Grinches and Bad Santas

Not everyone can be as cheerful as good ol' Saint Nick on Christmas ... there's plenty of Scrooges out there to put a little "humbug" into your holidays, as a surprisingly abundant number of lists out there have pointed out recently:

• The Top Ten Christmas TV Villains: Heat Miser and Snow Miser make the cut, as do BurgerMeister MeisterBurger, the Bumble (he bounces, you know) and, courtesy of A Charlie Brown Christmas, commercialism.
• 12 Movie Characters Not To Invite to Your Holiday Party: The title says it all, and one couldn't agree more then to pass up the company of the rotten-toothed Scut Farkus, the snowman rapist named Jack Frost and the title character from Santa's Slay, who, in the opening sequence of the movie, proves that "he’s quite adept at demolishing a room full of D-listers" (hey, James Caan, wasn't Elf bad enough?).
• Top 10 Christmas Villains: Lists not just one "bad Santa", but four of 'em, including Billy Bob Thornton and the Grinch.
• Top 10 Least Loved Rankin and Bass Characters: OK, these aren't exactly scary bad guys here, but you gotta admit it: Ethel Merman as a flying, show tune-belting cowgirl is pretty frightening.

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