https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whamageddon
It's a game where you try to avoid hearing "Last Christmas" by Wham! during the holiday season (or December 1 to 24.) If you hear it, you lose.
Ever heard about this game?
Yeppers. I've been doing it for years now. I've been successful 2 times. Last year I got knocked out on the 1st.
I'd much rather play a game where I can successfully avoid All I Want For Christmas is You. But I guess a punny name for that is much more difficult.
I'd much rather play a game where I can successfully avoid All I Want For Christmas is You.
First I am hearing about it. May I say that it is actually a nice song? But here is the tune I wait for -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATi34PKNPw
I don't mind it either. It's one of the less grating xmas songs.
shareNice try nyctc!
(But yes, I actually do like the song. It's just a game for fun, though.)
Yeah.
I've never won. I usually get knocked out pretty early. 'We need milk.' 'Well, let's get it delivered then.' 'You could just walk to the shops. It'll only take five minutes.' 'You have no idea what you're asking of me.'
It's Russian Roulette.
"Last Christmas" is one of the worst "holiday" songs ever released. It's about a failed attempt at a relationship, not about the holiday. Replace the lyrics "last Christmas" with something else like "last summer" or "last April" and it doesn't change the character of the song. What they sing about could take place anytime of the year. Just because the Wham! version added sleigh bells doesn't make it a "Christmas" tune.
How this became so popular is beyond me. I thought by the mid-1980s it would have become forgotten and consigned to the trash bin of pop music. Yet now there are versions by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor and many others.
This drivel needs to be removed from every playlist.
Save the holiday season.
I see what you're getting it, but I still enjoy the song....
shareWhile I agree that this is not a Christmas-specific song I think the point may have been that getting dumped at Christmas made the breakup that much worse, so he's especially glad that he has someone special this year. A breakup hurts at any time of year, but happening at Christmas just adds insult to injury.
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That's a valid interpretation but it still doesn't justify the constant overplaying of it.
Save the holiday season.