I can't stand when people change the words of a song to fit their purposes. Get a life. Do something original. Lazy stoner hacks.

So, @1, you've obviously done everything possible to avoid all radio and television advertising since the horror of this repurposing first dawned on you?

I was watching the Sweet Adelines at my small-town after-dark Main Street shopping crawl and cocoa chug Friday evening. I think I'll send them these lyrics, along with the YouTube link.

@2
i hear ya, it just struck me at a moment when I was like 'enough is enough' - there's no stopping the advertisers, doesn't mean the rest of us have to follow their lead, disgusting me thinks

For some more holiday laughs and cheer, catch the Beaconettes this Thursday at Volunteer Park. They are singing at 7PM in front of the Art Museum. They do a whole set of "repurposed" Christmas songs. ( That is if you can handle it @1)

@5
alright, alright - ok, repurposing is not the end of the world, have fun. i mean as much respect i have for Seattle's great Quincy Jones, his gospel version of Handel's (Christmas classic) "Halleluiah Chorus" just doesn't do it for me like the traditional. oh well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkbuHu2D_…

@1- I think your criticism is misguided. This was a choir of ladies in their fifties and sixties repurposing a popular tune with clever lyrics that found humor in recent current events. The number was sung at a very popular free public charity event, the purpose of which is to raise money for the Pike Place Market Senior Center, entertain shoppers and get folks into the Christmas spirit. All the performers are amateurs who do it for the fun of it.
What are you saying? That these ladies should have just sung Frosty The Snowman or come up with a wholly original composition? I think you misunderstand the spirit of the thing.
You ought to come down next year. It's a lot of fun. My girlfriend and I walked down from Capitol Hill and really enjoyed ourselves despite the cold.

I'd rather spend a whole day at the Pike Place Market Senior Center trying to feed a wheelchair bound pissed off Alzheimer's patient than listen to that batshit bong watered down version of Sandman.

@1, @4, @6, @8. This from you, who hijacks threads with a non-sequiturs like no other Slog commenter in recent memory. Kindly fuck right off.

The Beaconettes were just one of maybe thirty different groups who performed simultaneously on the street. It's like the Bumbershoot of Christmas Caroling. It's easy to avoid music that's not to your liking. Like Handel? You can find it.

Hey SLOG!!
Who are you calling WHOLESOME??

What @9 said.

@8 At least you'd be doing something useful for once.

@8 Please refrain from spouting your piss and vinegar until you actually DO go volunteer a day at the Pike Place Senior Center. These great ladies have raised something like $20,000 over the past few years for the Center and have won People's Choice at this event four or five years running. So shut up, take your own advice, and get a life.

Ignoring the troll, just wanted to say this was delightful. Sad I missed the Figgy Pudding event this year. The Beaconettes are great!