A lot of the Christmas music I have is pretty sombre. I realized that a few years back when I was sifting through the songs I wanted to put on the annual CD I knock off for the family, and realized there wasn't much there to really get the blood pumping.
The best exception to the rule is this: Louis Prima's terrific Shake Hands with Santa Claus, which is fun, saucy, sly and celebratory, all at once ... not to mention about the lengths that people will go to, just to make someone happy at Christmas.
This is the fourth entry in a musical kind of advent calendar I'm putting together, through Christmas Eve. Check in daily for a new item on a Christmas album or song that's really worth listening to.
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