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2 unusual facts about U.S. Christmas


U.S. Christmas

Split with Scott Kelly Three Baron Eye / The Traveling Sun (7") (2013, Domestic Genocide Records)

After Neurosis guitarist/vocalist Scott Kelly heard their debut album Salt The Wound, he signed the band to Neurot Recordings, the label he owns with fellow Neurosis members.


Boogie Woogie Santa Claus

It has since been recorded by many other artists, including The Brian Setzer Orchestra for their 2002 album Boogie Woogie Christmas and Colin James for 2007's Colin James & The Little Big Band: Christmas.

Camille Winbush

In 2002, Winbush recorded "One Small Voice" featuring singers Myra & Taylor Momsen and "The Night Before Christmas Song" for the compilation album School's Out! Christmas.

Chris Trousdale

Trousdale recorded the songs "Kissless Christmas" and "Wild Christmas" for the School's Out! Christmas album.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

It is a Dr. Demento Christmas staple, and is currently available on Dr. Demento's The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Vol. 6: Christmas.

Lynsey Bartilson

Bartilson recorded "This Christmas I Will Give My Love to You" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for School's Out! Christmas.

Merry F %$in' Christmas

Since the holiday season of 2005, Comedy Central has periodically aired Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas, an hour-long (with commercials) Christmas special featuring Leary and several celebrity guests, including Charlie Murphy, Carmen Electra, William Shatner, and the Barenaked Ladies.

The Animals' Christmas

The Animals' Christmas tells the story of the Nativity of Jesus from the perspective of the animals present.

Where Are You, Christmas?

In 2008, the song was performed by Kaitlyn Maher in a live show at The White House, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 4, 2008 which was attended by President George W. Bush.

Young Pioneers

Young Pioneers' Christmas, a second 1978 made-for-TV film based on the novel

Young Pioneers' Christmas

Young Pioneers' Christmas is a made for television Christmas movie, released in 1976, loosely based on the novel Young Pioneers by Rose Wilder Lane.


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