Day 8 - Worst

December 8th

Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg



Perhaps you don't recognize the title, but you will surely know the song if you listen. File this one under "Not A Christmas Song just because Christmas is Mentioned" and also under "Offensive Beyond Compare."

The Cliffs Notes version:

• A successful musician runs into an old flame at the grocery store on Christmas Eve. She's married her an architect who keeps her warm and dry.
  
• Instead of going home to her hard working hubby, she spends the evening with this guy she hasn't seen since high school, invited him into her car, and drinks a six pack with him as they get blasted and reminisce.
  
• She's pissed because she's not in love, and he's pissed because although he calls his job "heavenly," the traveling is "hell." We the listener are supposed to feel pangs of sympathy at this point.
  
• Finally, they drive away in a depressed drunken stuper, putting others at risk.
  

I'm sorry, where is the Christmas in this Christmas Song? And why on Earth does it keep getting played?