Bummed Out Christmas

Various Artists - Miscellaneous - Holiday | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032QT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,683 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit - The Christmas Jug Band

2. Christmas Eve Can Kill You - The Everly Brothers

3. Santa Came Home Drunk - Clyde Lasley And The Cadillac Baby Specials

4. Don't Believe in Christmas - TheSonics

5. Lonely Christmas Call - George Jones

6. Christmas in Vietnam - Johnny And John

7. Santa Got a DWI - Sherwin Linton

8. Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? - Staple Singers

9. Who Say There Ain't No Santa Claus - Ron Holden And The Thunderbirds

10. Christmas in Jail - The Youngsters

11. Christmas Spirit - The Wailers

12. Christmas in Prison - Doug Legacy And The Legends Of The West

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True "Grown Up" Christmas Classic, November 21, 2000

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Shann S. (Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bummed Out Christmas (Audio CD)

This is my all time favorite Christmas CD... I first bought this in '89 and it has gotten me through MANY truly awful Christmases. It never fails to make me smile.

This is an adult CD, not because of language, but because of content. "Santa Came Home Drink", "Santa Got a DWI", and "Christmas in Jail" all deal with drinking and "Who Say There Ain't No Santa Claus" is about a murderer on death row (but it is very tounge-in-cheek).

So, if you are looking for a CD that acknowledges that Christmas isn't all sweetness and light buy this CD, break out the eggnog and remember - Santa won't be back next Christmas Eve.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars um.... what?!?, December 12, 2011

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Aaron Wallrich (Shawano, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bummed Out Christmas (Audio CD)

I bought this CD as a gag-gift. It came unwrapped so I listned to it and it was one of the best comps ever. I kept it. What genius put these songs together?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's in the air, can't you hear it?, December 18, 2003

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bummed Out Christmas (Audio CD)

This compilation album focuses on the unhappy side of Christmas. The songs tackle the subject in a variety of styles and with varying degrees of seriousness. For instance, the first song, "Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit", is a jug band song and it's played for laughs. While the second song, "Christmas Eve Can Kill You", is played seriously and is about the saddest Christmas song I ever heard. Both songs are great, however. In fact, there are a lot of great songs here. The only song I hate is "Santa Came Home Drunk", which is a slurred blues song that is basically an excuse for the singer to slip the names of as many brands of whiskey as possible into the lyrics. Anyway, if you are looking for a different kind of Christmas album, this may be for you.