“I’m Dreaming of a California Christmas” from Lakes is not simple parody, but surf/garage whining of Golden proportions.
Hearkening back to the Pandemic, Skinner & Twitch are “Dreaming of a Safer Christmas.” Family get-togethers are so-o-o-o germy, according to this bluesy pop. So, just don’t.
The dreaming may be whiter on the other side of the border, so Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch (Woman on Fire) warbles “I’m Dreaming of a Christmas in Saskatchewan” with folk fury. Things get rough.
Internal Darkness infects and inspires in “I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas“–a musical parody of screeching and dying. That’s a kind of dream, the nightmare kind.