Pullin’ ‘Tubes: ‘Tis The Season

With Thanksgiving now behind us and Hanukkah and Christmas quickly approaching, we thought we’d get into the holiday spirit. While there isn’t too much we’ve found this year in the way of hipster holiday music, we will put our stamp of approval on Bob Dylan’s oddly enjoyable first foray into the realm of yuletide tunes – Christmas In the Heart.

The 15-track set, the 34th studio album in Dylan’s long and storied career, mixes the traditional classics with a handful of originals.  All proceeds from Christmas In The Heart will benefit Feeding America, a charity which provides food to over 25 million people in the United States each year. Last week Dylan released the video for the bawdy, polka-infused barroom number Must Be Santa that features Zimmy at a raucous 1950s-era Christmas party in a top hat and long-haired wig. Yup, you read that right…