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Chilly Christmas, Anyway

Chilly Christmas, Anyway

Seasonal shifts from Stars, Calexico, Gonzales, Tracey Thorn & decked out with more Terry Hall

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Dec 23, 2022
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This is the time of year when I make sure I pack headphones for any grocery trip, to avoid hearing “Santa Baby” and its ilk — because no one wants to see a 51-year-old white man, clinging to the vestige of his Christianity, have a full-blown secular meltdown in the produce section, recoiling in panic over the sonic assault of Train murdering “Joy to the…

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