There’s no escaping Christmas music. It’s been everywhere for the past month. But these albums are truly coal-worthy. They just shouldn’t exist. Luckily, Bear Facts has some favorites that you can enjoy by scanning our gift to you!

Snoop Dogg presents Christmas in the Dogg House

Snoop Dogg probably forgot what Christmas is supposed to sound like. He released an album that includes swearing, rapping, and questioning Jesus’ birth. It sounds exactly like you think it would: awful.

It’s almost comically horrible. It’s not just Snoop though, because every song includes some random rapper who doesn’t enhance any of the songs. All the songs sound the same, a mix of Christmas bells, R&B, and random autotune, which makes no sense since their voices sound robotic as it is.

At least Snoop tried to branch out.  0 out of 5 stars.

Cheers, It’s Christmas

Country Christmas isn’t too cringe-worthy. Sure, it sounds nothing like the Christmas songs we’re used to and the guitar arrangements are weird, but at least it’s something new.

Blake Shelton tried encompassing the spirit of Christmas through the classics, like “Let It Snow” and “White Christmas,” which sound incredibly different in a country arrangement. Slowing them down and putting more emphasis on the guitar, the songs really don’t showcase anything special.

“[They] feel forced. Shelton isn’t adding anything to ‘Winter Wonderland’ or ‘The Christmas Song,’ Billy Dukes wrote in his article for tasteofcountry.com.

There were some originals on there too, like “Oklahoma Christmas” featuring Reba and “Santa’s Got a Choo Choo Train,” which are just country songs about Santa that don’t differ too much from the rest of the album.

This album really is for country fans. There’s no escaping the country sound, from the multiple collaborations with country artists to the country arrangements of the songs. Although not horrible, this Christmas album is an acquired taste.  3 out of 5 stars.

Christmas Kisses

Mariah Carey is the only artist allowed to fill her Christmas album with songs about love, but it looks like Ariana Grande didn’t get the message. Yes, Christmas is about loving the people around you, but songs about falling in love probably shouldn’t be on a Christmas album.

Love songs aren’t the only way Grande is channeling Carey on this album; Grande covered Carey’s one Christmas song that sounds nothing like a Christmas song “Santa Baby”. However, Grande’s cover made the song even worse, especially since whatever she was trying to do with her voice sounded like she was running out of air.

She also covered “Last Christmas,” which isn’t anything special, and wrote “Snow In California” which was a slow song that didn’t create anything memorable. She could have done so much better, especially with her voice and musical talent.

“The instrumentation is classic R&B with some Christmas-y elements thrown in (a.k.a. jingle bells). Though it works completely as a pop song, much like ‘Last Christmas’ and ‘Love Is Everything,’ it only slightly reflects the holiday season,” Carolyn Menyes wrote in her article for musictimes.com. 1 out of 5 stars.