It is that time of year again. Grab the nog, sport the Santa hats and reindeer antlers, trim the tree and join the Xmess party.
Listen Up! is getting into the holiday spirit with the annual collection of offbeat, cool and zany seasonal musical treats as well as to occasional solemn nod to the season.
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Playlist (Artist -Title)
The Tail Draggers – Let’s Talk About Claus
The Fleshtones – Hooray For Santa Claus
Flat Duo Jets – Christmas Time (Hey We’re Gonna Rock)
Jimmy Butler – Trim Your Tree
Linda Cassidy – Is Santa Claus A Hippy
Homer & Jethro – Santa Claus (The Original Hippie)
Buzz Zeemer – Psychedelic Santa
Apples In Stereo – Holiday Mood
The Residents – Fire (Santa Dog)
Lord Nelson – A Party For Santa Claus (Trinidad & Tobago)
Lou Monte with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra & Chorus – Italian Jingle Bells
Pala Brothers Orchestra – Sausage and Sauerkraut
Jack Scott – There’s Trouble Brewing
Honey & The Bees – Jing Jing A Ling
Joe Jack Talcum – Santa, Take Me Off Your List
Mojo Nixon – Sleigh Ride
Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings – Ain’t No Chimney In The Ghetto
National Lampoon – Down The Dial To Kung Fu Christmas
Ernestine Schumann-Heink – Silent Night Stille Nacht
The Both – You’re A Gift
Graham Parker – Christmas Is For Mugs
The Minus 5 – Yule Tide Me Over
The Dollyrots – Because I’m Santa
The Sterilles – Mrs. Claus Has Menopause
Glam Chops – Countdown To Christmas
The Schizophonics – Christmas Casbah Party
Television City – The Night Johnny Thunders Saved Christmas
Clyde Lasley – Santa Came Home Drunk
Everly Brothers – Christmas Eve Can Kill You
The Handsome Family – So Much Wine
Butterbeans & Sue – Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus
Kay Martin & Her Body Guards – Santa’s Doing The Horizontal Twist
The Bellrays – Poor Old Rudolph
NRBQ – Christmas Wish
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