10 Least Liked Holiday Songs: What's Yours?

From singing dogs to a philandering Santa Claus, these recordings came in last place in a recent survey.

Odds are there's at least one Christmas recording filling the airwaves each December that you absolutely, positively cannot stand. Maybe it's something about the vocalist. Maybe the song brings up less than cheerful memories. Maybe the carol itself is just plain awful. Whatever the reason, you're not alone. Edison Research, a company specializing in marketing and polling, has published a list of least liked holiday songs for 2012. To compile its rankings, the company polled a group of 200 women ages 30-49 "who said they liked or loved hearing Christmas music on the radio." (The sample may be somewhat unrepresentative of the broader population, but we're willing to bet a few of these recordings would show up on a great many "least favorite…

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Severna Park Family Holiday Traditions

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This time of year brings with it some unique ways people celebrate and remember - share yours!

Scarey enough, my ex-wifes family had a great tradition. They would go to an earlier Christmas Eve service, around 6, then everyone in their town would drive through the town looking at the lights on the houses. Seemingly everyone would be tuned into the radio station that played Carols and as you are driving around with the windows down everyone would be singing. Pringles of Ben Oaks   On the Saturday after Thanksgiving each year the Powell's get together and make several types of candy.  We make peanut brittle, butter crunch, fudge, peppermint patties, dipped apricots and chocolate covered pretzels.  After we make the candy everyone helps wrap the candy in individual pieces.  The kids are all grown now but they occasionally still help …

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