Isn’t this just the height of irony: the song that is spinning my holiday head round and round right now is ‘Sugar and Booze’ by Ana Gasteyer, especially considering that I’ve all but given up both sugar and booze since October. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the glory of this song – in sentiment and in sound. Ms. Gasteyer has a divine set of pipes on her, as some of us fans have known since she stormed the nation as Elphaba in ‘Wicked’. Her holiday album is a must-have for making it through the season of giving and sharing if you have the slightest appreciation for sarcasm and good clean snarky fun. {Cuts like ‘Nothing Rhymes With Christmas’ and ‘He’s Stuck in the Chimney Again’ give us a different and much-needed look at the holiday season, which is largely just ridiculous.}
BELLS ARE RINGING AND A JINGLING
FOLKS ARE MIXING AND A MINGLING
TWINKLING LIGHTS AND TINSEL ON THE TREE
HOW I LOVE TO KEEP THE YULETIDE GAY
CALL ME CORNY OR CLICHE
BUT THERE’S A REASON THAT THE SEASON BRINGS SO MUCH JOY TO ME
I LOVE SNOWMEN AND TURTLE DOVES IN TWOS
HOLLY IVY MISTLETOE CAN TAKE AWAY MY BLUES
KRIS KRINGLE AND HIS REINDEER FRIENDS THEY ENDLESSLY AMUSE
BUT THE BEST PART OF THE HOLIDAYS IS SUGAR AND BOOZE…
PS – Green is very definitely her color.
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