TreeMendous Holiday Fun: May I Axe You to Dance?

You’ve cleared the room to fit in the tree, so how ’bout a turn across the floor?

“Will You Dance With Me Around the Christmas Tree?” ask The Wiggles (through a tin can apparently). Country for kids. Gotta be the dinosaur.

Singin’ Steve elevates the kidsong to gospel chorale with “Waltz With Me ‘Round the Christmas Tree.” His footwork seems proselytizing, you ask me. (One, two, three, fir….)

Cowboys have been two-stepping around the Christmas tree since Pecos Bill was born, and ive already featured Boggus and Murphy bluegrassing this hit. Let’s give Riders in the Sky a dance in a cave with “Two Step ‘Round the Christmas Tree.”

Remix it up with the electronic dance music of Santa House synthing “You Make Me Wanna Dance (Around the Christmas Tree).” For the kids.

Less about dancing than romancing, Alex Pangman sings “Truckin’ Around the Christmas Tree” while teaching some finger waggling jitterbug. Boogie woogie blue grass.

Now you thought i’d have to include some Brenda Lee here… but let’s go more annoying with The Fabulous Gabriel smothering his efforts in tambourine and electric keyboard. “Let’s Rock Under the Christmas Tree Tonight” wants to be that original song no one else thought of. Barf.

If you wanted to boogie within infringement law to the old ‘Rockin” classic, let’s try “The New Old Way to Rock Around the Christmas Tree.” Crescendo supplies the a cappella to uplift your soul, if not your shoes.

I’m getting out of the mood, so i’ll listen to “The Tree That Couldn’t Rock” by Manos Wild. But that rockabilly sax is changing my tune and now–that’s better….

One doo-wop wonders, The Episodes, shake it to “Christmas Tree,” a 1962 Four Seasons Records 45 single.

Todrick (Toddy Rock Star) Hall (with Chester Lockhart) try their new viral sensation “Splits on Christmas Trees.” See if you catch the fever and strain your hammies in your jammies for mes amis.

Tremendous Holiday Fun: How Hardwood It be to Have a Party?

It took over a month to get the whole thing going. Now it’s time to celebrate the fronds out of it.

Perhaps the official song to kick off the official Christmas party with the official Christmas symbol is “Yah Dis Ist Ein Christmas Tree” from Mel Blanc a la 1953. He did it all in the studio in one take, gang. Unlike our friends in the video from a Catholic school who do have fun.

Smoove operator Clay Crosse gentles your jazz “When I See a Christmas Tree” because he feels the spirit of Christmas infuse his mellow self. Now he is complete.

French punksters Shut Up!Twist Again! may not be relaxing when they pump up the volume for “White Russians Under the Christmas Tree.” They are, however, working hard as hell to dull the horrors of living.

“Christmas Tree Wassail” is a short medieval rond for the Colorado Children’s Chorale to celebrate getting away with that tree.

I’m all over the party music from Ocobar. “Love from a Christmas Tree” is one of those oddities that doesn’t have much story/theme, but uses the tree as an excuse to ragtime the house. Woohoo!

Tremendous Holiday Fun: Tree Time Activities

Don’t just sit there, do something around the tree!

Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra paint us an orchestral chorale “All Around the Christmas Tree.” It’s a family jamboree of appreciation!

Loeksband can’t help “Singing by the Christmas Tree.” He names as many of the carols as he can fit in to his bluegrass pop. But, it worry about his back up bears. They don’t look so good.

Allie Jo Thomas got some sharp country charm in her kid songs. “Gonna Run Around the Christmas Tree” may have one YeeHaw! too many, but it’s quite the celebratory way to wear out the little rascals so they’ll sleep.

“Wrap Me ‘Round the Christmas Tree Tonight” asks The Bossy Fairy in the grade school musical. Patricia Lee takes the childish blues home with her need to shimmy.

Wrapping now, Nadine Bryant phrases the idea of what’s important through jump blues with “Wrap Happy All Around Your Christmas Tree.” What color bow ‘top your bliss, miss?

Watch Out for Rockets took on the trend of the “Upside Down Christmas Tree” to celebrate just how shiny fun the state of mind is no matter how you tilt it. Just when you thought you had that tree just right… Garage lite if you please.

TreeMendous Holiday Fun: Fruits of Your Labors

Step back, take a look… it’s your Christmas Tree! There it is! Yea!

What do i mean by simply feting the tall, green thing? Listen to The Harry Simeone Chorale singing “Christmas Tree.” A bit south pacifican, but all soulful about that beautiful tree!

Open it up, and there you are. Experimental doowop from M G Whit in the form (?) of “We Got a Christmas Tree.” This head-scratcher celebrates love, god, and everyone with modulated gospel.

What–are we just sitting here! Yes, we are! Just waiting a-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-round the “Christmas Tree,” as piped by Eliane Chappuis. Surreal pop.

Doug Carman tinkles those jazz ivories in mesmerizing rhapsody for “Christmas Tree.” The summation of holiday joy through tree-gazing is part experimental Beatles, part Allman Brothers.

Kerr Donnelly Band feel their way through “Star, Snow, & Christmas Trees.” It’s trembling country running in place about how delightful the whole scene is. Hearing it… not feeling it….

Gentle folk ballad show stopper time. Arlon Bennett leans into family values with “The Christmas Tree on Salem Street.” All the traditional symbology is marched through in a sweet way.

TreeMendous Holiday fun: Costar

Runner up for tree topper is the Star in the East, the sign of the Messiah, Mr. Big Light!

Jim Weatherly runs us up the tree dressing all the way to “The Star at the Top of the Tree” with dime-store country synthesizing. It’s magical, and made by Dad… just like Jesus was.

Michael Warner’s corrido “A Star on Top of the Christmas Tree” explains how easy a cheat sheet the tree is: story of Christ… starts with… the star on high!

Breathy jazz from Anja Wintermantel in the amorphous “Star on the Christmas Tree.” The star is the love, the tree is your relationship… but, fear not, the Spanish guitar will lead us to Jesus.

Michael J Handley takes us another jazz route to regret that last night you tried to be the “Star on the Tree.” Lounge comedy with highballs.

Novelty don’t just mean you ain’t heard it before (well, for me, mostly it does). But don’t forget the Way Out There musical offerings. RuPaul embodies the pushed envelope, so here’s herself with “You’re the Star (On My Christmas Tree).” It’s a love song, natch, but in the spirit of queer tit.

TreeMendous Holiday Fun: Love Tree Angels

Hey, look everybody! I found one last corner not covered over with stuff on the Christmas tree–The top!

Pretty symbolic. Should be some nadir kinda thing up there.

(And bee-teedubs, that angel might be a metaphor, not actual ornamentation.)

Kenny Chesney country jams “The Angel at the Top of My Tree,” but it’s about his squeeze. She’s not just a heavenly being, see. She’s the acme of the holiday season. She’s pretty good.

Faron Young is a little slicker with his yodeling crooner “You’re the Angel on My Christmas Tree.” Silver tongued devil!

The Christmas Rockers (yeah, generic as their name) woof out “The Angel Underneath My Christmas Tree.” That, for class!

More amateurish, but with feeling, Glenn Diamond seeks out peace on this day from an “Angel on My Christmas Tree.” It might be an actual angel here. Country with electronic bells!

“(Sweet Angie) The Christmas Tree Angel” is a full tale of another unappreciated Santa-helper. This big band twinkler has short shrift from Fran Allison , grrl sweetness from The Spitfire Sisters, adorability from Las Campanitas, but heavenly harmony from The Andrew Sisters.

Earth Mama wants to sing about decorations, but “The Angel Tree” is folk with a lesson (what else is new?): give love!

Michelle Schmitt uses “Angels in Trees” as a brief bit of imagery to kick off her list of loving memories. Jazz folk along.

Just to keep you off balance, let’s hear from the little girls who wish to be “The Fairy on the Christmas Tree.” Henry Hall and The Three Sisters apply a [music hall] different religious aspect to decorate from 1936. (I believe they had Jesus back then, but, well–)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX2kbXpKGcU

TreeMendous Holiday Fun: Tinsel Get You Five

What century is this? Do people still use tinsel? Even if great-gramma ISN’T coming over?!

That image problem is addressed in “Tinsel” by Tom Prin, a piano lounge investigation into the value of this archaic argent addition to your tree.

Vince Newbold harangues “Glitz and Tinsel” as empty of meaning with Jesus, like jazz pop.

Train mentions “Tinsel and Lights” in the grand Christmas skyline of pop jazz love in the city. But, there you are, it’s a given in the large scheme of things.

“Give the Tree a Little Tinsel” is foreplay for Taylor Marchand. This jazz trysting is family appropriate.

Also simple background “Tinsel and Wishes” from Skye Zentz in her back den, the world is fragments of images and Christmas seems like a dear mess. Let’s clean it up.

But SHeDAISY borrows the Hollywood nom de guerre “Tinsel Town” to make some pretty alt pop describing their own locale decorated just right for the holidays. Call it momrock.

Bra’ Mike enlarges the scope for his kiddie show tune “Tinsel World.” Move in or move on.

Kids123 also play it to the toddlers with “The Christmas Tree Song.” It starts with tinsel….

There’s nothing more that The Hipwaders like than “Tinsel and Lights.” Alt rock playfulness.

Jeff Woods (The Singing Santa) posits in “The Tinsel Song” that anything can be decorated with this byproduct. This is appropriately archaic metal rock.

TreeMendous Holiday Fun: Decorating BLUE Spruce ALERT

We get so excited trimming the tree that we remember trim means something naughty….

Gentle jazz launches John Brown into the mood to “Decorate Your Christmas Tree.” With naughty lines like ‘make love to you’… you have to wonder what he wants with a tree.

Twiztid hollas to all the Juggalos and Juggalettes “Decorate Your Christmas Tree.” The tree here is female pubic hair. The decoration is the male sex act. You got it? BLUE BLUE and more BLUE

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings sing a song of soul. “Big Bulbs” is all about the party, baby.

Also ’50s, Jimmy Butler jelly rolls the blues with “Trim Your Tree.” Is this music as much fun a s sex? Someone tell Mojo Nixon who just drunkenfies this tune.

Treemendous Holiday Fun: BLUE Balsa Wood

Christmas balls dangle from the branches like… reproductive organs?! Someone likes this pun.

Funky Butt Brass Band descend into the mood with the raise-the-roof jazz of “Shiny Christmas Balls.” Don’t make them blue, baby.

Surprisingly upbeat reggae rock features John Mahameed & Nard cutting loose with “Christmas Balls.” Why you gotta?

Damage Control Comedy search for the key with “Your Christmas Balls” double entendre-ing the pun with showtune jazz. Take ’em out… where you wanna put ’em… Kay?

A regular Xmas tradition from the Johnboy & Billy Morning show, Nonge Shipman simply strums the folk ballad “Christmas Balls.” You’ve heard it.

From the risqué ’60s Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards “Hang Your Balls on the Christmas Tree” lets us know what we were missing, in terms of smirk.

No one else has balls like Ben Light and His Surf Club Boys. His “Christmas Balls” from the party records of the ’30s was the first… and the best (at innuendo).

Treemendous Holiday Fun: Peppermints Or Namints

Songs that are entitled “Ornaments of Christmas” aren’t trying very hard. Thusly Anna Gossett Johnson and Adrian Park walk around this jingly mess.

Likewise Paige Stroman’s folk “Ornaments.” Vague filler for her album. Memories for our hearts, gang.

“Each Ornament Has a Story” shuffles out of the off-Broadway ‘Fancy Nancy Splenidferous Christmas’ just a klutzily. Talky and pedantic.

The attempt at significance doesn’t help Bill Pere’s musical number “Ornament” from his musical ‘Christmas on the Poor Side of Town.’ Pass the yawn.

Odd and affecting, Jianda Monique sings “You’re Such a Lovely Ornament” as if she’s talking about something else. Atonal, but not quite dada.

Verne Wickham plods along with his “Ornaments” mistaking sentimentality for dreariness.

I am Abomination cuts through the crap with the prog metal “Ornaments are for Hanging.” Take that, attic full of memories!