December 2010.
Sparrow: It is so good to be home! Away from the obnoxious Stuff-Mart decorations, and the same fifty terrible carols they play over and over, and —
Sparrow: . . .
Bianca: . . .
Patrick: . . .
[Joy to the world, the Lord has come! / Let Earth re-ceive her king!]
Sparrow: I’ll just go hide in my room and collapse now.
Bianca: I can turn it down, if you want?
Sparrow: Just promise you won’t play Feliz Navidad.
. . .
Yes, that is definitely the worst. At least, the worst among those commonly played.
“Dominic the Donkey” is THE worst, I’d say.
I thank my lucky stars that, when I’ve worked retail over the holidays, that was never on the playlist.
“Last Christmas”, never liked it, never will.
“Fairytale of New York” however, that’s a classic.
Christmas carols: bane of Jewish people since 33 AD.