"I Wanna Go Surfin' With Santa," The Hollyberries (Banana Louie)

Surfing and Christmas have gone together going all the way back to the Beach Boys and Surfaris, and we've featured a number of contemporary takes on the combination at this very website in the past. Coming in strong for Christmas 2009 is this note-perfect surf-pop-rock tune by a band with an Oscar-winning name. Composer, performer and producer Kip Brown combined with singers Caron Maso Murray and Michele Maso Tinsley, all of whom previously worked together in the 80s band The Little Girls, to create this perfect snapshot of a sunny Southern California Christmas in the mid-60s. Some folks tend to resist this sort of nuevo-retro stuff, but I'm not one of them. Perfect mix disc bait. No physical media, says Kip, stop by your favorite download outlet for a copy.