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Now that it's finally December, get in the holiday spirit with one of the best and most Gen X of seasonal tunes: "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses

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chontzy@reddit

very 80s way for this song to come about...https://youtu.be/xUkYT\_LM9C0?si=NtQT6ySya3fYB06c
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ReachRemarkable7386@reddit

The only tolerable Christmas song ever released.
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Necessary_Giraffe_66@reddit

Robert Earl Keens Merry Christmas Feom tje Family is the only other good song out there. 
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Necessary_Giraffe_66@reddit

This was just on a list of Christmas music we were listening to this weekend some channel on Apple Music of Christmas music. Our teen said this sounds like it’s from the 80s
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funsized43@reddit

Impossible to karaoke.
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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit (OP)

But fun to try.
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JJDiet76@reddit

I love this song however I only heard it in the last few years
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wmnoe@reddit

I can never hear this song enough, I freaking loved the Waitresses. Patty was taken from us FAAAAR too early.
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Expert_Habit9520@reddit

Patty Donahue of The Waitresses was one of those standout performers from the early MTV era. Sadly she did not live a long life passing away at the age of 40 in the mid 1990s.
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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit (OP)

Fuck cancer.
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easemeup@reddit

Their album "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? is peak American new-wave greatness.
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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

I like the Spice Girls cover too, but they translated it into British.
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copperfrog42@reddit

Thank you! That’s one of my favorite Christmas songs!
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m149@reddit

of course, xmas music is generally unavoidable if you venture out into the world during the xmas season, but if I ever get in the mood to actually LISTEN to a xmas tune, safe bet it's gonna be this one.
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WideFormal3927@reddit

I wish this was more popular. I'd rather be sick of this instead of Mariah Carey.
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OppositeDish9086@reddit

This is the Desolation Row of Christmas tunes. She prattles on forever here. Great song but needs to be about two minutes shorter.
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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit (OP)

I respectfully disagree. I like how the story builds by season over the course of a year and gives us a more positive payoff in the final verse.
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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

A Christmas song written by a guy who hates Christmas.
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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit (OP)

I can't imagine anything more Gen X than that.
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Educational_Bid_5315@reddit

Awesome song
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pragmaticproducer@reddit

Love the saxophone! So sad when that went out of style in the 90’s.
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Wuzzy_Gee@reddit

Mars Williams, sax player, passed away a couple of years ago. He played with the Psychedelic Furs after The Waitresses. I got to see them perform shortly before he passed, and he was outside the venue talking to fans before the show.
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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit (OP)

The bass line riff from Tracy Wormworth is killer too.
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fusiturns@reddit

Love it but hate it at the same time.. once I hear it I can't get it out of my head..
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