A Very Special SOTC Christmas

The Five Best Viral Christmas Songs of 2012

By Chaz Kangas Mon., Dec. 24 2012 at 3:00 AM
Categories: A Very Special SOTC Christmas

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Mariah Carey and Jimmy Fallon
If you evaluate your holiday season by the number of Christmas video clips you find on the Internet, then you would be hard-pressed to not consider winter 2012 among the best ever! From unexpected renditions of timeless classics to original tunes that are sure to become standards, there was no shortage of Christmas jams to unwrap beneath the tree this year. It is with tidings of great joy that we bring you the Top 5 Viral Christmas Songs of 2012!

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A Very Special SOTC Christmas

The Best of South Park's Christmas Songs

By Chaz Kangas Tue., Dec. 18 2012 at 3:00 AM
Categories: A Very Special SOTC Christmas

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Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
Fifteen years ago today, Comedy Central's hit South Park first aired its iconic "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo" episode. Along with introducing the notion of "Christmas poo" into seasonal holiday conversations, it offered the first major glimpse of co-creator Trey Parker's song-writing capabilities. While he would go on to sweep the Tony Awards years later with The Book of Mormon, South Park's holiday specials gave Parker his first highly-seen platform to share his musical talents. To mark such a milestone, we're taking a look back at South Park's most memorable Christmas musical moments.

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A Very Special SOTC Christmas

The Five Best Christmas Songs You've Never Heard

By Chaz Kangas Wed., Dec. 12 2012 at 3:00 AM
Categories: A Very Special SOTC Christmas

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Sufjan Stevens
If there's two things you'll find no shortage of every holiday season, it's Christmas music and complaints about Christmas music. Whether overheard on the radio while the family cooks Christmas dinner in the kitchen, or providing the soundtrack to some frantic last-minute mall madness, the seasonal standards tend to bring out the best and worst in us every December.This year, instead of subjecting you to the same looped Mariah Carey/Wings/public domain "O Tannenbaum" playlist, we've assembled some of our favorite lesser-known Yuletide jams. These unheralded angels are sure to delight and get your sugarplum fairies dancing. Here are the five best Christmas songs you've never heard.

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A Very Special SOTC Christmas

Princess Superstar's "Xmas Swagger" Will Jingle Your Bells

By Maura Johnston Mon., Dec. 19 2011 at 7:30 AM
Categories: A Very Special SOTC Christmas, Princess Superstar

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The raunch-rap royalty Princess Superstar has gotten into the Christmas-music game with "Xmas Swagger," a sweet bit of brain-velcro that gives shout-outs to shopping for seasonal accoutrements at Duane Reade, festive sweaters, and Chippendales. Yes, those Chippendales, who are still kicking, albeit in an extremely aesthetically different form. (R.I.P. hairy chests.) The video, in which the Princess spreads holiday cheer down 125th Street and gives a nod to how much cleanup one has to do in order to get one's house ready for entertaining by performing in front of a venerable mountain of paper towels, after the jump.

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Four Excellent New Christmas Songs That Are Guaranteed To Be Drummer Boy Challenge-Safe

By Maura Johnston Wed., Nov. 30 2011 at 11:00 AM
Categories: A Very Special SOTC Christmas, John Zorn, Lists, Lloyd, Mike Patton, New Releases, Sleeping Bag, The Killers

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This is the sixth year that the Killers have put out a Christmas song. Man, I feel old.
This week in the Voice I discussed The Little Drummer Boy Challenge, a sort of Frogger pitting your ears against "Christmas creep." The rules are simple: If you haven't heard "The Little Drummer Boy" in any form—including Justin Bieber's recent, Busta Rhymes-assisted update of the song—since midnight struck on Black Friday, you're in. Once you hear those rum-pa-pum-pums, though, you're out. It's a pretty maddening challenge, and Bieber's entrance into the holiday-album arena (which is only his second studio full-length!) only makes it more difficult. But there are plenty of other new holiday tunes that avoid the manger of "Drummer Boy" entirely. Four standouts below.

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The Top 10 Christmas Albums Of 2010

By Jason Gross Tue., Dec. 21 2010 at 12:00 PM
Categories: A Very Special SOTC Christmas, Featured, Lists

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Ah, another shitty year is ending, and we find ourselves trying to buy our way out of it with Christmas presents while struggling to block out the same old endless stream of yuletide muzak. Luckily, there's always a few notable holiday-album standouts to break the tedium, this year including both new efforts and a few revived chestnuts. Santa advises you to skip the holiday dreck from Susan Boyle, Jessica Simpson, Mariah Carey, and the O'Jays, and try these out instead:

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