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the theme is
any song themed in some way or some manner, be it lyrical, melodical, vibe-ical, or any way in between, about an end-of-year holiday (christmas, kwanzaa, hanukkah, new year's, festivus, etc) is fair game. if the theme can only be discerned from the music video it doesn't count

[+] the other rules

No songs used from a past contest!
Be polite in chat about song contest because the people who submit the songs are also human beings! Anyone who removes this rule is rude!
If you can't be here for one of the semis, let me know and I'll try to put you into the opposite round!

If you're in a round or public-voting, listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite.
If your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.
Send me your votes via Board or Discord DM: I can't guarentee I'll see it if you don't.

sign-ups run until christmas for the Theme. i'll say 10 PM pacific time

SIGN-UPS (names in italic have yet to submit a song):
1. me the train
2. skraal
3. yug
4. animenerd
5. laurels
6. chad
7. \
8. burn
9. toben
10. ruggashrugga
11. krabs
12. dn
13. jilliam
14. dogs

Holiday In(n)!

Don't know what I'll do, but I will definitely do something!

Red and green all over.

hi

welcome to the holidaytest

our participants for this songtest are:
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dogs
ruggashrugga
burn
toben
me the train
dn
krabs
animenerd
laurels
skraal
jilliam
yug
chad

and the songs are:
The Ice of Boston - The Dismemberment Plan
Marley and Marley - Statler and Waldorf
Mr. Heatmiser - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
The Year Without a Santa Claus (Opening Song)
Don't Shoot Me Santa - The Killers
Making Christmas - Pentatonix
Dominick the Donkey - Lou Monte
Just Like Christmas - Low
Hope - Friday Night Funkin: Soft OST
We Three Kings - Ella Fitzgerald
All I Want for Christmas Is You - My Chemical Romance
Last Christmas - Wham!
Snow Dream - Apple Jam
Wrap Me Up - Jhené Aiko

deadline for submission is december 31, 6 pm pst. this will allow time for a Fancy Results Reveal. also, i'll be sending you pings in whichever server i'm able to contact you 48 and 24 hours before the deadline, and any time shortly before the deadline as i see fit. failure to submit by the deadline will result in disqualification.

good luck and happy holidays!

all votes came in on time!! im gonna close votes a bit early so i can start tabulating results

With the votes tabulated, I'll put my thoughts here.

Also whoops I forgot to give my vote for Last Christmas so just know it would have been my seven if I hadn't seen the already-clicked link and assumed I had already watched the video.

[+] HOLIDAYTEST Votes

12:

Don't Shoot Me Santa - The Killers.

This song was really catchy, and I enjoyed it enough to want to listen to it again right away.

10:

Marley and Marley - Statler and Waldorf.

I love the rhyme scheme, as well as the way it ties itself to the story of A Christmas Carol, and the instrumental was superb. Sad that it's so short.

8:

Mr. Heatmiser - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

I like the faithful parts of the song since it draws from two of my favorite Christmas songs, but the points where it diverges lyrically drag it down somewhat as they hurt the rhyme scheme.

7:

Just Like Christmas - Low.

I really liked the verses and instrumental. The one problem was the overly-repetitive chorus.

[NOTE: Last Christmas - Wham! would have gone here if I hadn't made a mistake, bumping everything from 7 onward down on the list down by one.]

6:

We Three Kings - Ella Fitzgerald

It's fine, but I don't feel compelled to listen to it more.

5:

All I Want for Christmas Is You - My Chemical Romance

The instrumental is fine but otherwise, it's okay at best.

4:

Dominick The Donkey - Lou Monte

It's a classic, but it's my least favorite of the classic bunch. I hate the hee-haw with a burning passion, and I don't have the same nostalgia for it as I do for other songs.

3:

Wrap Me Up - Jhené Aiko

This song is more about sex than it is about Christmas. This is the HOLIDAYTEST, not the HORNYTEST.

2:

Snow Dream - Apple Jam

I can't understand the lyrics and there aren't any translations. Otherwise, it's fine.

1:

Making Christmas - Pentatonix.

I liked some aspects of this song, but other parts, like the vocals, were very off-putting. I don't think it's my type of music.

0:

Hope - Friday Night Funkin: Soft OST.

Musically, it's fine, but I have no idea how it relates to Christmas in any way. I feel like I'm missing a lot of the context.

0:

The Ice of Boston - The Dismemberment Plan.

It felt like the singer talked more than he sang, and the relatively minimal lyrics were neither catchy nor adequately holiday-themed.

hello frendos

come on down around the fireplace, open up a bottle of mulled champagne, and take a seat as we listen to the final results of holidaytest

a few reminders before we start: the usual procedure for tiebreakers is counting who has more 12s, then who has more 10s, then who has more 8s, and so on

we'll begin with ranks 14 through 8. you all get coal in your stockings which is actually v useful for keeping your house warm in these cold times

[+] 14th place

The Year Without a Santa Clause, submitted by Dogs. It received 18 points!

[+] 13th place

Dominick the Donkey by Lou Monte, submitted by Rugga as part of her war on Christmas. It received 18 points! Though tied with the previous song, it received 13th place due to receiving more 6s than the previous song.

[+] 12th place

Making Christmas by Pentatonix, submitted by Laurels. It received 35 points, including one 10 and one 8!

[+] 11th place

Marley and Marley by Statler and Waldorf, submitted by DN. It received 37 points, including one 10 and one 8!

[+] 10th place

Hope from the Friday Night Funkin: Soft OST, submitted by AnimeNerd. It received 38 points, including one 12 and one 8!

[+] 9th place

The Ice of Boston by The Dismemberment Plan, submitted by MurderWeasel. It received 43 points, including one 12 and one 10!

[+] 8th place

All I Want for Christmas is You by My Chemical Romance, submitted by Zee. It received 51 points, including one 10!

next we'll have ranks 7 through 4. in addition to coal in their stockings they get these really neat weird socks i found in the department store

[+] 7th Place

Mr. Heatmiser by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, submitted by burnitup! It received 73 points, including two 12s, one 10, and two 8s!

[+] 6th Place

Just Like Christmas by Low, submitted by mr krabs! It received 77 points, including one 12, two 10s, and one 8!

[+] 5th Place

Wrap Me Up by Jhené Aiko, submitted by Buko! It received 79 points, including two 12s, one 10, and one 8!

[+] 4th Place

Don't Shoot Me Santa by The Killers, submitted by Yugi! It received 80 points, including two 12s, one 10, and two 8s!

The top three songs right now are Last Christmas, We Three Kings, and Snow Dream.

In third place,

with 83 points,

one 12,

one 10,

and two 8s is

[+] 3rd Place

Snow Dream by Apple Jam, submitted by Jilly!

And finally, in second place,

with 84 points,

three 12s,

one 10,

and one 8 is

[+] 2nd Place

the whamageddoning, wrought onto us all by skraal!

This means our winner is

[+] 1st Place

me again im sorry

We Three Kings by Ella Fitzgerald received 96 points, including one 12, three 10s, and two 8s!

As winner of this songtest, I pass down hosting rights for the next songtest to Skraal. If he doesn't wish to host, he can pass down to hosting rights to 3rd place, who can pass it down to 4th place, and so on until we find a willing host.

Thank you all so much for participating, and as these holidays wind down and we usher in a new year, I wish nothing but the best for you all.

Here's the data for data nerds: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

Til next time!