They Made a Christmas Album?- Advent 2018: Day 2

Only 2 days into Advent 2018 and I am already playing hard and loose with the rules. But tonight is the first night of Hanukkah and there's no way I was going to overlook my wife's Jewish heritage. I could have gone easy and picked Adam Sandler's Hanukkah Song. But everyone either knows it or has heard of it. Knowing that, I went with something a little more obscure. 

Phil Spector and Darlene Love going over the lyrics of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).

Today's featured artist is Darlene Love. A Phil Specter prodigy, Darlene Love's most famous non-holiday song was 1962's He's A Rebel. Later going on to do a ton of covers, Darlene Love performed on the 1963 holiday record A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector. Love sang several songs including Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Being used in the opening sequence of Gremlins and an annual live performance on David Letterman, this is perhaps the song Darlene Love is most know for and it's a Christmas record. 

So, in order to spin things on it's ear- did you know she made a Hanukkah record?

In keeping with SNL inspired tunes about the Chosen People, on a 2005 Christmas episode, Darlene Love went Kosher with Christmastime for the Jews. The singer and actress even went claymation in this parody of Phil Specter inspired holiday tunes. 

While this song has never been released on vynil or CD, I'm allowing this because, well, it's my Advent. So sit back, grab some Manischewitz and enjoy Christmastime for the Jews...