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Hollywood is famous for its annual Christmas Parade, which inspired the song "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)", which Gene Autrey wrote after playing Santa in the parade and hearing children call out to him. I decided to write my own song about the event, as experienced by slightly older children -- the homeless teens who used to (and probably still do) squat in abandoned buildings and under bridges in Hollywood. Ah, memories. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Dec 20, 2008 - 1 comment

This is as close to the original melody as I could get while in a minor key. Imagine being on a holiday getaway where everything goes terribly because of the weather.
posted by dagosto on Dec 20, 2008 - 5 comments

Ya. Kind of a Norman Bates take on it.
posted by chococat on Dec 19, 2008 - 17 comments

Eve from Wall-E sings the Christmas standard.
posted by ageispolis on Dec 18, 2008 - 3 comments

A cover of the "I'll be watching you" of Christmas songs, recorded with my dear friend okclementine. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Dec 13, 2008 - 9 comments

The original broken Christmas carol. [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace on Dec 8, 2008 - 1 comment

Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but nobody does anything about it. [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace on Dec 6, 2008 - 4 comments

Was bored tonite so I got the words to this poem and starting playing with them. This is what came of tonites boredom. Happy Christmas. Im still going to work on this so Ill repost the remake polish on christmas eve.
posted by american caesar on Dec 5, 2008 - 1 comment

Compare and contrast. Rebecca Marculescu rocks the vox.
posted by doubtfulpalace on Dec 4, 2008 - 4 comments

Did someone say "minor-key Jingle Bells"? [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace on Dec 3, 2008 - 10 comments

Where I live is not the best or the worst place. Ypsilanti Mi Here we seem to have a abundance of Crack heads. But for some strange reason they all disappear when it gets cold out. This is their Christmas Carol. They Dont Know that you can still buy crack when its cold?
posted by american caesar on Dec 2, 2008 - 4 comments

Kris Kringle! No! Do not give him coal! [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace on Nov 30, 2008 - 30 comments