I, Scanner Emily, am a fan of the classic
Christmas carol. I still get chills every time I sing "O Holy Night"
and save for "Grandma Got Runover by a Reindeer" am not so into the
contemporary comedic Christmastime song; if I have to listen to
anything written in the last 100 years, I much prefer something like Christmas in Hollis.
So last week when the bass player in my band handed me a CD called
"Charlie's Christmas Compilation" I was a little worried. He asked me a
few times if I'd listened to it when I hadn't. I felt bad and was
curious to hear what was on it, so I broke down and put it on. I heard
a few songs I knew including Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas from
the Family" (another one I can't help but love because it rings so damn
true), and a few I didn't, including what is now my favorite bad
contemporary Christmas song, "Santa Lost a Ho" by the Christmas Jug
Band.
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