The 10 Most Depressing Christmas Songs

Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy and celebration, but judging by a lot of the music that's been made about the holiday over the years, you would think that the true meaning of Christmas is self-soothing intoxication and deeply troubling emotional problems.

• Christmas Time Is Here

• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

  This one is especially depressing when you know about the original lyrics.

• That Was The Worst Christmas Ever

• Last Christmas

  This one seems uptempo, but it's about being dumped and making your ex jealous on Christmas. Plus, it's got a closeted homosexual living a lie, so that counts.

• Hard Candy Christmas

  A Christmas song written from the perspective of lonely prostitutes. This one was manufactured to be one of the most depressing songs of the season.

• Blue Christmas

  Obligatory.

• The Christmas Shoes

  A Christmas song from a one-hit wonder band called NEWSONG. It's surprising that their career of performing schmaltzy, deeply upsetting Christmas songs didn't really take off.

• Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk this Christmas)

• If We Make It Through December

  Country musicians lead incredibly melancholy lives.