Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Top 5 Offbeat Christmas Songs

I have a twisted sense of humor when it comes to the holidays — especially when it comes to Christmas songs.
Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer was the pinnacle for me as a kid as the go-to Christmas song. Now that I think about it, it probably explains why coal was a frequent gift in my stocking.
Anyway, musicians have embraced the quirky and the dysfunctional in the holidays and here are five songs to get you through.
(There are some very, very NSFW songs out there that I find humor insurrounding Christmas and I’ll leave that to you to Google "Cold Blooded Christmas" or peruse on iTunes.)
1. Merry Christmas From the Family By Robert Earl Keen
The opening line says it all: “Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk at our Christmas party. We were drinking champagne punch and homemade egg nog.”
It’s a perfect mix of

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