Month: December 2024

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Eight million billion may be too many children for Santa. “The Grinch’s Dream” by The Yev is happy fantasy from The Mean One about Christmas interruptus.

Noelle Rose has pretty mundane dreams: trees, snow, fa la la la. Is her dull pop “Christmas Dream” an illusion, or a Target commercial?

The “Christmas Dream” of the Tartan Lads is of home. The heath, the heather, the weather… ’tis Scotland! Jesus is name-dropped as well.

What is he dreaming? asks the Christmas Choir with Murgatroyd & Burrell. Well, in “Teddie’s Christmas Wishes” the stuffy wants a… friend! New age kidsong.

Isaac Nightingale (Вадим Капустин)’s “Christmas Dream,” on the other hand, is pictures in his mind. This jazz lounge journey has a bit more suspense.

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“Christmas Dream Come True” is the easy listening directive from Jonathan Antoine. Or it’s holiday Mad Libs. Either way gets here.

Metal answers with TEMPERANCE’s “Lost In The Christmas Dream.” It’s got snow, rain, and feelings. And over-enunciated declaratives. Help me find an exit.

Carroll Roberson shares “My Christmas Dream” in clinical detail. Or, overgeneralized abstractions. Jesus will be stopping by….

“My Christmas Dream” is you, as far as Jordan & Michelle wanna holler about. Piano pop with extraordinarily high notes sung.

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SFG Music presents their “Christmas Dream” as high altitude spirituality. Smells like AI pop.

The hoedown version of this pablum would be Mike Manuel’s “Christmas Dream.” Family, Jesus, and love. Put a bow on that dream.

The Christmas Jug Band have a dream about being There, i mean–you know: THERE! The MANGER! Great honky tonk for “Rockin’ the Nativity Scene.”

Tiffany(SNSD) has her own “Christmas Dream.” but it’s underage prurience. We can dance until we die. Go, dream, go.

Mark and James holler (rap?) about “The Girl of My Dreams” to Santa. Pretty shallow dreaming, bruh.

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“christmas dream” by Christina perri is a recipe for gluttony, sloth, and love. Treacly pop. But you know you want it.

“The Christmas Dream” is James Chapeskie (with Nicole Beer, Maryna Kluban, and Carolina Engering)’s escape valve against the cruel world. Notes of prog rock and Celtic, but this is New Age aspiration.

A dramatic re-singing of Quirnius’s prophecy of the birth of the Savior is handled deftly by the talented Roger Whittaker in “The Governor’s Dream.” Hymnistic showtune of swelling altitudes.

CG5’s “Christmas Dreams” are a bigger ticket, at least a big band bash of a number. It’s still love.

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 Three Ninjas & His Weird Old Tricks flips the script for an upcountry hillbilly country fest: “The Birth Of Our Savior (Is The Death Of My Dream).” Says what it means, means what it says.

Backed by smoking accordions, Perry Como gets nostalgic for his “Christmas Dream.” He gives this easy listening dirge a run for its money with rap pacing. Yee haw.

Not to be outdone, Neil Diamond offers a “Christmas Dream” about a blind man showing him The Way. (To Jesus, duh.) Pop as only Neil can.

Linda Belcher (John Roberts) reveals her “Christmas Dream” in Bob’s Burgers. Now this showtune dream can actually SAVE the holidays for hardworking lower middle class strugglers.

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Catherine Pittman tries for the olde-timey operetta in “A Mother’s Christmas Dream.” Too loud to be a lullaby, too boring to be a dream.

Enya New Ages “Dreams are More Precious” to put you in an hallucinatory mood. What day is this?

“A Christmas Sort of Dream” from We Know, Plato! explores the minutiae of the holidays with retro pop fancifulness. Some fun.

When you’re all I want for Christmas, then you’re my “Christmas Dream.” Thus reasons Ivan Tolbert (feat. Tyler Stone, Ashton Cash, August Royal & D. Ella Flowers) with finger popping R+B. You don’t have to be asleep for this dream, but you might wanna sleep WITH her.

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Time for electronic metal, kids! “I’m Dreaming of a Murdered Christ… mas (2023 Remastered Version)” is Sakura Pups chasing rainbows and petting kitties (kidding!).

Tony Trinidad has “A Christmas I Dream Of.” It’s pretty standard fare, i wouldn’t call in Freud or anything. A vocal coach might help this become the rap it wants to be.

Don’t let your “Dreams” be Memes warns Foster Gray and the JJ’s. Garage plinking wanders around the topic, so not as Christmassy as it could be.

When you’re not on the scene Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene can only “Dream of Christmas Day” with an awesome bossa nova backbeat. Is that ALL you can do?

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I probably shouldn’t include the indulgent “Dreaming of K-Mart,” a Paco Moreno archived recording that, well, puts me in the holiday mood. Just dreamin’ it.

Incomprehensible switches holidays for us when “I’m Dreaming of a Black Friday.” Slightly above average parody.

Julien Baker ootsies up the mood with “A Dreamer’s Holiday.” It’s a jazz band vacation from the holidays!

Darryl Gregory has his holiday priorities set when he’s “Dreaming of a Snow Day.” Slack key country, so goofy fun.

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Harpsichord noodling adds class to the middle of the road pop “Dreaming Dreams of Christmas” by The Taylors. Strong vocals, muzzy imagery.

Less graciously, Fightmilk makes merry/jittery pop for “I’m Dreaming of a Christmas (Where You Just Explode).” Bad gifts, bad karma.

“I’m Dreaming of an Out Christmas” from Hannah Jackson is less about wishing and hoping and more about dreading and delaying. Appropriately redneck country.

“A Dream of Peace at Christmastime” is Christopher Cross and soft rock bellyaching about all you ill at heart sort. Kumbaya, ‘kay?

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Stream​☾​atcher’s “dreaming tonight” is a DJ mashup of new age fulsomeness. Fluffy, but odd.

In the dark was the child in the dream in the head was the dream… or something. “Dream Child (A Christmas Dream)” is Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s take on a soothing drug trip. Prog rock, natch.

“Must Be Dreaming” by Penthouse Sweets sums up the whole year as a dream. But this one’s not as awful as my own year. So. Yay. Pop with a rock beat.

“Hawaiian Dreaming” is a comedy bit from Balderdash and Humbug about how great a vacation would be about now. Basic parody. A couple cute rhymes, though.