It's a Christmas novelty-song, it makes us laugh and it reminds us of the bad and the good that come with Christmastime. But if it get's you in a good mood, than you know bloody damn well it's done it's job! Merry Christmas, to one and all!
The music video really sells it that even though your family is nuts and gets on your nerves you still love them in the end because hey, they're your family.
I listen to this song every year and think about my family Christmas get togethers. My fathers parents split and both remarried, my mothers mother had thirteen sisters and six brothers. Her house looked like the Griswold house on steroids for the last two weeks of December. Sixteen bickering aunts and uncles, tons of kids screaming and shouting, a few pets that couldnt be left at home but damnwell cant stand each other. It was a madhouse and drove us all nuts but we did it because it was tradition. And I am here to tell you, remember these years. Remember when your third aunt burned the hell out of her casserole but everyone had to pretend to stomach it. Remember the youngest cousin accidentally falling and crushing someone elses gift taking presents to people. Remember your granddad going back fifty years to tell a half-remembered Christmas story of his childhood. They havent felt normal in the last several and I dont mean Covid, I have a lot less Aunts and Uncles and no grandfathers left. The kids are all grown and starting families and live too far away to attend. I know these may make you wanna pull your hair out now, but when everyones dead, gone or unavailable, you'll miss it. I miss it. I miss them.
Foughtwolf; Your post made me flashback to my childhood, where we would all gather at grandmas. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day because, we always did it that way. People came in shifts. It was so crowded you had to plan your movements. There was a kids table, and you knew you arrived when you got into the dinning room. Card table with all the booze on it. The kids trying to sneak a swig now and then. All fish on Eve, and pasta and roast beef on the day. Those were the best Christmas’ of my life. Most are gone. We really don’t appreciate those times fully until they are past. Thank you for your post.
Great sentiment. Every year as I get older I notice less and less people around at Christmas compared to my childhood. I'm only 28 but time creeps on all of us. The sooner you realise the better because you can appreciate the time more. Every Christmas I now set up a video camera in the main room and let it run for an hour or two so I can watch them in the twilight of my life. I have done this the past three years. It helps. Stay safe mate.
I'm sorry to hear ms. Keep the tradition going. My dad just died 9 days ago. He prayed at every meal for like 50 years. We have to live on and keep growing. I miss my dad. You can start your own path starting this Christmas.
@@grantmourning189 sORRY FOR YOUR DAD. mISS MINE TOO EVERY DAY HE DIED 17 YEARS AGO in the family you see here. We have different paths for Christmas for a very long time.like I said Aunt Cathy was the last of the link of the old Christmas. Same for you . Prayers for your lose
My cousin once gave his older cousin a glass of pee and said it was lemonade 😅 Family I miss em . Every year I come back and listen to this one since I moved half way across the country. So relatable in the past 😅
I don't have a family, never had one.. I have discovered dropkick murphys a few years ago and since then I love them and all of you, the real fans of theirs. I could only dream of a Christmas like this. I am listening to this song every time I feel the need to have a family and it doesn't matter if it's June, April or August. this song fills my heart with love and joy. love you all DM fans from all over the world! I hope we'll meet someday at a DM concert. peace and love and a merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones
I love this song because this was my dysfunctional family back in the 70's... Going to my grandmothers house was always like this around the holidays... You would have been more than welcomed there.. I really miss those times
@@ryanfinley3304 Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I would love to meet you and your family someday! Are you from Ireland or USA? Merry Christmas in advance!
This song is made for days when you'll rather have a genuine silent night than another sappy carol. But while Christmas is often far from perfect, I love this holiday. Season's Greetings all, and may we find health and happiness in 2022.
I heard this song for the first time a few years ago. It was Christmas morning and I was in my car in a Wawa parking lot and this came on the radio. I was going through a really dark time and felt like everything was lost and didn’t like anything anymore. I had to admit to myself that I liked this song. One of the tiny moments I’ll always remember that represent the very slow climb out of that funk I was in. It’s now one of my favorite Christmas songs! Thank you Dropkick Murphys! Merry Christmas everyone!
I am happy you're life is better now. I believe everyone has been through difficult times and maybe more than once. Hoping you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and more to come.
10 years down the road and this song still brings a tear to the eye to all the mischievous and mayhem causing loved ones we've lost in the interim. It's such a brutally, yet beautifully, honest acceptance of the many faults of those we love (and ourselves for that matter) Merry Christmas everyone.
Christmas Eve '24, Packing the presents for my dysfunctional family right now, let's get this Party started for loves sake. ❤😂 God bless us, everyone!❤
It`s so nice to see people come back to this song every year, hope 2021 gona be better. Merry Christmas everyone! Cheers from Norway. Edit: Well, here we are again, since 2021 didn`t go as planned, lets hope 2022 gonna be the year things turns around and gets better! Cheers, and Merry Christmas!🍻 Edit: 2023 anyone? lol Feels like I`ve jinxed it. So this year, i`m just gonna shut up and wishing all a Merry Christmas and hope you are allright where ever you are in the world! Cheers! 🍻
I've tested positive for covid on Christmas Eve so all my plans to meet up with my friends and family have been cancelled. but playing this song has made life easier for some reason. Thankyou from the bottom of my heart. Happy Christmas to you all
Christmas Eve 2021. I watch this clip every year. It never gets dated. I'd like to say I don't do Christmas carols, but to me, this is THE Christmas carol, and if you don't believe me, spend a Christmas Eve dinner at my sister in laws. The only things guaranteed are crap food, opinions, arguments and me vowing never to spend another freakin' moment in their presence... Happy Christmas. Let's go Murphys!
Every Xmas, and once for every family event where I'm forced to be polite out of respect to other members of the family. 🤙 Cheers you crazy bastards, Merry Fucking Xmas!
Every 23rd of December I paly this song on loop while Im packing my presents, smiling, cause the lyrics are 100% about my family. Im doing it now and Ill keep this tradition for ever :)
Growing up in an Irish family, there were always certain traditions at Christmas....always at least one fist fight, always a song that got all the men crying and always an inexhaustible supply of booze. Slainte Mhath, everyone.
@@jacksongatens2419 In our family, there were only two categories of booze.....too much and not enough and not enough was never an option. Many, many times I saw my old man and one other guy sit down with a 40oz bottle and the first thing they'd do is throw the lid in the garbage.
Listen this at Decembre the 24th, 2024. I'll never forget watching these wonderful bastards live at Deichbrand Festival 2022. Greetings from (Northern-)Germany. ❤️🎄💚😊
Its the 1st december 2022 and this song is played on repeat the whole day. It has been a tradition to me since it has been released. Every year I think of the years, I heard it ago. Every year I remember, what me and my family did those years. And every year I remember my childhood-christmas with a huge family of my parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. Now we're all grown up, have kids of our own, some relatives are gone... But man, I always loved christmas as a kid with mum, dad and my siblings on holy night and then on 25/26 with the the whole family at grandma's house... About 45 people in a small christmas wonderland, split into the kids table with sweets and the adult tables with cigarettes, beer, liquor and all that good stuff... Those were great times but now, our christmas traditions of my own little family are also wonderful... And i do my best to pass on this special feeling and this great music to the next generation. One day I tell my kids that there are plenty of awesome and wonderfull christmas songs, but this one here is the best of all, because it's the only realistic one - you HATE christmas with your big ass family but on the other hand it is the most epic thing that happens to you in the whole year. Enjoy it as long as you can. And for those, who read this long text: I wish you all the best and have a very merry christmas! Grettings from Germany!
I come to listen to this song every year in December Because I love the essence of this song about Family and enjoy it very much Though I am not Irish , Christian and from completely different cultures. Merry Christmas!
Every year. Dec 1 this gets played. To get into the mood. Send to friends. Reminder of my family is just like this. Every year. Miss my Irish old man. He was awesome
Sometimes we just don’t appreciate those times and things until they are gone forever except way back in the mind where they cause us to smile and laugh and be glad we had them once when videos like this cause them to surface.
This song speaks to many, myself included. Because the holidays just aren't complete without family fights, drunken shenanigans and songs comprising equal parts sorrow and mirth. Happy Holidays to everyone, and may the new year be a bountiful one for us all.
I love this video. It's like the director came in and said: we'll make this one look like you didn't hire a director at all. And it works so well! Awesome family feels
I did not grow up Irish Catholic (non-religious Italian, here), but when Christmas time comes around and the melancholy of family dysfunction comes creepin' up, this song somehow makes it more manageable. Thank you, Dropkick Murphys, and Happy Holidays! 🎄⭐️ ❤️ 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇺🇸
As a life-long Mass. resident, and having lived in Boston for a few years, I've met all the archetypes here, and I can say these folks certainly *look* authentic Boston Irish. The step-dancing girls are just adorable. Grandpa getting a hug and kiss at the end - they have to be family.
I grew up in an Irish-Canadian family, and while our Christmases weren't quite *this* wild, they were close. Lots of whiskey, singing, arguing, and laughter. This video brings back the best memories of my childhood. We were savages, but not bad as savages go :-)
My mother is Scottish born and bred. The other half of my family is German. And the Scottish Christmases were, and still are, far better than their German counterparts.
Nah, it's purposefully over the top. The songwriter bitches about his family like everyone does, but just look at the music video. It's clear the DKM's have a deep fondness and love for their families too.
The Pogues would have had a perfect career and "...Fall From Grace.." could have been a perfect album if that horrid little bit of crap had never seen the light of day.
Every year, I’m here…and this one’s the first without my parents. Put a new lump in my throat and tear in my eye. Love this song more now than ever - Thank you, boys…Merry Christmas to you all. 🤘🏻🍺
@@thecoarsegrindpodcast1645 Cheers my friend . I hope you day is well . I have had that lump in the throat for 20 years since Mum passed and Dad for the last 16 . Love and whatever feels like it is missing, finds its way to you in other ways over time . Power on 🙂🙏♥
For anyone reading this, if you’re facing challenges, please remember that it’s okay to not be okay. You don’t have to go through this alone. Keep believing in yourself 💖. You're doing better than you think, and you're going to get through this. Wishing you a Christmas full of warmth, laughter, and the love of family and friends. May the coming year be filled with new beginnings, success, and all the happiness you deserve. Merry Christmas and an amazing New Year! 🎄🎅🌟
Was recommended this after listening to Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses. I think this is another Christmas song I've heard when I was young and enjoyed for the music, but am only realizing now how hilarious the lyrics are. Glad to get another throwback.
That was so very sweet. You folks never cease to bring joy to us all through your music; I hope you and your families have all that joyed dumped back on you in heaps, this Christmas season! Be forever blessed!
As someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas, this is the only actual Christmas song I'll listen to. There's always room for Dropkick Murphys, even if I don't understand the holiday this is meant to celebrate.
Merry Christmas to all the Irish around the world love from Dublin. Stay safe and if this is all going on in the new year. Happy new year and happy paddy’s day hope you get home to see the family soon.
Especially the photograph of Jack Kennedy. It was usually accompanied by the current Pope. I remember when Pope John died, there was a three foot stack of 8 by 6 portraits of Pope Paul in the church atrium. At the end of Mass there was only a couple left. 🤓
A cop, a priest, a picture of Kennedy, and some sort of fighting are required. My little brothers were just like the kids in white polos. They used to loved to pee in the display toilets in Sears.
Joseph Felder I didn't know y'all are still deploying... it's been since the end of '08 since my last deployment. hope you're all well!!! they really need to keep you home!
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Christmas 2024. Never gets old.
Oi!
and may it never get old.... love this song and so does my fam
Dysfunctional family Christmas. Forget the families that have " PERFECT " Christmases.
@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq Timeless as always
@@GinoACosta It's RELATABLE ! My family doesn't get together for Christmas often, BUT it DOES resemble this more often than not !
No matter how many Christmas’s go by this gets me in a good mood
It's a Christmas novelty-song, it makes us laugh and it reminds us of the bad and the good that come with Christmastime. But if it get's you in a good mood, than you know bloody damn well it's done it's job! Merry Christmas, to one and all!
Same . I always feel blessed when I watch this video , because I ain't kin of none of them Or the nutty ones in Wales Dylan Thomas wrote about .🎅🎄😊
@@v.dargain1678 A reference to "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas, very good!
@@lordbarristertimsh8050 Thank you and Merry Christmas !! I hate Dylan Thomas stuff , but I love the CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES STORY .
The music video really sells it that even though your family is nuts and gets on your nerves you still love them in the end because hey, they're your family.
I listen to this song every year and think about my family Christmas get togethers. My fathers parents split and both remarried, my mothers mother had thirteen sisters and six brothers. Her house looked like the Griswold house on steroids for the last two weeks of December. Sixteen bickering aunts and uncles, tons of kids screaming and shouting, a few pets that couldnt be left at home but damnwell cant stand each other. It was a madhouse and drove us all nuts but we did it because it was tradition.
And I am here to tell you, remember these years. Remember when your third aunt burned the hell out of her casserole but everyone had to pretend to stomach it. Remember the youngest cousin accidentally falling and crushing someone elses gift taking presents to people. Remember your granddad going back fifty years to tell a half-remembered Christmas story of his childhood. They havent felt normal in the last several and I dont mean Covid, I have a lot less Aunts and Uncles and no grandfathers left. The kids are all grown and starting families and live too far away to attend. I know these may make you wanna pull your hair out now, but when everyones dead, gone or unavailable, you'll miss it.
I miss it. I miss them.
Great post!
Foughtwolf;
Your post made me flashback to my childhood, where we would all gather at grandmas. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day because, we always did it that way.
People came in shifts. It was so crowded you had to plan your movements.
There was a kids table, and you knew you arrived when you got into the dinning room.
Card table with all the booze on it.
The kids trying to sneak a swig now and then.
All fish on Eve, and pasta and roast beef on the day.
Those were the best Christmas’ of my life. Most are gone.
We really don’t appreciate those times fully until they are past.
Thank you for your post.
absolutely made my day!
You can write, dude!
Great sentiment. Every year as I get older I notice less and less people around at Christmas compared to my childhood. I'm only 28 but time creeps on all of us. The sooner you realise the better because you can appreciate the time more. Every Christmas I now set up a video camera in the main room and let it run for an hour or two so I can watch them in the twilight of my life. I have done this the past three years. It helps. Stay safe mate.
It's 2023 and still as good as when it came out
Facts
Truer words never spoken
It's real. Centered to our souls. Try harder and let the others laugh at you, but take it in love ... the season's upon, there's plenty of cheer
Yarggh!!!
Too true 🍀
My Aunt Cathy died... Almost the last link to this song of our Christmas of greatness. How I love this song and miss my Christmas's in the 70's in NJ
I'm sorry to hear ms. Keep the tradition going. My dad just died 9 days ago. He prayed at every meal for like 50 years. We have to live on and keep growing. I miss my dad. You can start your own path starting this Christmas.
@@grantmourning189 sORRY FOR YOUR DAD. mISS MINE TOO EVERY DAY HE DIED 17 YEARS AGO in the family you see here. We have different paths for Christmas for a very long time.like I said Aunt Cathy was the last of the link of the old Christmas. Same for you . Prayers for your lose
Love for aunt Cathy if you know you know!!!
The 1970s in Jersey were special. I grew up there in the 1950s-1970s and moved after college in 1975. Miss those days. But it's been good since.
My dearest condolences!!
Listening to this Dropkick Murphy song for Christmas in 2023. So, Merry Christmas to all. May God Bless you!
As an Irish Catholic, I get more emotional listening to this than I think its supposed to be.
Nah, man. You get just as emotional as you should.
😁
What part of Ireland are you from?
@kefir u ponoć Why the need to share your personal misery with the world?
As a non Irish catholic I still get emotional from this song
My cousin once gave his older cousin a glass of pee and said it was lemonade 😅 Family I miss em .
Every year I come back and listen to this one since I moved half way across the country. So relatable in the past 😅
Just discovered this song THIS MORNING, and now I can't stop playing it. 🎉❤️🔥
Merry Christmas, AvaMan182. I discovered this last year and still can't stop listening to it...
I just discovered it five minutes ago, and I have no idea how I stumbled upon it. I love it. Have a great holiday season!!! :)
@@mier37 It just keeps getting better year after year.
yep!
Sameeee they just played this in our kickboxing class and I ran to search it the moment I got back into the car 😂
I love this song... Merry Christmas 2024 from Czechia!
Love drinkin whiskey to this song during the holidays
Great song 2024. First time hearing it. Reminds me of my miserable Irish family.
I don't have a family, never had one.. I have discovered dropkick murphys a few years ago and since then I love them and all of you, the real fans of theirs. I could only dream of a Christmas like this. I am listening to this song every time I feel the need to have a family and it doesn't matter if it's June, April or August. this song fills my heart with love and joy. love you all DM fans from all over the world! I hope we'll meet someday at a DM concert. peace and love and a merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones
I love this song because this was my dysfunctional family back in the 70's... Going to my grandmothers house was always like this around the holidays... You would have been more than welcomed there.. I really miss those times
My disfuctional family welcomes you to spend Christmas with us. Btw, we a bit 🤏like this
We are an Irish family you are always welcome there's ALWAYS room for one more my friend
@@ryanfinley3304 Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I would love to meet you and your family someday! Are you from Ireland or USA? Merry Christmas in advance!
Staten island ny in the usa
This just became a favorite song🤩 thank-you for the laughs and smiles 😊😁
And I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO IT 🤗 &❤️
2:17 I love it how some Dads say they don't want a dog and they share these holidays with them the most.
Back again for another round, 1 less in the family than this time last year. RIP Mum ❤
This song is made for days when you'll rather have a genuine silent night than another sappy carol. But while Christmas is often far from perfect, I love this holiday. Season's Greetings all, and may we find health and happiness in 2022.
You aswell
🥂
May lights burn bright in these dark long nights. May all have peace and health, contentment in whatever way you celebrate.
Here here
Cheers
And '23 Jane, God bless.
Happy Holidays to you too, friend. Hopefully 2023 is a sight better.
I heard this song for the first time a few years ago. It was Christmas morning and I was in my car in a Wawa parking lot and this came on the radio. I was going through a really dark time and felt like everything was lost and didn’t like anything anymore. I had to admit to myself that I liked this song. One of the tiny moments I’ll always remember that represent the very slow climb out of that funk I was in. It’s now one of my favorite Christmas songs! Thank you Dropkick Murphys! Merry Christmas everyone!
I am happy you're life is better now.
I believe everyone has been through difficult times and maybe more than once.
Hoping you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and more to come.
@ thank you my friend ❤️ Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you too!
@dmahoney661
Keep Coming Back.
Just For Today.
Guessing you live in the Philly area - Wawa parking lot is a dead give away!
@@paulp5577
Me?
I'm in Virginia.
10 yrs later and still a favorite 🎄
This song brings back memories of my childhood Christmases in western Massachusetts. Big family, lots of friends, too. Miss those years 🥲
Christmas Eve 2024 New York and i am back again for the yearly Dropkick Christmas !! Merry Christmas y'all !! 🙂
10 years down the road and this song still brings a tear to the eye to all the mischievous and mayhem causing loved ones we've lost in the interim.
It's such a brutally, yet beautifully, honest acceptance of the many faults of those we love (and ourselves for that matter)
Merry Christmas everyone.
And when it’s all said and done, no matter how dysfunctional, it’s all about love of family and being together. Cheers to the Dropkick Murphys!
Christmas Eve '24, Packing the presents for my dysfunctional family right now, let's get this Party started for loves sake.
❤😂
God bless us, everyone!❤
It`s so nice to see people come back to this song every year, hope 2022 gonna be better. Merry Christmas everyone! Cheers from Romania, Transylvania.
Is that you,count😀?..merry christmas,from the pacific..
Merry Christmas from Wisconsin, USA!
Merry Christmas! And I can't wait to read the same thing next year!
Merry Christmas to all, 'tis the season to be jolly! From America to all the world, we love you!
Let's hope it's better. Merry Christmas from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. Cheers to Romania!
It`s so nice to see people come back to this song every year, hope 2021 gona be better. Merry Christmas everyone! Cheers from Norway.
Edit: Well, here we are again, since 2021 didn`t go as planned, lets hope 2022 gonna be the year things turns around and gets better! Cheers, and Merry Christmas!🍻
Edit: 2023 anyone? lol Feels like I`ve jinxed it. So this year, i`m just gonna shut up and wishing all a Merry Christmas and hope you are allright where ever you are in the world! Cheers! 🍻
Cheers from Hungary!
Happy Christmas from United States. Cheers to a better New Year!
Cheers my friend
Cheers from Bavaria
And from DUBLIN!! 😎😎 Stay safe all!
Every Christmas time, this is the first song that needs to be played.
As a public school teacher, I put this song on the projector during every passing period.
Yes by god yes
This followed by The Kinks Father Christmas!!
@@ethanmcilveen ¹!¹¹!
Along with Fairytale of New York
I come back here every year for Christmas, absolutely love this song
I've tested positive for covid on Christmas Eve so all my plans to meet up with my friends and family have been cancelled. but playing this song has made life easier for some reason. Thankyou from the bottom of my heart. Happy Christmas to you all
Feel better
I can see why you would be here after having that happen to you.
At least you got an excuse to be all alone on Xmas Eve....some like me, just don't got anybody....
@@jis87BE Sorry about that.
Feel better soon!
Christmas Eve 2021. I watch this clip every year. It never gets dated. I'd like to say I don't do Christmas carols, but to me, this is THE Christmas carol, and if you don't believe me, spend a Christmas Eve dinner at my sister in laws. The only things guaranteed are crap food, opinions, arguments and me vowing never to spend another freakin' moment in their presence...
Happy Christmas. Let's go Murphys!
Love it. Merry x mas
There's such a weird wholesomeness wrapped around all the dysfunctionality of it all, you know?
Same here!
Every Xmas, and once for every family event where I'm forced to be polite out of respect to other members of the family. 🤙 Cheers you crazy bastards, Merry Fucking Xmas!
merry christMAZ, YOU FILTHY ANIMAL.
Every 23rd of December I paly this song on loop while Im packing my presents, smiling, cause the lyrics are 100% about my family. Im doing it now and Ill keep this tradition for ever :)
DO IT AGAIN
This is the most accurate Christmas song ever written. I love my family, but this sums it up perfectly.
Merry Christmas to the legends still jamming this in 2023! ❄️ ⛄️ 🎄
And to you. 🎅
2024❤
Only "Christmas song" I can stand listening to in months other than December. Great song for dysfunctional families!
try xm@s by corey taylor, you may not like his typical stuff but that song is a fantastic piece of work
You've never listened to Trans Siberian Orchestra then. Nobody rocks Christmas harder.
What about August burns red carol of the bells, or dance of the sugar plum fairies
Haha so true
This is the only Christmas song I can listen to.
Growing up in an Irish family, there were always certain traditions at Christmas....always at least one fist fight, always a song that got all the men crying and always an inexhaustible supply of booze. Slainte Mhath, everyone.
Don’t forget the end where everyone makes up and wakes up 🤣
If ya don’t fight with your family on Christmas or during the holidays something is really wrong
Your profile pic is so angry!
Yeah it’s always because someone decides they should go buy a crazy amount of alcohol before showing up
@@jacksongatens2419 In our family, there were only two categories of booze.....too much and not enough and not enough was never an option. Many, many times I saw my old man and one other guy sit down with a 40oz bottle and the first thing they'd do is throw the lid in the garbage.
Listen this at Decembre the 24th, 2024. I'll never forget watching these wonderful bastards live at Deichbrand Festival 2022. Greetings from (Northern-)Germany.
❤️🎄💚😊
So beautiful ❤Merry Christmas Ireland 🇮🇪 with love from Scotland 🏴❤ xxx
Merry Christmas from Long Island New York !! Cheers .
Merry Christmas 2023
Happy Thanksgiving 2024
And Merry Christmas 2024 :)
Its the 1st december 2022 and this song is played on repeat the whole day. It has been a tradition to me since it has been released.
Every year I think of the years, I heard it ago.
Every year I remember, what me and my family did those years.
And every year I remember my childhood-christmas with a huge family of my parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.
Now we're all grown up, have kids of our own, some relatives are gone...
But man, I always loved christmas as a kid with mum, dad and my siblings on holy night and then on 25/26 with the the whole family at grandma's house... About 45 people in a small christmas wonderland, split into the kids table with sweets and the adult tables with cigarettes, beer, liquor and all that good stuff...
Those were great times but now, our christmas traditions of my own little family are also wonderful... And i do my best to pass on this special feeling and this great music to the next generation. One day I tell my kids that there are plenty of awesome and wonderfull christmas songs, but this one here is the best of all, because it's the only realistic one - you HATE christmas with your big ass family but on the other hand it is the most epic thing that happens to you in the whole year. Enjoy it as long as you can.
And for those, who read this long text:
I wish you all the best and have a very merry christmas!
Grettings from Germany!
🎄 merry christmas from france ... 🎅
Merry Christmas from Norway!
Merry Christmas from Scotland 🏴....🥶🤶🌲
Merry Christmas and happy days!
The older the song gets the more I love this song because we all have that family that's all messed up but we love them and care about them.
I come to listen to this song every year in December Because I love the essence of this song about Family and enjoy it very much Though I am not Irish , Christian and from completely different cultures. Merry Christmas!
“I’d like to take them out back and deck more than the halls”
Pure Genius!
Every year. Dec 1 this gets played. To get into the mood. Send to friends. Reminder of my family is just like this. Every year. Miss my Irish old man. He was awesome
My uncle died this year he loved anything that had to do with drinking. He would have loved this song thank you dropkick murphys for making me smile.
The top of the Christmas playlist every year. Absolute masterpiece
best christmas song
always makes me smile, i love my massive, bostonian, irish catholic family :)
Especially during the obligatory Phamily Phight
You're not Irish, fuck off plastic paddy
@@jaygriffin5710 Awe --- cuuuute lol lol lol yeah you would love my phamily!!
This is truly timeless! Should I live another 50 years, this'll still be my holiday anthem! 😁
Sometimes we just don’t appreciate those times and things until they are gone forever except way back in the mind where they cause us to smile and laugh and be glad we had them once when videos like this cause them to surface.
How can you not like Irish folk songs no matter where you're roots are. Amusing, real and comical. I love this song. How true!
1:44 The look on Casey's face when a priest comes to his house lol. Priceless! Love this, I need this for my Christmas playlist lol.
No other carols needed, thanks for a great 2024 Dropkick!
This song speaks to many, myself included. Because the holidays just aren't complete without family fights, drunken shenanigans and songs comprising equal parts sorrow and mirth. Happy Holidays to everyone, and may the new year be a bountiful one for us all.
2024 Christmas Eve and loving this beautiful tune again
I love this video. It's like the director came in and said: we'll make this one look like you didn't hire a director at all. And it works so well! Awesome family feels
Merry Christmas - Saskatoon, SK, Canada - 2024
A traditional Christmas song in this family.
I did not grow up Irish Catholic (non-religious Italian, here), but when Christmas time comes around and the melancholy of family dysfunction comes creepin' up, this song somehow makes it more manageable.
Thank you, Dropkick Murphys, and Happy Holidays!
🎄⭐️ ❤️ 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇺🇸
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Still my favourite Christmas song. I've listened to it every Christmas Day since 2013
Ah, a fellow coinsure of culture.
@@bruisedhelmet8819 At least it's semi - sorta - kinda realistic, no families that look like they fell out of a Hallmark greeting card.
I will be listening to this song every day during December.
Can’t believe it’s been 12 years! Still great like day 1! Merry Christmas 2024!
Nothing kicks off the season like this song
Holy hell this was absolutely perfect.
As a life-long Mass. resident, and having lived in Boston for a few years, I've met all the archetypes here, and I can say these folks certainly *look* authentic Boston Irish.
The step-dancing girls are just adorable. Grandpa getting a hug and kiss at the end - they have to be family.
+Dave Stone Dude...I think I know some of these nut cases! lol
They are from Forbes Dance Academy in Quincy, Mass
Im from ireland and Bostonians are more irish that us haha
Dave Stone they're pretty damn straight up Irish.
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No they aren't. Ireland is the most Irish place there is.
I share this on Facebook every year this song is timeless 👌
Already listened to this song 50 000 times and its still the best Christmas song ever.
I grew up in an Irish-Canadian family, and while our Christmases weren't quite *this* wild, they were close. Lots of whiskey, singing, arguing, and laughter.
This video brings back the best memories of my childhood. We were savages, but not bad as savages go :-)
My mother is Scottish born and bred. The other half of my family is German.
And the Scottish Christmases were, and still are, far better than their German counterparts.
@@markusalcudia Must be wonderful when she's screaming at you for something you don't even know what --- priceless!
@@GinoACosta ... and in an Irish family, when Mom screams, you bloody *listen* even if she's got grey hair, and you're 2 feet taller than her :-D
same here brother
Wesołych Świąt! Szczęść Boże!
This deserves its own full length movie ❤😂❤
I love listening to this every year, right up there with Robert Earl Keen's Christmas song. Merry Christmas to you all, may God's light shine on you.
Best Christmas song ever! Merry Christmas everyone in 2021! I'll be playing this every Christmas till I'm in the dirt.
The most brutally honest Christmas carol in human history.
My family's worse than this
Joseph Hunter you should see mine
Fourth year running I'm checking in here. Love seeing the new comments. This is a good one, Stephen.
Nah, it's purposefully over the top. The songwriter bitches about his family like everyone does, but just look at the music video. It's clear the DKM's have a deep fondness and love for their families too.
i prefer this over the weird silence
N I'm back again 8 years later.. have a great Xmas guys. Wishing whoever reads this long lives happiness n prosperity...cheers from thevuk...GAV.
Every year I come back to this and a Fairytale of New York they are my go to songs 🎸🎸🎶🎶💚☘️💚.
Back again 2023 🤣🤣
The Pogues would have had a perfect career and "...Fall From Grace.." could have been a perfect album if that horrid little bit of crap had never seen the light of day.
Beautiful. Having that many people over your house this year will get you in trouble. Merry Christmas and here is to a much better 2021
Merry Christmas!
Fröhliche Weihnachten from germany.
And to you too
Thank you noel to you seasons greetings
well...
This has to be the greatest Christmas song ever written.
True except for X-M@$ by Corey Taylor
It's brilliant, bit still holding Fairytale of New York's beer.
nope merry christmas i dont want to fight tonight by ramones is better
PboyB2010 is right
Every year, I’m here…and this one’s the first without my parents. Put a new lump in my throat and tear in my eye. Love this song more now than ever - Thank you, boys…Merry Christmas to you all. 🤘🏻🍺
I'm so sorry! I lost my dad a couple days before Christmas. I hope you find some happiness in other ways
Merry Christmas mate .
@@kassandramcpherson2839 Plenty of happy to be had, no worries - But thank you for the kindness ❤️
@@MERCURYSUNSET Thank ya kindly, friend ❤️
@@thecoarsegrindpodcast1645 Cheers my friend . I hope you day is well . I have had that lump in the throat for 20 years since Mum passed and Dad for the last 16 . Love and whatever feels like it is missing, finds its way to you in other ways over time . Power on 🙂🙏♥
Just stumbled on this. One of the greatest and accurate depictions of Irish-American life I've ever seen. Keepin it real so to speak.
It’s this time all. Time to share this great song and video. Raises a beer to all! And we all know it’s not too early for this masterpiece!! 🍻🍻🍻🍻
I play this for my hip hop loving family every year... I love their faces
It works well in 2024 as well! LOoks like a hell of a lot of fun making this video. Happy Christmas
God be Blessin' the Dropkick Murphys!!! Christmas to Ya'll!!!
I've never needed this Christmas song more
Greatest secular Christmas song ever composed. Should get major airplay every season.
Its no Fairytale in New York
For anyone reading this, if you’re facing challenges, please remember that it’s okay to not be okay. You don’t have to go through this alone. Keep believing in yourself 💖. You're doing better than you think, and you're going to get through this. Wishing you a Christmas full of warmth, laughter, and the love of family and friends. May the coming year be filled with new beginnings, success, and all the happiness you deserve. Merry Christmas and an amazing New Year! 🎄🎅🌟
Was recommended this after listening to Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses. I think this is another Christmas song I've heard when I was young and enjoyed for the music, but am only realizing now how hilarious the lyrics are. Glad to get another throwback.
My father just showed me this on Christmas Eve. Living close to Boston I can say this is accurate. Go Red Sox
That was so very sweet. You folks never cease to bring joy to us all through your music; I hope you and your families have all that joyed dumped back on you in heaps, this Christmas season! Be forever blessed!
As someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas, this is the only actual Christmas song I'll listen to. There's always room for Dropkick Murphys, even if I don't understand the holiday this is meant to celebrate.
I can't get enough of this song. The whole group is having fun. I will always begin Christmas Day with this song. Thanks y'all!
No Christmas playlist is complete without this tune
Only seeing this for the first time just now, f$^*!n brilliant. 'Nollaig shona diabh' from Ireland
It sucks to me that they don't play non-traditional X-mas music on the radio. So many ppl would LOVE this.
@@amberryder7951 I've forwarded the link to multiple contacts to help generate some badly needed Christmas Cheer.
Nollaig Chridheil from your northern brothers!
Still my favorite Christmas song year after year.
Merry Christmas to all the Irish around the world love from Dublin. Stay safe and if this is all going on in the new year. Happy new year and happy paddy’s day hope you get home to see the family soon.
It's November, 10th, and I'm looking forward to binge-watch this untill Christmas🤩
Just hearing this for the first time, I love it! 😄
I was brought up Catholic on the South Shore. This is more true of my childhood Christmas than I would wish to admit. God, I miss'em. 😅
Especially the photograph of Jack Kennedy. It was usually accompanied by the current Pope. I remember when Pope John died, there was a three foot stack of 8 by 6 portraits of Pope Paul in the church atrium. At the end of Mass there was only a couple left. 🤓
A new Christmas classic.
I definitely wasn’t in the Christmas spirit this year until I heard this great song just now. Definitely my favourite Christmas song! ❤️❤️❤️
Mine too with "fairy tales of NY" by the pogues. Merry Christmas !!!
Same with me.
I’m in an Irish Catholic family. Can’t see anything you missed describing it.
Damn Straight!
oh my god you were switched at birth.
A cop, a priest, a picture of Kennedy, and some sort of fighting are required. My little brothers were just like the kids in white polos. They used to loved to pee in the display toilets in Sears.
A True Paddy’s household
@@unndunn1 all trinkets of a Boston Irish Household! It’s a but different in Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Tampa but not that different!
Remember when I'd hug you in front of others as a 6'4" grown man no matter where we were dad? I'm glad I did, because I can't anymore.
Love you boys from the 923rd logistics unit 2 deployments and you got us through it all
Joseph Felder I didn't know y'all are still deploying... it's been since the end of '08 since my last deployment. hope you're all well!!! they really need to keep you home!
615 ASB 1cd forge the edge!
Bless you boys!
Thank you for your service, ladies and gents!