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Oh, I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate that song!!! The other day, I swear it was on every single time I got in the car. "Creepy-ass" is definately the best way to describe it.

What a coincidence! We were just mocking this song at work this morning. And yes, it is kind of creepy.

Oh, THANK GOD! I thought I was the only person who thought that song was "creepy-assed"! There's this guy I work with who mentioned it one day because one of his wife's students sang it at a recital and all I could thing was YUCK!

yuckity yuck yuck. i'm with you on the big ole sammich!

xomox

OK, I totally cry every time I hear that song, but my God the Arby's thing was hilarious!

I have never heard that song.

Thank. Bob.

That song is awful!!! I had never heard it before reading the lyrics today. What is it, some ode to Xmas consumerism? The kid should be staying at home with his mama if she's that sick, not gallavanting about buying some damn SHOES!

(Ok, so I totally would love it if one of my youth center kids brought me a nice pair of heels from Macy's this Xmas...but it's not a deathbed wish or anything.)

/rant

:)

On no that is just wrong. But so is the Arby's
sammich. Go for a big filet steak with a good
bottle of wine.

OMFG. Every year K wants me to leave it on so she can get all teary, and I'm all, "OH HELL NO!"
I'd like to think if it were me, I'd passed on good consumer genes to her and she'd think "who's gonna be looking at her SHOES? She didn't care what they look like at WORK." But sadly, I'm afraid I'm doomed to be buried in a pair of bright yellow, satin, sequined stilletos that I saw her trying on at Shoe Cents. And also, sadly? I don't think 20 more years will make much of a difference in her choice, should I live that long. *sigh*

your a jerk that is the best song. if your mom was dying you wouldnt want her to have something good to pass away with. i dont no what your problem is but ummm. that is a good song.

from,
the person who thinks your a jerk

OMG! I am totally with "jessica"! That isnt the best song to listen to but i mean seriously!! Wouldnt you get your mama a present and make her happy if she was about to die! Obviously the dad was at home because he sent him! Omg... cant believe ya'll are so coldhearted!

amen to the horsey sauce! makes everything better.

I thought this was written by the same guy who wrote Butterfly Kisses. It has the same sound, feel and sickeningly sweetened but pretentious sentiment. But kudos to the guy who wrote it. He obviously sat down and thought to himself "What do I have to write to make the women start bawling?" He probably got a million dollar grant from the tissue companies just to start writing.

I don't know... I respect the guys ability to cash in on such an easy market of sentimental females who are looking for a reason to cry, but at the same time I still want to see him char-broiled in a white wine sauce and eaten by jackals with Hepatitis C.

I'm just glad the kid was able to et the shoes for his dying mother. Imagine her dissapointment if she got to heaven and met Jesus but wasn't allowed in because of the 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service" sign.

Just another little observation

I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about

So, in other words, this guy believes that God is killing this little boy's mother just so he can remind him what Christmas is all about. Now I know he did the 'only begotten son thing' but is God really wacking people off left and right to prove points to guys who lose thier Christmas spirit?

So, keep your Christmas spirits up people. Or God will start the slaughter.

I agree. This song totally sucks.

its not a bad song, just listen to the song, without the lyrics. you guys really need to lighten up. think about you in the man's position. you'd do the same damn thing, unless you're a pansy and totally rude. then if you really are, you should not have even be on this site loser! get a life, and try to enjoy it!

I'm only 16 and I think that you guys are being wayy to critical on this song. The first time I listened to this song I thought that it was the sweetest thing. Did you guys ever stop to think that maybe this was a personal experience? Bet you never thought of that huh? if you hate it so much, why are you bothering to talk about it? Comming from a highschool full of drama and such, if somebody hates someone else, they dont talk about them. They dont even want to hear that persons name.. why does everybody have to be so critical these days? And to 'mannyyak' who posted on December 20th, I your a sick person for even saying that. You are telling us to keep up the Christmas spirit, by telling us that God will start the slaughter!? What kind of line is that? God would never harm anybody unless it was to save their life. I'm not one to go to church every sunday and a matter a fact I even got kicked out of CCD which shows how religious I am, but having faith, and not using God's name in vain are givens. Faith is something you obviously don't have. No trama in your life should ever take away your faith and if that is your excuse then its a horrible one. I have had many tramas in my 16 years of life and not once have I ever said that to anybody. Its mind boggling how cold people are these days.

It's always nice to see you've made a difference...

It seems that a few people have taken my comments as a personal attack. As if my opinions on this song were meant to be about them in some way. So let's just straighten some things out for the uninitiated.
First of all about comments that we should lighten up or not even be on this site... This is a blog talking about how much certain people hate this song and why. If you want to talk about why you personally love the song and why, well, those comments are open for discussion; but you don't open a can of worms and expect to get caviar.
The reason we are critical of the song is simply because we are being forced to listen to it. In work places, elevators and shopping malls. We know what it is. We've been around for a while and we know that commercial powerhouses in the music industry have no intention of creating something sweet unless it can sweeten up their wallets. This song was designed to hit a market of sentimental people who like to cry at Christmas. I personally like to laugh, but to each their own. I doubt that any of it comes from a personal experience. This writer was not in line at Wal-Mart behind a kid who was begging for change to buy a nice pair of shoes for his dying mother so she'd look nice for Jesus. It bothers me to think that this kid's mother is dying and; instead of staying by her side, both he and the father are out buying her shoes. The father is even out in the car. Why wasn't he in with the kid helping him pay?
We pick the song apart because it leaves itself open for it. It was begging for it. It is trying to tell me what Christmas is all about. Buying parting gifts for dying people. My Christmas mood stems from my enjoying being with my loved ones. Seeing their faces as they open gifts is only part of it. It's the having an excuse to get together that is the real meaning of Christmas. The kid should have been with his mother. If Jesus needs her to look beautiful in order to meet her than he's too shallow a savior to hope to meet. Jesus' love is supposed to extend to everyone and no one person is not beautiful in his eyes, regardless of their footwear.
Yes, my little 16 year old friend, I must be sick to not like a song where I have to hear about a family suffering a loss at Christmas. I'm sure that all of the people who have suffered loss at Christmas must be glad to have the reminder at this time of year, just in case they were planning on actually smiling this year instead of mourning. That is the truly sick thing. To make money off of such an idea and hurt so many people doing it is truly sick. I didn't say to keep up the Christmas spirit because God will start the slaughter. I merely pointed out that this song states, in no uncertain terms, that God had sent this boy to the singer to show him what Christmas was all about. God lets this boy suffer, and his mother die just to make a point to one man. Get mad at the song, not me, I would never want to make such a suggestion. You should have read my message (and the lyrics) more closely. For that matter, you really should read the bible itself. You may be surprised to find that God doesn't hurt anybody just to help them. He hurts people because he can. God kills with indiscretion and demands not to be questioned about his motives. They are beyond our understanding.
When God wanted the slaves freed from Egypt he deliberately hardened Pharaoh’s heart against Moses to ensure that his wrath would come in the form of the killing of every first born male child not protected by sheep’s blood on their doorway. When the Ark of the Covenant was moved to the new city of David, along the way the cart hit a bump and the ark nearly fell off. The priest attending the cart instinctively held his hand out to keep it from falling off of the cart. When his hand touched the cart God struck him down with a bolt of lightning for the sin of touching the sacred ark. When Lot left the doomed city of Sodom with his wife and family, they were ordered to not look back at the destruction. Lot's wife turned her head at the terrible sound and God turned her into a pillar of salt. She suffered no pain, but her family had to suffer the loss of her, especially when Lot was forced to take his daughters as wives.
It's all there kid, happy reading. I commend you if you can get through Kings and Numbers; it isn't anywhere as interesting as Genesis or Deuteronomy.
No trauma took away my faith. I have never had faith in any God. I don't need one to control me or give me the promise of eternal life in the hereafter. I think a desire to extend ones life for eternity shows such vanity that anyone desiring it doesn't deserve it. And most of the people I know who profess their faith to me have never actually read the bible of the God they push on me. They say they believe but they won't take the time to listen to his word. And most will do things I wouldn't think of, as if their God was only watching them when they wanted him to.
Ultimately it has nothing to do with being a cold person. You have no idea of who I am just from one message. I am a loving father of three beautiful and happy children. I smile and sing and dance and tell jokes ant try to make everybody I meet smile. I try to see both sides of every argument and believe that every problem is merely an opportunity for a solution. I don't need a god to govern my life and certainly don't want to worship the ones that I have researched so much about in many texts and literature. But this isn't about me personally or any belief system available to anyone wanting to find worship. This is all about a song that you either like, dislike, or have no opinion about. And this blog is about why we are really bothered by the song. Yeah, the sentiment is touching and sad. But it's a false sad. It's manufactured, and I really resent having it shoved down my throat every year.

He opens this sucky song with, "It was almost Christmas Time", but because it was Christmas Eve, shouldn't he have said it was almost Christmas Day? Christmas time is a time of year, as in the month of December.

I really am tired of hearing this damn song. How do you put this up there with the classics? I want to hear happy and jolly tunes during Christmas time, not some cheap-assed casio keyboard ballad trying to make a feeble attempt at tugging at the heart strings of suckers that fall for this crap. This hunk of shit song ranks up there with Butterfly Kisses. Sorry, but I work hard all year and want to enjoy my holidays filled with cheery Christmas tunes. I wish the radio stations would stop playing this. This song should be boycotted.

EVERY TIME I HERE THAT SONG I WANT TO CRY IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE AND ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN.