Some of these again-Christmas bits i don’t mind hearing again.
Don Ho’s best Dean Martin impression is “It’s Christmas Time Again.” Super smarmy lounge long-notes. Ah-may-zing.
“Christmas Time is Here Again” by 1968 soul sister group The Flirtations is as much psychedelia as it is pop R+B. Groovy gravy.
Ringo Starr enlarges a piece of comedy from an old Beatles Christmas fan bonus disc in “Christmas Time is Here Again.” The repetition pays off for me in this pop music rock. Personal messages fill the ever-lasting outro (that’s oh-you-tee-are-oh). (For a more odd update, cf. Zen Fuse Box.)