Burnout time for Xmas. Without labeling the young people and their made up generations, we can agree these are the bad new days and freshly minted adults don’t adhere to traditions like old folks did when before. Who cares about any old crap like Christmas, anyways? So, let’s explore the disaffected (like Holden Caulfield did 75 years ago) for the holidays–in no particular order ‘cuz who cares? [To the wary: many of these are love notes, as in let’s ditch the best day of the year and just be together; while others are Xmas without you by my side is barfy.]
Some frosty characters stay cool because they’re hangin by a thread and they’re using all their muscle to maintain an even strain. Vis. John Prine and his Xmas edition of “Everything is Cool“. He got dumped at Christmas, but don’t worry. He’s chatty folk cool with it.
Having no EFFS left to give, Mon Men BLUE ALERT garage up “Christmastime is for Sinners“. Passive aggressive can still sound aggressive.
Barenaked Ladies need to return to glumly acknowledge their disappointment with the pop “Green Christmas“. Anyway.
The Non Traditionals vote to throw “Plastic Trees” on the fire, climate change be damned. Now i know it’s in their name, but try a little more conventionality to go with your indie pop. Please.
Bob Rivers delivers the comedy with “The ‘What’s It to Ya’ Chorus“. Divine parody that chorally requests you mind your own beeswax.