669. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth (Donald Gardner)

This is surely the worst Christmas song ever written. Apparently, Donald Gardner wrote it in 1944 while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York. When he asked his class what they wanted for Christmas, he noticed nearly all of them had at least one front tooth missing as they answered him. He is said to have written the song in thirty minutes, which is easy to believe. In a 1995 interview, Gardner said, "I was amazed at the way that silly little song was picked up by the whole country."

It was recorded by Spike Jones and His City Slickers in 1948 and reached the top of the charts in early 1949. Other singers who have recorded it include Danny Kaye, The Platters, Nat King Cole and The Chipmunks. And also about a million YouTube singers, so what could my version possibly add?

Here is my playlist of Christmas Songs: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A87F72E113CE495

A playlist of my children's songs is here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9A4DBB328B5832A5

For lyrics and chords of my songs, please see my website: http://www.raymondcrooke.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• song
• christmas
• spike
• jones
• children

[hotstuff66427]

When I lost my two front teeth when I was little I would sing this all day long

[raymondcrooke]

@hotstuff66427 I still do!

[rizamaqbool]

so sweet.. man you are awesome.. keep it up..

[raymondcrooke]

@rizamaqbool Thanks for subscribing.

[emu314159]

when i was a kid, and other kids would sing this, i would be like, WTF, what a lame song. course, almost ALL kids songs are lame , so while puzzled (and of course annoyed), i didnt think much of it

flash forward to now, and some jackwagon has put Xmas songs of the 40s sung by child impersonators on the muzak, and I hear the original for the first time. I really really want to clean my ears out with a shotgun after hearing it WORST SONG of ALL TIME. Thankfully, everyone responsible is DEAD

[raymondcrooke]

@emu314159 I understand how you feel!

[zinpro12]

lmao

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[willgonow]

this is great!!

[raymondcrooke]

Those teeth are never coming back!