Christmas Countdown: 26 BLUE ALERT

The numbers are beginning to match the date (twelve/twenty-five), so this number-naming songs will make much of that. But we’ll start earlier: I’ve been waiting by my window Since November 26th, begins the elegiac “I Don’t Need Snow This Christmas.” King has fun with irony in this pop stumbler.

The Oak Ridge Boys would like to reach around the world and give away days like Santa (??!?). There’s October 29, and that Saturday in May–but, for our purposes: To that little girl who’s hungry I’d give November 26th, Leftover turkey with the family. These “Ordinary Days” remind us of the Xmas spirit, and so does the watered-down country for their magnificent barbershop quartetting.

Drink a 26er on the 25th! chortles Carolyn Mark in “The Christmas Song.” A fine pop drinking song that needs to be shouted by those who know who they are.

Curiously romantic rap about hoes, Rosroc’s “Tha Wish List” insists on being good, wanting the loved girl, and I wish I could cop a Dodge Ram and throw some 26 inch rims and a lift kit on that bitch. BLUE ALERT, ho!

The prettiest BLUE ALERT i’ve ever posted (yeah i’m a sucker for violins) , Altarviolet’s “This Christmas Can Eat a Dick” is not a hater, but a sympathizer for the lost, the put-upon, and the miserable. Still, bully for you who like it: Merry Christmas to the ones who cannot wait till the clock strikes 26. Alt-folk.