Sunday, December 21, 2025

ACME hopes you had eight days of light and love.

A final reason Hanukkah feels better than Christmas -

You do not have to pretend happiness with your family - Cheer is optional.

You've probably run out of gifts at this point, wrap your family's fresh laundry as the gift that shows you've done the laundry. At this point, look up a local oil recycler - it will do better for everyone as a biofuel.

And here, I promise, is the last set of videos celebrating Hanukkah -

Hanukkah With Veronica Monica -




Chanukah in Santa Monica   GMCLA -




ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to finish out Dave Grohl's Hanukkah offering with his final song of his set



It should be mandatory that we listen to Uncle Lou during the Hanukkah season.


In The Market For A Miracle   A Christmas Story -



Kids, this is the essential 11 o'clock number.


Can I Interest You In Hannukah? Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert -



Can you believe they were ever that young?


SNL Celebrates Hanukkah -



Hey, somebody has to clean up all of that wax on the break front. And somebody's got to call the guys who pick up used cooking oil for bio-fuel.


ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like to share with you another of their annual salute to the holidays via Rock and Roll (well, some Rock and Roll).


Run Rudolph Run  Chuck Berry



The song holds the record for the longest amount of time between a song hitting the charts and then breaking into the Top 10. When it was released in December 1958, it went to #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2019, it re-entered the chart at #45, and in January 2021 - 62 years and two weeks after its chart debut - it reached its peak at #10.


Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call  Bleachers



I only just heard this song yesterday. And no I'm not crying, that's just dust in my eyes


Sock It to Me Santa   Bob Seger



I defy you not to get up and dance around the house.


Getting Ready For Christmas Day  Paul Simon



The song is built around a sample recorded in 1941 of the last sermon by pre-war American Christian preacher and gospel singer, Reverend J.M. Gates.


Pretty Paper  Roy Orbison



This song was written by Willie Nelson, who at the time was a successful songwriter but relatively unknown performer. It's a Christmas song where the singer goes about preparing for the holiday, but notices an unfortunate homeless person who can't afford the luxuries of the season. Unsure how to handle this, the singer decides he is just too busy and carries on with his preparations. The "Pretty Paper" serves as a metaphor for how we often cover up our problems or choose not to notice them


Here's a holiday song I'm guessing you haven't heard - Carol of the Bells, featuring Stephen Colbert and Henry Rollins:



The internet meme Ding! Fries Are Done is the anthem of a Burger King worker named Billy set to the tune of Carol of the Bells. It originated in 1993 on the mysterious singer's cassette album A Very Spastic Christmas and gained attention the following year on the Dr. Demento radio show. In 2006, Peter Griffin covered the song on the Family Guy episode Deep Throats. Despite the cartoon's popularity, interest in the song waned not long after the episode aired.


And, of course, Santa Claus Is Comin To Town  Bruce Springsteen



Bruce Springsteen released the song as the B-Side to My Hometown in 1985 ( he had been playing it in concert for years,) and it quickly became a holiday staple. Strangely, many people consider it one of the worst Christmas songs.


Before you go - a rather rude song from a rather elderly British gentleman:



Oh Mr. Idle, what are we going to do with you?





Demand Euphoria!

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