Everyone enjoys the holidays at ACME

Here's another guest programmer with her favorite Christmas jingles (once again, I had to gently press her for two days to get her to give me this list.)

Remember, it's the holidays (there are no bad choices, especially if the guest programmer lives in my house. There also seems to be some duplications between some of the guest programmers)


The Man with The Bag    Kay Starr -



Hal Stanley was Kay Starr's husband at the time. He had an interest in a club in South-Central Los Angeles where Dudley Brooks often performed, and had collaborated with Irving Taylor on several television projects. He brought the two together, took credit as a co-writer, and published it under his and Starr's publishing company, StarStan.


Christmas Tree Farm    Taylor Swift -



This isn't Taylor's first Christmas release. In 2007, she released a holiday EP, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection, which featured the original songs Christmases When You Were Mine and Christmas Must Be Something More.


Mistletoe   Justin Bieber -



The origin of the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe is obscure. The most likely explanation is that either the custom stemmed from the association of the plant in Dark Ages Europe with Freya, the Nordic goddess of love and beauty, or it could have come from the ancient belief that mistletoe symbolises fertility.


Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!    Dean Martin -



This was written by the lyricist Sammy Cahn and the Broadway songwriter Jule Styne in 1945. Although this song is associated with Christmas, there is no mention of the holiday in the lyrics. It's about making the most of a snowy day by spending it with a loved one by the fire.


Mele Kalikimaka    Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters -



The Hawaiian-themed Christmas song was written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song title translates into English as "Merry Christmas." Honolulu, Hawaii-born Anderson (1894-1995) was a successful businessman who turned his love of songwriting into a very successful second career. This was one of a number of popular Hawaiian songs that he composed within the Hapa haole genre.


Once again, I'm going to play a perennial favorite bonus track (in our house, anyway) - the inspired mash-up of Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You and My Chemical Romance's Welcome To The Black Parade.



The girls made me question my parenting skills after requesting again the mash-up of Mariah Carey and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP. Once you hear it, you can not unhear it - But you sick puppies, I'm not going to play it here.



So instead, this year, we'll end this session with the SpongeBob/ Mariah Carey mashup. 

Happy Holiday Bunkies!

Demand Euphoria!