The lyrics are 70 percent filler. "The ox and lamb kept time." What? It's the "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time" of religious Christmas songs. The song should be fired into the sun.
About 75% fewer pa-rum-pum-pum-pums.
Christmas carols, but yours works too.
Also - Silent Night
IS A DRUM KIT!!!
Starts a little slow but hits its stride at the start of the second verse (1:05 or so) and from then on out it's awesome.
Got a real 90s, MTV unplugged feel to it. If you like that, you'll like this.
It totally sucks.
used to knock around his kids.
There is no good version of the Little Drummer Boy.
The judges also considered the following:
I had assumed, incorrectly it seems, mentioning Pentatonix positively must be ironic.
I love the ageless badass
this time of year, as the "dial" hits the Christmas-only station (which shall remain unnamed).
Back when CDs existed, I secured a version done by the Nation Philharmonic Orchestra that I’m fond of that of course I can’t find on YouTube but it’s great. I know it’s not everyone’s bag of tea but I also enjoy Mannheim Steamrollers version too.
But as for sung versions, Frank or Bing take your pick.
But an even more beautiful song on that album is Elohai N'tzor
And I’m an enormous Bowie fan.
Bing Crosby, Vince Guaraldi, and Mitch Miller are the soundtrack of my youthful Christmas.
Ye gods that's an awful tune, surpassed in that respect only by Mary Did You Know, and then only because the latter's lyrics sit nicely somewhere between "profane" and "heretical."