Every self-respecting pop and rock star knows that the easy way to cash in before year’s end is to churn out a Christmas album, and while some of them have had a more bearable go at it than others, there really is some stinking lumps of coal that end up in loved one’s year in – year out. So we decided to do the dirty work for you, climbing down the dustiest chimneys we could find to break open the wrapping on the worst Christmas songs ever committed to tape. Seducing Santas, murderous reindeer, dated ditties – it’s all here.

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