'Tis the season...
Since November 1st we couldn't walk into a shop without risking the chance of hearing a Christmas song, and they won't be going anywhere until well into January.
While they usually get a bad rap, not all Christmas songs are terrible. In fact, some of them are actually really quite good.
On the other hand, some Christmas covers are worse than you'd feared, and could be used as a form of torture in a Saw movie.
Here's our picks for five of the best and five of the worst Christmas covers ever.
BEST: Coldplay - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Before they started getting all depressing and experimental lately, Chris Martin and co. put together this lovely, emotionally uplifting version of a song we've all heard to death, giving it a new lease of life in the process.
WORST: Justin Bieber featuring Busta Rhymes - Drummer Boy
This was part of Bieber's entire Christmas album Under The Mistletoe, somehow he thought it might be a good idea to turn the song about playing a song for Baby Jesus into a percussion-heavy rap-banger with a Busta demanding that we "Gather round this mistletoe real quick". One of the most accidentally hilarious songs to have ever existed.
BEST: The xx - Last Christmas
Warping the 1984 Wham! classic into something that could have easily slipped off their own album, this version slows things way down and pumps the melancholy up to eleven.
WORST: Christina Aguilera - Oh Holy Night
You know the way people made fun of Xtina for going over the top with her vocal acrobatics, singing words endlessly, adding more syllables than anyone else has ever attempted in the history of English language? The last 90 seconds of this song is what they're talking about.
BEST: Destiny's Child - Silent Night
Beyonce's old band released a Christmas album too, with that awesome title track 8 Days Of Christmas, which would totally be on here if it weren't for the fact that it's not a cover. They did cover this most famous of Christmas songs though, to tender and mild success.
WORST: Smah Mouth - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
No. Just ... no.
BEST: Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone - Baby It's Cold Outside
Its very easy to accidentally overplay the creepy undertones to this song, as a guy tries to convince a woman to stay despite being a little tipsy. Thankfully, the innocent playfulness between Deschanel and Redbone helps alleviate that vibe, keeping it all very frothy and fun.
WORST: Michael Buble - Santa Baby
Insanely awkwardly trying to re-jig the original version into something purely platonic, Buble refers to Santa as "buddy", "pally" and tells him "I'll wait up for, dude". Mr. Claus was giving presents to Eartha Kitt back in the day because she was into him, not because they were BFFs.
BEST: Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Thankfully, it wasn't all bad from Buble, as he put his old-school charm and delivery to good use for this version, which thankfully didn't involve him having to gender reassign everyone in the song. Win!
WORST: Crazy Frog - Jingle Bells
Remember the '90s? Remember ring tones? Remember when Crazy Frog had a number one with "Axel F"? Seriously, what were we thinking? Crazy Frog had three albums! That's the same as Nirvana, and one more than The Fugees managed! We should look back at these days with sadness and a real sense of shame.
