If anyone remembers the first Christmas episode of The Simpsons-you know, the one where Homer becomes a shopping mall Santa after not getting his Christmas bonus-Bart famously sings his own rendition of the tune at the start of the episode. Remember when you were a kid and you got in trouble during a band recital for singing “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” during the holiday chorus? No, just me? Last year, YouTube extraordinaire Tom Scott dissected the origins of that holiday parody tune last year to unexpected-and hilarious-effect. So pour yourself a glass of eggnog, gather around the holiday ornamentation of your choice, and crank up the volume as we welcome you, dear readers, to the Tedium Christmas Novelty Song Spectacular. With 2021 wrapping up as yet another unspeakable nightmare, we thought it might be a good time to revisit one of our favorite topics: Christmas novelty songs. The interdisciplinary yuletide extravaganza was fun, but was conspicuously absent in 2020 (we talked about The Gingerbread Man instead). Ernie, Andrew, and I all contributed four items apiece to create a wonderful holiday project of which we’re all quite proud. In 2019, we embarked on a somewhat ambitious project: The Twelve Things of Tedium. Today in Tedium: It’s that time of year again, folks! As the weather changes and the calendar pages start falling off rapidly, another holiday season is upon us. Maybe after you listen, you’ll feel the same way. Hey all, Ernie here with the master of novelty music himself, David Buck, who brings us an analysis of the kind of music he wants under his Christmas tree this year.
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