Akron songwriter Chris Butler never expected to create a holiday classic. Forty years later, he’s still amazed when he hears the tune blaring on the radio, wafting through a mall or playing in a movie ...

Hanukkah ends tonight and the Haim sisters decided to take the holiday out in style. The trio, with an assist by Thundercat on bass and some new lyrics from playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play), ...

It's a short story about a woman who just wants to spend the holiday alone, from a band that had no interest in writing what would become a... Couldn't Miss This One: Behind 'Christmas Wrapping' Chris ...

Chris Butler was the least likely person to write a Christmas song, he recently told the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal. During his childhood, he hadn’t found much joy in the holiday. His family, which ...

Priests covered the Waitresses’ 1981 new wave holiday anthem “Christmas Wrapping” at A 3rd Stereogum Christmas Show in 2018. Sadly, we didn’t have a Christmas show this year, but Haim decided to show ...

As part of their ongoing Hanukkah celebration on social media, Haim have released a hilarious and very 2020 parody of the Waitresses’ 1981 holiday song “Christmas Wrapping.” It’s called “Christmas ...