Christmas Rapping

The song, Christmas Rapping, by the Waitresses is one of my fave rock'n'roll Christmas tunes. The group was led by Chris Butler, a minor mainstay of the famous Ohio River Valley new wave scene (think Pretenders, Devo, Tin Huey, Pere Ubu, etc.), and the singer was Patty Donahue, whom I regret to report died about eight years ago. I think the song has it all, a cute little pop beat, nice delivery, with charming and slightly offbeat lyrics. Butler's story is linked below, it's NOT particularly charming, but just goes to show that sometimes accidents have significance beyond what anyone expects.

http://www.nutscape.com/ChrisButler/screed1.htm