It’s that time of year again! Time to escape the misery of the most tired and pitiful Christmas tunes being slogged across the Houston airwaves since the Friday before Thanksgiving — that’s right, this nonsense started on Houston’s Christmas Radio Station on November 16th — and enjoy some actual worthwhile holiday music here on my blog.

As has been the case since I first started this holiday tradition back in 2013, we’re kicking off the playlist with The Waitresses. It resonates because, let’s be honest, this feels like (and probably is actually) the busiest time of year if you’re a parent, a teacher, or a celebrator of the holidays. (I’m all of those. Gah.) So here’s to this timeless, jaunty anthem to our crazy-busy lives.

And if you want to check out the excellent playlists for the previous years, please click on the following links for each year’s Day 2:  2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Happy holidays, y’all.