I’ve been waiting for Christmas just so I could finally post this awesome Bob Dylan video. Although it’s perfect on so many levels, let me provide a little background. Mitch Miller first recorded my now-favorite Christmas carol on his Holiday Sing Along album in 1961. Check out the video. I wasn’t listening then since I was T minus 1 years old…but I did grow up listening to my parents’ Sing Along with Mitch records, and I wore that vinyl out.

Fast forward to 1991, when the wonderfully fabulous band Brave Combo from Denton, TX (see my August 22 post), records their kick-ass polka version of Miller’s Must Be Santa on their album It’s Christmas, Man! Dylan clearly had their version in mind when he recorded his own Christmas album and not Miller’s. Here’s an article you can read that will tell you more.

So enjoy Dylan’s homage to Brave Combo. This is my kind of Christmas party. Happy Holidaze, everyone. May your Christmas be merry and, if you’re lucky, include a polka or two.