X Files-mas: Gnomes

Gnomes may be a newer invention from the Renaissance. Little guys, ya get me? But not dwarves, and not elves. Handy critters, as the word gnomic applies to cleverness. They appear in Narnia, Middle Earth, and Harry Potter. And–of course–in your garden!

Snow Gnomes” compares them to dwarves and fairies, but as crooned New Age style by Keziah Katerina they are so cute! And they give a shout out to Jesus.

The Gnomes’ Christmas Night” by Tinsel Tunes makes kid song about these shy things appearing at midnight. Not sure why, just to party apparently.

Brent Burns wonders if Santa isn’t really a “Christmas Gnome.” His critical folk singing is pretty persuasive. By song’s end he throws in the towel.

Also amateur, Melanie Maxwell takes on ‘Fairytale of New York’ for her “Christmas Gnome Song.” Nicely played.

Picnic Day’s “Gringle the Christmas Gnome” is a Russian-sounding dirge replete with scoffs and despair alike.

The Christmas Gnome” as sung by Mr. Scoops (confusingly, also the name of that gnome) will sneak and decorate your home. –Or make shoes? Then he gets into the booze. Not good.

Status Ferret makes a hero out of “Gerard the Christmas Gnome.” No evidence of his courage, but the plodding/bouncy pop sways me.