Bummed Out Christmas
So you say you're sick of people telling you to cheer up at Christmas? In fact, you'd like to wallow in your misery and bring a few of your pals down with you? Well, have we got the holiday album for you, loaded down with a dozen of the most downbeat Christmas songs of all time. From country weepers like George Jones' "Lonely Christmas Call" to rock sneers like the Sonics' "Don't Believe in Christmas," this set has something to turn everyone's smile upside down. But just when life looks its bleakest, you can treat yourself to a chuckle by hearing how things could be even worse, as on the one-two punch of "Santa Got a DWI" and "Santa Came Home Drunk." Raise a cup of Christmas jeer and sing along.--David Sprague