On Holiday Songs

There is a lot of holiday music I would not care one bit if I never heard it again. But for some reason The Little Drummer Boy is actively annoying to me. I may not care for all the other schmaltzy and overwrought pieces that are played or sung around the holidays, but they don't rise to the level of being actively unpleasant (unless they are hip hop, I hate hip hop regardless of holiday song or not). Perhaps it is the sentimentality of the piece, yet I love White Christmas one of the most overplayed and too sentimental of holiday songs. Perhaps it is the religiosity, though I actually like even more religious songs that are more traditional like Oh Come, Oh Come Emanuel. Or perhaps there is no accounting for taste.