Next we go all in on Holiday Rockabilly with the Rockabilly Rebel himself Brian Setzer and his Orchestra with their take on “The Nutcracker Suite” (https://youtu.be/VYIMb4ePoCc?si=6v6utTP61bEEBK3s) For more Brian Setzer Holiday fun check out one of his (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kR93xjXknZnVsg5VxkDPvEXAv38jwSnsQ&si=WZmPgCSH1nZXNRLd) many (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvtwDWFm9TEDK-cqGTbGfHDCbinwhP7ww&si=0WIHFs5E9KeFw1KG) holiday albums (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTj91y7SX-6GHvX7j5_VsBXRPm_xFz1Uw&si=16FIvuKpGvNaSrpd)
#RetroView #BrianSetzerOrchestra #HappyHolidays

Reverend Horton Heat with “Donuts in the Snow” (https://youtu.be/yHoVV7uWXws?si=FnUXpoKbI5B_07DU) isn’t on their 2005 Holiday album “We Three King” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nfdpbrBFkdJ7zP0NgSwnf6M22pGrKI7Wc&si=Ljeo7hQHYQCtMMpI) but it’s a still a good time.
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It’s illegal to celebrate the holidays without listening to the “Snowmiser/Heatmiser” cover by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (https://youtu.be/rMjAf8Nwohs?si=BXU7SEKLEEZAThGg) You can hear more fun holiday music by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on their 2013 (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mym_W3HqG-V5xQCTe0BcDvgCQVjZRR92Y&si=nRaX7WL-fFNhBG1k) and 2004 (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nlz2cx6l__fVvaAXfin3YNnj1nOXjm_mU&si=qPOGE69NcLfAECB3) holiday albums
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And we complete the trifecta of 90s Swing Revivalists with “Hot Christmas” by The Squirrel Nut Zippers (https://youtu.be/jnEc4VxOILg?si=DbaGENytLDGBbxWh) from 1998’s “Christmas Caravan” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kiHjiP35vgHBK6D-XSNtGRakFyxhsyjRI&si=-P_dgvB7nrfGC2iF)
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The King himself, Elvis Presley, with the classic “Here Comes Santa Claus” (https://youtu.be/BO_g0BgWiLI?si=sO2wQxL-H28Rk_U6) You can hear more Elvis Holiday tunes here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l9bYXbU7V0aDhLBUGkQ3hKVjrF9LsT5-0&si=iMquZpfQ9c1rhgft)
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Here’s Louisiana Rock & Roll icons The Uniques with “Rock ‘n Rudolph” (https://youtu.be/VYZJZvaZLrc?si=2TMZByuY6sC_q1pz). They were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010
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Let’s boogie down with a reggae version of “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” (https://youtu.be/5dxckFc3uC0?si=qjmu8cPKL57ZQRkc) by an unknown artist. I made this playlist months ago and still could not find who this is but it’s fun so I kept it on here
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Let’s get into some Surf-y vibes with Indigenous Hawaiian musicians Kimié Miner and Paula Fuga’s “Christmas Lū'au” (https://youtu.be/9FY_oASal5M?si=nKWi83xy4rs6F44e). Be sure to check out Kimié Miner’s YouTube Channel (https://youtube.com/@playkimie?si=82BY6s2sKhHaNe24) for her really cool Holiday concerts
#RetroView #KimieMiner #PaulaFuga #HappyHolidays #Hawaii

#RetroView favorites The Surfragettes with their instrumental cover of “Jingle Bells” (https://youtu.be/jd9f5o5nfnY?si=t1KVmDK9oaWmWubI). You can check out their “Double Feature” EP from this September here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nrfEzj3BBhCYtTKsR8mdX3UWVzQFFCUvU&si=GV_VCV241CXsT-No)
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This next one is a patchwork duet of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper (https://youtu.be/P4iB6eW21ko?si=cx3YLyoEMd5ioDTz) released on the 1992 edition of “A Very Special Christmas 2” benefiting the Special Olympics (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQAlORi8_DkEyo4CWLiXNxBAGNdCpf4dY&si=8oSAcJIjmoxuMvHY). It features Lauper’s vocals recorded in the 90s mixed with Sinatra’s original vocals from 1947
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You can hear more Holiday music from Cyndi Lauper on her 1998 Holiday album “Merry Christmas… Have a Nice Life” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlq7Qg7QtlOFE06wwY5epdpNbq8WGvfzM&si=hTR41X27tt1oKJUY)
#RetroView #CyndiLauper #HappyHolidays

Obviously, we can’t forget to wish all of our Jewish friends a #HappyHanukkah so here’s the #SNL TV Funhouse classic “Christmastime for the Jews” (https://youtu.be/BGzO1ghRKp4?si=dKyURxVnjGi8hgqN) You can read the oral history behind this here (https://uproxx.com/tv/christmastime-for-the-jews-oral-history/)
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The Holidays is a time for family so here’s the 2012 incarnation of The Pointer Sisters with a cover of “Silent Night” (https://youtu.be/YYGKvW_i_ao?si=x0VWLz5YypEEp8V5) from their 2012 Metropole Orkest at ‘MAX proms’ concert
#RetroView #ThePointerSisters #HappyHolidays