Comments on: I Want to Put My Christmas Shoe Up Bob Carlisle’s Christmas Ass

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:14:00 +0000

I do suck, Madam, and my husband is all the happier for that. I guess I was trying to make examine the materialistic motive behind the “sweet story.”

And, Thea, if you want your particular 8 yr. old to go out and buy you shoes when you’re dying, I’ll give him the money, but he’ll miss out on having a few last moments with YOU, and that’s what Christmas is about. FAMILY, NOT FUCKIN’ SHOES.

That’s not to say we shouldn’t be charitable. By all means feed the poor, make sure the poor have what they need, so nobody is without shoes. Do that all year long, in fact.

But, the point is, and if it was lost on you the first time, it probably will be again, that MY kid being with me at Christmas means more to me than any shoes she could buy me, whether I’d been barefoot my whole life or not.

But, maybe I’m ignorant, and Christmas is really all about buying shoes. Buy ‘em up.

By: Thea

Thea — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:05:02 +0000

Thanks, Katie! I was beginning to wonder if there was any tenderness left in the world. This song has such a sweet story behind it and I cry every time I hear it. It’s pretty sad to see that my 8 year old has more depth and compassion than these “grown ups” who so openly share their ignorance. There was a time when a little boy trying to buy something for his dying mother would’ve been very special. There aren’t enough kids like that in the world today.
I hope that you can all remember that we celebrate Christmas b/c our Savior was born on this day… It is better to give than to receive.

By: fobrox

fobrox — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:35:16 +0000

Whatever the meaning of this song is supposed to be it still in no way, shape or form makes up for the true level of musical crap that is this song. I understand this song has meaning to the people that have lost someone, but musically it sucks. The only positive thing I can say about it is I’ve only heard it once……..

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:54:30 +0000

First: you all suck.
I think that is a great song and if you are all to stupid to understand what he was tryin to do with that song well its your problem. That is a great song and it is to bad that their are people like you all that cant respect and understand that song. So you dis-it by sayin that the boy is a scam artist.
The song is about christmas time and how some people forget about all the other people who dont have it as good as us, and that we should help them. And FYI he never say that the boy dies, you never know, she could have survived!
Dont dis what you dont understand!

By: MOM

MOM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I completly agree. I have heard it many times, and I think you have to be pretty sick if this is one of your favorite christmas songs?? But, since I am your mother, if the need ever arises, I wear size 7 1/2.

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

ok, first of all: hahahahah.

second, you’re so right. i bet that kid was a scam artist, and he’s going to fence those shoes as soon as he gets out of the store.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Mom,

7 1/2? Good to know.

Bryan,

Michael said the same exact thing the first time he heard that song. Great minds, I guess.

By: George Popham

George Popham — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Came across your blog randomly through syndic8, and this post made me laugh out loud. Yes there is a whole genre of tear jerking trucker songs designed to work pretty much like this one. I worry that there is such a passionate love of simple stories in the common culture. Like the one where our government spends 87 billon dollars, (counting up the last of the pennies that might otherwise pay for things like education) to deliver up the head of Saddam on a platter with a tongue depressor in his mouth… Wow, that was a leap. I don’t even know your political inclinations. I might have offended you, in addition to being a bit oblique. Oh, well, the tea hasn’t kicked in yet. Thanks for the laugh, G

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Since you asked, I am glad they got Hussein. He was an evil bastard. But, there’s no denying we helped him get to where he was in the first place.

But, the white house is all about show biz right now.

And, yeah, you made a big jump there. You trying out for the Olympics?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I HATE “The Christmas Shoes”, too. Must be one of the worst songs ever written. But, FYI, the song is by a group called NewSong, not Bob Carlisle. (www.newsongonline.com)