Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Santa Claus Meets the Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley
When you have a big novelty hit the logical next step is to follow up with a Christmas-themed version of the original song.
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Yellin’ at the Xmas Tree” by Billy Idol
Sometimes Christmas has to rock and this song does.
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Mystic Snowman” by Lez Zeppelin
The acclaimed all-woman Zep tribute band puts Frosty the Snowman in place of the May Queen and the lady who's sure all that glitters is gold.
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Christmas Rhapsody” by Pledge Drive
Parodies are easy to do but hard to do well, and when you take a song as well loved as Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” you’ve set the bar high for yourself.
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Santa, Teach Me To Dance” by Debbie and the Darnels
Santa has a side hustle teaching the latest dance crazes to the young people of the early 60s? Who knew?
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “I Think You Might Like It” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
So none of you told me that the stars of "Grease" got back together in 2012 to make a Christmas record?
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Chanukah Song” by Neil Diamond
It's Neil Diamond going full-on Neil Diamond, and the band is rocking, and he signs off with "Happy Chanukah, y'all!"
Another 25 Days Of Holiday Songs: “Merry Christmas Santa Claus” by Max Headroom
In which the favorite deliberately smarmy av-av-av-avatar of the 80s belts out his holiday tune for MTV.
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Deck The Halls/War Pigs” by Aaron Gage
How did these two songs not end up together already?
Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Must Be Santa” by Bob Dylan
This video is wild: a party gets increasingly out of hand until a dude runs full-bore through a glass window, while Bob Dylan hangs out with Kris Kringle himself.