The Christmas song that surprises me the most when I hear it on background music is ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I was at the Lowe's a couple days ago. What should be playing over the background music but this? I was not expecting it. It's not a bad tune.

Just how often do you hear Slade these days?

Slade

The Christmas-themed song "Merry Xmas Everybody" was Slade's last single of 1973 and became the band's last ever number one in the UK. Based on melodies from discarded songs written six years previously, it became Slade's best-selling single ever. The song has remained popular and has been released many times since, charting on a number of occasions.

Full disclosure: I love glam. I can't tell you how much I'd love to walk into a thrift store or go to a yard sale where I could find '70s glam fashions like those.

What other glam Christmas songs are there? Let's see:

Yech. Let's try another:

Sheesh. That's enough of that.

How this came up in a search for "marc bolan christmas," I'll never know:

Back on topic: Stop. The. Presses. If there's such a category as "glam boy band," surely it's limited to a membership of one group:

[Tikki]

1. Excellent, I remember those ...Here's another kinda surprising...

"Merry Christmas, I don't wanna fight tonight"....RAMONES

Tikki

[Dave Starsky]

2. Here's another glam classic.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. And on drums, Today Show movie reviewer Gene Shalit

Gene Shalit



Man, that is one weird video.

I have a Wizzard album.

The inevitable Wikipedia link for the song in the video: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

[red dog 1]

3. I can't post the video but,

I wouldn't mind hearing "Run, Rudolph, Run" by Chuck Berry

(I heard it the other day at the dentist's office)

[pressbox69]

4. Enjoy.

[red dog 1]

5. Thanks

[DFW]

6. I was in London at a friend's flat in the early 80s when I first saw this

Very British, but universal, too