Text by Kate Kennedy, QMI AGENCY
Like any other genre, holiday music can be fantastic or truly terrible - these songs would have Bing Crosby spinning in his grave. Check out our picks for the worst holiday music ever.

Song: Funky Funky Christmas.
Musician(s): New Kids On The Block.
Why it's so bad: Like much of the rest of their music, it's comprised of young men with questionable talent saying things to phony drum beats. One of them puts on a British accent for the rap - and that's the highlight.
Listen to the song. (WENN.COM)

Song: I'm Giving Santa A Pikachu For Christmas.
Musician(s): Veronica Taylor (Ash Ketchum) and Stan Hart (Professor Oak).
Why it's so bad: Sung by a grown man to a young boy, this subliminally icky ditty - say the title five times fast - is easily the most disturbing holiday song ever. You'll need a shower after. If this isn’t illegal, it should be.
Listen to the song. (Supplied)

Song: 8 Days Of Christmas.
Musician(s): Destiny's Child.
Why it's so bad: At the time, it really wasn't so bad - who didn't want a pair of dirty denim jeans for Christmas 2001? But the song - like many of those Beyonce has used as a backdrop for her range - has soured through the years. Now it just sounds like a lady listing off the perks of snagging a sugar daddy for the holidays. What happened to independent women? Bugaboo!
Listen to the song. (Supplied)

Song: Kiss Me At Midnight - and much of the rest of the Home for Christmas album.
Musician(s): N'Sync.
Why it's so bad: With generic bubble gum lines like, "Kiss me at midnight, dance into the morning light," it sounds as though a record company combined all their boy band material, threw in some theme words and hair gel, divided the lot by expected sales figures and shipped out yet another uninspired red and green CD.
Listen to the song. (Supplied)

Song: Christmas Conga.
Musician(s): Cyndi Lauper.
Why it's so bad: With verses that sound like they were ripped from another tune and roughly stitched together with her chorus (Lord knows where the bridge came from), Lauper's song has less coherence than an actual conga line.
Listen to the song.
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Song: Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.
Musician(s): Randy Brooks.
Why it's so bad: This hokey tune would be kind of cute if it weren't on regular radio rotation each December...since 1979.
Listen to the Dr. Elmo remix. (Image still)

Song: All I Want For Christmas.
Musician(s): Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber.
Why it's so bad: It took what's become a holiday classic (kudos, Mariah) and ruined it (nuts to you, Mariah). As a Macy's Christmas commercial, the video - which culminates in a mob of people clamouring for presents - reeks of detestable consumerism. As a music video, it's a Macy's commercial.
Listen to the song. (Image still)

Song: A Cherry Cherry Christmas.
Musician(s): Neil Diamond.
Why it's so bad: It taints the catchy goodness of Diamond's early hit "Cherry Cherry" and mish-mashes silly lyrics with a sad melody.
Listen to the song.
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Song: Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas).
Musician(s): John Denver.
Why it's so bad: One of the saddest Christmas songs you'll ever hear - lyrics include, "You came home a quarter past eleven and fell down underneath our Christmas tree." We've got enough depressing Christmas memories without thinking of Denver's.
Listen to the song. (Supplied)

Song: Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home).
Musician(s): Rosie O'Donnell and Cher.
Why it's so bad: In the height of her fame, America's former favourite funny lady thought she could do anything and middle America would eat it up. Well, we credit her for the "cutie patootie" tagline, but no amount of voice-altering technology will make her crooning bearable. If you've ever heard Darlene Love's version of the classic, you'll know an artist has to have some ego to cover it (we're talking to you, Bono).
Listen to the song. (Supplied)

Song: Same Old Lang Syne.
Musician(s): Dan Fogelberg.
Why it's so bad: It's about meeting an ex in the frozen foods section of a grocery store, splitting a six-pack in the car and then going home feeling depressed (while the ex drives away, presumably under the influence).
Listen to the song. (QMI AGENCY files)

Songs: Mary's Boy Child and Feliz Navidad.
Musician(s): Boney M.
Why it's so bad: Both songs are just so darn pop-y.
Listen to the Mary's Boy Child and Feliz Navidad.
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Song: What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb).
Musician(s): The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir and Chorale.
Why it's so bad: A robot-teddy bear hybrid sings lyrics that are too stupid for kids.
Listen to the song. (Supplied)

Song: Various Christmas classics.
Musician(s): Jingle Cats.
Why it's so bad: Cats meowing lyrics about Jesus' birth is actually kind of funny, but try as one might, it's nearly impossible to get through the first 30 seconds.
Which holidays songs do you despise?
Listen to their version of What Child is This. (Supplied)