“Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Last Night”

Christmas songs are finally everywhere – because it’s Christmastime! But have you ever noticed the low-key creepiness in lyrics of those merry-making songs?

Sure, Christmas songs are all written with only the innocent themes of love and magic in mind, but some classic Christmas music lyrics can get very creepy very fast.

1. “He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice

This classic line from ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ speaks of an old white man (according to Megyn Kelly) who is going to determine who is “naughty” and who is “nice!” Umm, Santa’s coming to town, but for what?!

2. “There’s a world outside your window, and it’s a world of dread and fear / Where a kiss of love can kill you, and there’s death in every tear / And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom”

Written to raise money to help fight famine in Ethiopia in 1984, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ is a haunting Christmas song. Yes, it is good to us Christmas as a time to raise awareness for those less fortunate. But, is such graphic, creepy imagery necessary to convey such a message? Don’t think so.

3. “Through the years we all will be together / If the fates allow”

This line from “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” is sweet on the one hand, but on the other…. “if the fates allow” sounds pretty ominous. Oh no.

4. “Oh, what a laugh it would have been / If Daddy had only seen / Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night”

This lyric from ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’ can sway between either extremely disturbing or cute and we aren’t sure which to choose. Either you think that Santa Claus is the singer’s Daddy, and it’s cute that the singer didn’t recognize him, or Santa Claus is real and this kid wants his dad to watch his mom kiss someone else for some reason. Basically, it’s pretty weird.

And on that note, Merry Christmas, folks!