With Christmas just a couple of weeks away, it’s time to really get in the spirit with some time-honored musical traditions like Fist Me This Christmas (featured left), a lovely carol by the Wet Spots (you may know them from their hit Do You Take It ). If squeezing helpless babies to get just the right pitch for your recording is more up your alley, check out the Jingle Babies CD (previously mentioned on DP here) . By the way, that Amazon CD link lets you preview all the tracks, which should eliminate the necessity of actually buying it. Equally peculiar, though I couldn’t find a recording, is the Catalan Christmas poop log celebration. I’m not going to offer further explanation, just make sure to read the lyrics in that link. And lastly, although the music industry seems obsessed with reviving the 80′s about every three years, the Billy Idol Christmas Collection should officially nail the coffin on punk, new wave, and the 80′s once and for all. With a Rebel Yule, he screams more, more, more. ’cause it’s a nice day for a….white christmas. By the way, here’s a preview of Silent Night, as sung by crushed babies:

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