The selection of Donde Esta Santa Claus? is unique to this Advent Calendar, because, save a single exception of just one recording, it is one the most annoying songs ever recorded. That single exception, however, is exceptional — and enough to secure it a spot on our Holiday playlist. Continue reading “Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 17: Donde Esta Santa Claus?”
Today’s selection is Chrissie Hynde’s 2000 Miles, which I love beyond words, and is the only song from the holiday canon that I allow myself to listen to year round. And that’s OK, I tell myself, because it wasn’t meant to be a Christmas song when Hynde was writing it. She only discovered once she had finished that it was one. Continue reading “Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 16: 2000 Miles”
[Note: As will become immediately apparent, a slightly different version of this article was originally published in 2013 in The League of Ordinary Gentlemen.] Continue reading “Sarah Palin, Clement Clarke Moore, and the Villainous Hordes of Thuggish Carolers: The Story of the Real War on Christmas”
True story: When I first heard David Mead’s The Smile of Rachael Ray, I was sure I recognized its “plot” from a short fiction piece by Raymond Carver. Continue reading “Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 13: The Smile of Rachael Ray”
So, we probably need to have a conversation about Baby It’s Cold Outside. Continue reading “Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 11: Baby It’s Cold Outside”
R. Tod Kelly 