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Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Christmas Rhapsody” by Pledge Drive

Parodies are easy to do but hard to do well, and when you take a song as well loved as Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” you’ve set the bar high for yourself.

Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Santa, Teach Me To Dance” by Debbie and the Darnels

Santa has a side hustle teaching the latest dance crazes to the young people of the early 60s? Who knew?

Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “I Think You Might Like It” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

So none of you told me that the stars of "Grease" got back together in 2012 to make a Christmas record?

Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Chanukah Song” by Neil Diamond

It's Neil Diamond going full-on Neil Diamond, and the band is rocking, and he signs off with "Happy Chanukah, y'all!"

Another 25 Days Of Holiday Songs: “Merry Christmas Santa Claus” by Max Headroom

In which the favorite deliberately smarmy av-av-av-avatar of the 80s belts out his holiday tune for MTV.

Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Deck The Halls/War Pigs” by Aaron Gage

How did these two songs not end up together already?

Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “Must Be Santa” by Bob Dylan

This video is wild: a party gets increasingly out of hand until a dude runs full-bore through a glass window, while Bob Dylan hangs out with Kris Kringle himself.

Another 25 Days of Holiday Songs: “This Christmas” by Patti Labelle

There's no better way to start this year's countdown with the most wonderfully off-kilter live moment in holiday history.

25 More Days of Holiday Songs: “Rock N Roll Santa” by Yo La Tengo

I hope your Christmas Day rocks as much as this Yo La Tengo classic.

25 More Days of Holiday Songs: “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” by Husker Du

Husker Du's for-promotional-use-only cassette "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" plays more like a bit of fun in the studio than anything else, but hey, it's 2020, we'll take any fun we can get.

25 More Days of Holiday Songs: “Valley Forge” by Paul Revere and the Raiders

This 1967 album is wild, with Paul Revere and the Raiders singing about what it must've been like for George Washington's troops to spend Christmas at Valley Forge.

25 More Days of Holiday Songs: “Friends Again” from “Pac-Man Christmas”

Welcome to the friendly neighborhood of Pacville, where a Christmas miracle is about to take place.