OK, settle down, it’s not that bad. And there are ways to soothe the aches and pains, including, believe it or not, Christmas music. Now, before you recoil in horror at the thought of sodden carols rebounding through stinky shopping-mall dressing rooms, note that the holiday music we have is a bit, well, different. OK, we’ve got the classics, we admit it– Frank Sinatra , Bing Crosby , Dean Martin , Peggy Lee .
But we’ve also dug up some unusual ditties you may not have heard 8000 times before, from the likes of Lord Weatherby , Sufjan Stevens , Merle Haggard , Bootsy Collins , and…wait, Dokken ? It’s not exactly the stuff you’ll play for grandma and grandpa while opening presents ’round the fireplace, but it is festive in its own special way. So you see, whether the holidays make you all warm and fuzzy or leave you bitter and shivering, we’ve got you covered.