Stuart Celarier

It's coming... the dreaded Little Drummer Boy, arguably the most insipid Christmas carol that ever was.

The Little Drummer Boy Challenge (#LDBChallenge #LDBC) provides comfort and joy to those avoiding this loathsome tune. Starting at midnight after Thanksgiving, you are still in if you have not heard the song of Bongo Boi Crashes The Nativity until Christmas Eve.

Official rules are here:
https://littledrummerboychallenge.com/

On Mastodon, I think we report on our status using the #LDBC hashtag.

Little Drummer Boy Challenge

Puh-rum-pum-pum-pum, people.

Little Drummer Boy Challenge
Nov 24, 2024 at 1:04amWeb
Show threadDeRochierNov 24, 2024
@VisualStuart 😂
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtNov 24, 2024
@VisualStuart
I actually like this song. My great frustration with it is that I have heard multiple rock bands cover it and NONE of them has put a kick-ass drum solo at the point where both the structure and the lyrics of the song CLEARLY STATE THAT A KICKASS DRUM SOLO GOES.
Show threadAN/CRM-114Nov 24, 2024
@VisualStuart the Bing Crosby / David Bowie version shouldn’t count. Bowie hated that song and didn’t actually sing it in the duet
Show threadStuart CelarierNov 24, 2024
@flyingsaceur It definitely counts, read the rules.
Show threadTisTreeNov 24, 2024
@VisualStuart
OK. I’m in. I was caught off guard last year at the train depot downtown.
They won’t get me this year!
#LDBC
Show threadMemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Nov 24, 2024

@VisualStuart

They tried to get Ray Charles 🕶 to do it on a Christmas 🎄 TV Special 📺

He said, "I can't see that happening! Just send me on back to Arkansas!" 🎹 🎶

Not a favorite Christmas song at all!

Show threadAndrew Hewus FreshNov 24, 2024
@VisualStuart ahh, @BugZ and I lost the https://ldbgame.net/rules/ on Thursday, for the first time in many years. Lost it good though, at least two different versions played while out to PDX BSD Pizza Night. I didn't realize the #LDBC was a different thing. Explains why I remembered it starting after Thanksgiving.
Rules

The rules of this game are simple: Avoid hearing the song “The Little Drummer Boy” (LDB) from dawn on November 1 through dawn on December 26. The bonus round is from dawn on December 26…

LDB Game
Show threadStuart CelarierNov 24, 2024
@AFresh1 @BugZ Yeah, you can't lose if it hasn't started yet.
Show threadBrad RosenheimNov 25, 2024
@VisualStuart Um, pah rum pum pum. I love The Little Drummer Boy. 🤣