A-Train’s Least Favorite Christmas Song

While it doesn't have the annoyance factor of "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" or the downright awfulness that "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" possesses, here is a lesser-known Holiday song that I'm glad is categorized as such.

When Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" plays on the radio, I am nonetheless compelled to listen to it. The maudlin tale of meeting an ex-lover in the frozen foods section of a grocery store followed by draining a six-pack of beers in her car while they have an awkward conversation... is a treasure.

The whole thing doesn't make sense. No bars are open on one of the busiest party nights of the year? Who laughs until they cry over a spilled purse? How is pounding down 36 ounces of beer, then driving away in the snow, a good Holiday message of any kind?

I've always hoped that the story behind the story was that Mr. Fogelberg was pressured against his will by his record company to write a Christmas song and therefore wrote the worst thing he could think of as a protest.

If this is the case, then this Christmas, I'll drink a toast to you Dan. May you rest in peace. I will not, however, drink it behind the steering wheel and drive off into a wintry mix.