Do They Know It’s Christmas?- Band Aid

If they did, would you stop singing??

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer- Elmo and Patsy

This is not funny. This is tragic and totally implausible. You, sir, must have killed grandma.

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time- Paul McCartney

…which is ironic, because when this song comes on no one is doing so.

Santa Baby- Madonna version

Three minutes and some odd seconds of the most annoying voice ever. And while we’re acting all pre-K…

Grown Up Christmas List- Natalie Cole, Amy Grant, and whoever else followed

OHHHH. You are the girl we avoid at a party.

Christmas Shoes- Newsong

When this song comes on I turn into the Hulk.

All I Want for Christmas Is You- Mariah Carey

…to stop playing this song.

11. Frosty the Snowman (1969)

10. The Christmas Toy (1986)

9. A Christmas Carol, Alastair Sim (1951)

8. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

6.  Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

5.  How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

4. Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

3. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)

2. A Christmas Carol, George C. Scott (1984)

1. Merry Christmas Charlie Brown (1965)

“But I’d rather help than watch. 
I’d rather have a heart than a mind. 
I’d rather expose too much than too little. I’d rather 
say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. 
I would rather know all this about myself 
than have more money than I need. 
I’d rather have something to love 
than a way to impress you.” 
~Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do with My Life?

Lord, Thank goodness you know me, because I don’t always know myself! I suppose there is a purpose to the menopause, forgive me when I fail to see it! Please help me to understand why bits of my anatomy are travelling south at alarming speed. Why does a nice juicy apple not have the same ‘must eat’ quality of a yummy chocolate cream gateau? You don’t get to my age without knowing a thing or two, please help me to disseminate my wisdom without saying the fatal words ‘I told you so!’ I admit to an interest in others affairs; keep me from passing on the tempting gossip and smugness that comes from not giving into similar temptation. Support me while I listen to another’s woes. Help me to resist the urge to regale the hapless person with my much more important tales of adversity. When complaining that the young do not have the same qualities I possessed in my youth, help me to realize that rose tinted spectacles aid my recollection! I notice a certain asperity has crept into my speech when discussing the problems of society, please make my response more thoughtful and less prejudiced. While I will never be a candidate for beatification, please enable me to attain a level of amiability so I do not repulse my family and friends. I am mathematically challenged so please assist me to count my blessings and realize that I am the most fortunate of women. AMEN

21st century middle aged woman’s prayer - rose-mary gower

borrowed from www.worldprayers.org