The tree is traditionally displayed in Trafalgar Square, where it becomes a focal point for the city’s holiday celebrations, drawing people from around the world to admire its beauty and reflect on the shared history it represents. The tree lighting ceremony, which occurs this evening in London, will snarl traffic throughout the Trafalgar Square area. I encourage our English bunkies to avoid the area at all cost.
Either watch it on your tellys or grab your cricket bats and brave the night.
Back on our side of the pond, once again Boston's mayor Michelle Wu will preside of Boston’s signature holiday celebration, the 83rd annual Boston Common Tree Lighting. Here is a video of last year's tree lighting - if you've seen one tree lighting, you've seen them all.
(I urgently warn our Boston bunkies to avoid the area like the plague. Or at least break out their hockey sticks to wade through the crowds.)
Mayor Wu will be joined by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, marking the 53rd year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the people of Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December 6, 1917, explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor.
Within 24 hours of the disaster, a train loaded with supplies and emergency personnel was making its way from Boston to Nova Scotia.
Our second theme today - Really Bad Christmas songs.
As per usual, I have been warned by the CDC that I should avoid posting Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. It would be considered risky given your mental state.
This late-Seventies novelty song is undoubtedly one of the darkest in the carol canon, featuring gory lyrics detailing the “hoof prints on her forehead” and “incriminatin’ Claus marks on her back.” Duly noted.
Rock and Roll Santa Jan Terri –
Please don't get me wrong - this is bad. Really bad. Spectacularly bad. And yet, Ms. Terri is very well known as an 'Outsider Rock and Roll' performer and there are people posting on the web that this is one of their favorite holiday songs. Though it was originally released in the 1990s, it has garnered attention over the years due to its memorable nature and Jan's status as a cult figure in the indie music world.
Christmas Cookies RuPaul -
There are certain words you never want to hear in a holiday song: "Finger-licking," "back door," "piping hot," "loving oven," and "Dutch oven." Because nothing says Christmas like a fart joke.
Spin Me a Christmas Aqua –
First Barbie Girl in 1997 then 12 years later this. It's just a Scandinavian nightmare.
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot Vera Lynn –
Nobody would remember Vera, if this was a more well known song. So forget it.
Spin Me a Christmas Aqua –
First Barbie Girl in 1997 then 12 years later this. It's just a Scandinavian nightmare. And another thing: We're all familiar with Supermarionation, AquaScope is no Supermarionation!
Don't Shoot Me Santa The Killers -
Another holiday song that no one asked for - a murderous boy pleading with Santa to not shoot him. But they, there are folks who love this one. As with The Killers other holiday singles, the proceeds from Don't Shoot Me Santa went to a charity, continuing The Killers' tradition of releasing Christmas songs to raise money for good causes.
We’ll end with our perennial favorite –
What list of cheesy holiday songs would be complete without this wretched dreck concerning a filthy child’s odd foot fetish (especially since it centers around his dying mother) – always an uplifting tune.
But I will give Patton Oswald the final word on the subject.
Demand Euphoria!
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