"Back For Christmas," Alexandra Lawerentz (ThoughtSquad)

We never get too far into the holiday without hearing some version of "Bring my baby home for Christmastime," and this 2005 holiday song is as good a way to hear this sentiment as any. The PR materials accompanying my copy of this identify Alexandra as "a 17-year-old pop phenom," and who am I to quibble? She gives us a full-throated rendition of this catchy little Seventies-flavored rocker, spiced up with plenty of Christmas-style percussion alongside the heavy guitar and sax. (There's a hidden bit at the end of the disc with plunking piano and a little kid talking about a "clean clean earth" that is a bit too precious for my taste.) Click the art to download from Amazon, or even grab one of the few remaining disc copies. Not much has been heard from the singer since this hit the stores, by the way.