THEME TIME: Christmas (in) Hell

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Theme time again, where we post the bestest songs on a theme. In this case, the combination of Christmas and hell.
Trigger: me listening to this glammy rocker by Crocodiles from 2020 again:

I remembered more songs with Christmas and hell in the title, like this classic from the South Park movie (1999):
Speaking of classics....

And yes, there are more, a LOT more songs with the Christmas & Hell theme. You'd think there would be a lot of metal, but no. You'd like some, tho? Go HERE.

This great song by a guy named Tim, who made a whole bunch of Christmas cover singles. In 2020, the year of COVID, he punked out his frustration on cancelled celebrations:

With a nod to COVID too, slacker-ish rock by GuestHouse about all kinds of unwanted stuff in your life really, 'I'm losing my shit can't you tell/It's Christmas in hell':

From 2012, you might expect metal from a band called Awesome Death (and an album called Dumptruck) but the quirky funk of Primus is a better of reference for this:

Cheating a bit, but this beautiful 2019 piano-ballad is too good to exclude. Jenn Blosil sings her heart out: 'All I've ever had to love is myself/Oh Christmas always hurts like hell.' Keep a handkerchief nearby.

Sounds like a home recording, this 2024 jangler by Butter Utter, 'Sweden's first punk band'. They have a Swedish version too:

Hell is: other people on an office Christmas party. Missed this one last year in our mega-Office Christmas Party Theme Posts, fellow Dutchman Rob from Amersfoort and his disgust:

More anti-Christmas cheer from Holland, from one of the bestest Dutch Xmas albums ever, by A Balladeer (2017):

I think David Smith drank a LOT of eggnog in 2020, then turned on this guitar and recording equipment for this song. Truly weird but fun. I wonder who blew the trumpet:

Orenthal, from Minnesota, starts this song with an apparent Richard Nixon-quote, then some easy acoustic guitar. And then his SCREAMO voice. Quite something, this track (from 2024):

Everything is cool about this, the poppunkrocking song from 2022, the title, the bandname, Young Satan in Love:

Comments

Evan said…
My favourite one is "There's No Christmas in Hell (And That's Why I'm so Sad)" by The X-Misses.
11:36 PM
Guuzbourg said…
That’s a gem! Might do a part 2 because I left out more
7:13 AM
Marqui said…
What a post!
And it wasn’t even friday 13th yesterday 😈
7:53 AM
Evan said…
If you need a theme, I'd suggest --- Creepmas! Your blog has helped me compile a YouTube playlist of creepy Christmas tunes: https://shorturl.at/nwRlg
6:31 PM
soundbuttonsw said…
What a killer theme! "Christmas in Hell" is brilliant. My mind is already racing with ideas for a custom sound board imagine demonic jingle bells or a heavy metal "Ho Ho Ho"! I'm definitely hunting for the perfect sound buttons for this. For the best meme soundboard unblocked, you can find every soundbutton you need on our soundboard unblocked at SoundButtonsW.com!
9:27 AM
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