I'm a big Spike Jones fan, and this is one of the funniest ones. Not only do Alvin & co. owe their careers to this one, it still inspires dozens of really bad Xmas novelty songs to this day.
Hey, has anybody out there have those vending machines at their local Wal-Mart that dispenses Choco Tacos?
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 12/07/2004 12:52 PM EST
I want a Playmobil advent calendar so bad! i had a Lego one a couple years back... kind of teh suck. normally, i love the Lego, but blocky santa just isn't doing anything for me. and the Playmobil tree kicks the Lego tree's butt. or whatever trees have instead of butts.
so at the Playmobil website, they have like, 3 different ones. which one do you have? you probably have all 3 you sly dog.
Chestnuts roasted by v00deux @ 12/07/2004 01:57 PM EST
I agree Andrew, Sinatra's I'll Be Home for Christmas is my favorite. Last year I bought the DVD titled "Christmas with Bing and Frank". It's so corny, but it's awesome. It's just those two in different scenes, naturally singing their Christmas songs as they do other stuff.
Chestnuts roasted by Y2JB78 @ 12/07/2004 02:13 PM EST
The 12 Pains of Christmas.
And this is the best Advent entry ever thanks to the drunk scene. When they aren't abusive, drunk people are very, very funny.
Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 12/07/2004 03:04 PM EST
I enjoy the version of "12 Days Of Christmas" that Frank did with his children, "SHAWChristmas Time" for it's synth-esque sounds, "Women's Underwear" (goes to the tune of "Winter Wonderland"
, and the pardoy of "Iron Man" that's about Santa.
Chestnuts roasted by Sara @ 12/07/2004 03:09 PM EST
I forgot to add in "Dominic". And that smiley wasn't supposed to be there, the little rat bastard.
Chestnuts roasted by Sara @ 12/07/2004 03:10 PM EST
OhgodtheRats, your wonderful tree reminded me of Sigmund.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 12/07/2004 03:53 PM EST
I've always been a big fan of "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Mostly because I'm such a progressive rock geek I guess. For a fun second, I'd have to lean on "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses.
Chestnuts roasted by Tom @ 12/07/2004 05:41 PM EST
After working 2 Christmas seasons in a toy Store, most of the traditional songs (as well as their 1000+ covers) I cannot even bear to listen to anymore.
But the ones I still like are: "Christmas Don't Be Late" by Alvin In The Chipmunks for some reason, and several songs from the "Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics" CD from South Park, like "Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo," "Merry F***ing Christmas" and "Christmastime in Hell"
Speaking of the which, Cartman's cover of "O Holy Night" was voted to be the Worst Holiday Song Ever by some magazine or something.
And one more thing, where can one get the Playmobil Advent Calendar in the first place? I'd like to see this for myself...
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 12/07/2004 06:25 PM EST
My absolute, favorite Christmas song is "Silver Bells." Right now I have the damn "We Are Santa's Elves" song from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer stuck in my head, though. Evil little elves...!
Chestnuts roasted by KK @ 12/07/2004 07:19 PM EST
it won't load past dec. 3 for me. *cries* i'll have to try tomorrow from work.
i like "do you hear what i hear?" for traditional carols, and "you're a mean one, mr. grinch" for novelty.
meep.
Chestnuts roasted by meep @ 12/07/2004 09:00 PM EST
There's another JG that posted something so I have to clarify.
Anyways, I like Christmas at Ground Zero!
Chestnuts roasted by JG (the one with the "!") @ 12/07/2004 11:05 PM EST
Classic: "Winter Wonderland"
Current: "Dead Dead Dead" from "Mr. Hanky's Christmas Classics"
"Such a festive season, soon you will be dead" I think that says it all
Chestnuts roasted by Emperor_Zorak @ 12/07/2004 11:44 PM EST
mares got something on the back burner thats pure evil i can smell it a mile away!! shes secretly loving every moment of pitting brother against brother!!for her affections.been playing the cbs tag its a sound that goes right to your balls!! favorite christmas song...twas the night befor christmas by fred waring and the pennsylvanians a choral group of the 40s and early 50s twas the night befor christmas.....it follows up the night after christmas as well to a most meloncholy sadness*sniff*
incase no one has ever heard of fred and his pennsyalvanians listen to the version of jingle bells playing over the intercom system in a christmas story as ralphies about to go down the slide.thats them!!
Chestnuts roasted by JAY B! @ 12/08/2004 03:41 AM EST
I know it's cheating, but I have two favorite Xmas albums.
First is the Christmas EP by Low. (Check their site for an MP3 from this record.) This has some original songs, as well as their versions of "Little Drummer Boy," "Silent Night," and "Blue Christmas."
Second is North: Winter Solstice by Coil. This is worth getting just for their version of "Christmas is Now Drawing Near," though the rest of the CD is also good.
Chestnuts roasted by Astro Zombie @ 12/08/2004 08:00 AM EST
Christmass, done by the who on the Tommy album
Chestnuts roasted by Zerohandel @ 12/08/2004 10:08 AM EST
Bing Crosby/David Bowie doing Little Drummer Boy. Not only is it flat out good, the amusement value of those two together makes it 18 times better.
Chestnuts roasted by GadgetMouse @ 12/08/2004 12:32 PM EST
This may seem kinda weird, but last weekend - while decorating my house for Christmas - I kept singing "Making Christmas" from the Nightmare Before Christmas movie. I think it's my favorite holiday song.
Grimly wrapping the tree in tinsel, muttering "See how I transform this old rat / Into a most delightful hat!"
Chestnuts roasted by Master Harold @ 12/08/2004 12:42 PM EST
Oh man, I forgot about "It's Christmas At Ground Zero" and "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by "Weird Al" Yankovic! 2 of my favorite songs and I forget to post them...
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 12/08/2004 02:24 PM EST
Dammit Invader Norbert, you beat me to "Christmas at Ground Zero"! Alright then, how about "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" by the Ramones?
Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 12/08/2004 07:11 PM EST
I love most of those S. Park Xmas songs, especially Cartman's Oh Holy Night and the duet between Santa and Jesus. SHAWXmas is a fav as well, but the synthiness gets a little played out by the time 12/25 rolls around.
Since we're on the subject, can someone explain why "Greensleeves" is in constant rotation on the office Xmas background music? I can see the Christmas connection with "My Favorite Things" though it seems like a stretch, but "Greensleeves"? Maybe it's something blatantly obvious...
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 12/08/2004 10:08 PM EST
My favorite is "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and "What Child is This?" preferably sung by a group of cold carolers of which I am a member.
Chestnuts roasted by Jane! @ 12/09/2004 12:54 AM EST
Squee, the tune of "Greensleeves" is used in the carol "What Child is This?", mentioned in an earlier post, though the tune itself is much older than the song, I believe.
Chestnuts roasted by Spike Spiegel @ 12/10/2004 06:55 PM EST
Am I the only one who get's annoyed of the announcer saying "Mare-io" rather than "Mah-rio"?
MY god!
Chestnuts roasted by John @ 12/12/2004 07:09 PM EST
It's a big day on the 
