The holidays are a time for joyous celebration and reflection, filled with yuletide merriment and cheer.

But if you absolutely detest a seasonal song, say, NewSong's epic bummer ballad "Christmas Shoes," you will spend your late-November through December changing the radio dial as fast as you can to avoid a tiny angerfest in your car.

Perhaps one of the most divisive of holiday tunes, this song has been developed into a book, a made-for-TV movie, and for many, is like an unavoidable lump of coal, forever casting a shadow over decent jams like 'N Sync's "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays."

It's the Debbie Downer of songs. This is why: