"The Ten Christmas Songs of Steve Pulaski:" Song #9: Brenda Lee - "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"

"The Ten Christmas Songs of Steve Pulaski"

  

Song #9: Brenda Lee - "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1958)

Merry Christmas, Brenda Lee

"When you hear voices singing, 'let's be jolly,' deck the halls with boughs of holly!"

Brenda Lee's Christmas staple "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is probably the last conventional Christmas tune on "The Ten Christmas Songs of Steve Pulaski," but that shouldn't at all lessen its own impact as a song. Every Christmas I have had that I can recall, this song has been a part of it in some way, whether I was grooving to it in the backseat of my mother's Pontiac as a young child, picking up the pace at work when I heard the song come on the radio, or hearing it on the music channel while putting on my Christmas tree, the swinging sounds of Brenda Lee somehow always managed to find its way into my festivities.

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is my kind of Christmas classic, similar to José Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" (number ten on "The Ten Christmas Songs of Steve Pulaski") in that it isn't overplayed like "Jingle Bells" or "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," but still has a sense of holiday traditionalism, being several decades old from a singer who embodies a classic sense. Not to mention, there's an undeniable level of fun that comes from the idea of embracing the holiday season so much that one's response to it is to "rock around" said Christmas tree. This is an enjoyable, quintessential tune to the season in my book.

Give "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" a listen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is4NQkUN3AI