I'm normally the first to get teary-eyed at sentimental things, but the song "Christmas Shoes" smacked of manipulation.Painted a picture of a little boy, dirty from "head to toe", who goes into a store to buy some shoes for his "mama" who is going to die anytime soon, but he doesn't have enough money so the guy behind him feels compelled to buy the shoes for him.It wasn't poignant, even though it tried to be, even having the child sing the final chorus didn't do it for me.With all the beautiful, real, Christmas music there is, why oh why does the radio have to play this song 3 times a day?