“Hey, chingedy ching, hee-haw, hee-haw.” If you spend your holidays in New Jersey — or if you grew up in an Italian-American household just about anywhere — you already know the next line, for better or worse: “it’s Dominick The Donkey,” of course!

Some folks absolutely love the kitschy Christmas tune about Dominick, the well-tempered Italian Christmas donkey who helps Santa Claus traverse the hills of Italy, where his reindeer simply cannot climb. Others would rather hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” played for all eternity before they willingly listened to that godforsaken song once more (I may be in the latter category).