I'll toss in my Top 10 list as well..
My top 10 reasons for hating Christmas gigs..
10. Having to play "Driving home for Christmas" not really knowing the tune that well, 10 times in an evening.
9. Cleaning norwegian christmas food off my suit
8. Eating your standard norwegian christmas dinner for the 70th time, cause musicians only get "Todays special"
7. Walking in pools of womit
6. Cleaning lutefisk(nasty norwegian fish dish) out of your microphone
5. Giging with 500lbs of equipment when it's -4 degrees Farenheit outside.
4. Getting felt up while playing by drunken women (somtimes men too..)
3. Drunken maniacs stealing my microphone and singing "Delilah" while I'm playing "Wonderful Tonight"
2. People requesting christmas salms...
1. Well it's good pay playing the christmas season, but you don't get to see your family or open gifts until January 3rd...
Doc-Z