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I'd like to thank all of you for chiming in and being annoyed by last week's List, in which I itemized the Christmas songs that bug me the most - and, yes, more than one of you let me know "Feliz Navidad" was steamrollering through your skulls all day.

Sorry about that.

The problem is, I was in no way able to get to all of the nerve-chafing holiday tunes that make me want to trigger a power drill and run the bit through my tongue. Herewith, then, is the second and concluding installment of Bad Xmas Music - and I refuse to dignify "The Christmas Shoes" or "Last Christmas" by WHAM! by including them here. Although I guess I just sorta did.

Anyhoo, I also hate these songs and here's why:

"Holly Jolly Christmas" - That dead goofball Burl Ives croons, "Say hello to friends you know / And everyone you meet." Hey Burl: how many friends do you have that you DON'T know? (It occurs to me I'm just as big an idiot as Burl because I'm talking to his corpse.)

"Happy Holiday" - What does "with the whoop-de-do and a hickory dock" mean? And: "(Santa will) be coming down the chimney, down." Why add the second "down"? Morons.

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - This classic, Dean Martin-associated tune seems to suggest getting your holiday date drunk so she can't leave. Bill Cosby probably sings this all year round! Also, this tune is memorable for the woman's response, at one point, that she'll hang around for "maybe just a cigarette more." That's just so ... Christmas-y.