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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
But c'mon, Everclear did "Santa Baby," that's got to count for something.
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I was thinking of stuff written and performed though. Er'body doing these old songs, but those aren't our songs.
But maybe we just get no new christmas songs ever. "Sorry, the official list is full."
Maybe that's the whole point. The ideal of Christmas was defined in the middle of last Century, and it isn't going to get any better, and it isn't going to change. Post war was the last time we were all united and joyous and getting together with our families and celebrating. It's all just a slow downhill for Christmas since then.
No more new traditional Christmas TV specials either. It's Rudolph and the Grinch for the rest of eternity. The only Gen X Christmas special I can recall is
"Olive, The Other Reindeer", geez that never became a tradition... in fact has anyone seen it? Oh it's really sweet, Drew Barrymore plays a little dog, Ed Asner is Santa, Michael Stipe even plays a minor character.
I think the official Gen X Christmas movie is "Die Hard".
Well that's a fine new tradition, "Olive" followed by "Die Hard". That might make a fine Saturday night.