So much of the Christmas season, for me, is all about the music. I have no problems with you if you want to start your Christmas celebrations a little early. After Halloween seems excessive. After Thanksgiving is fair game. Then let’s bring on the real Christmas songs and the fake ones, too. I don’t discriminate. From Dec 16-31, it’s all Christmas music playing on Mental Jukebox.

When new wave took it to Christmas with jangly piano treble keys, bells and an unjoyous Christmas stoy. But the best part of “Christmas Wrapping” is the blaring sax and Tracy Wormworth’s killer base line which mimics the chaotic, frenzied pace of the holidays. It’s the story of Christmas gone wrong… at first. But then there’s redemption with a last-minute hunt for cranberry sauce. It feels all too familiar. With that, The Waitresses have helped capture the holiday spirit yet again. Happens every single year.

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