Santa Is On Her Way, The Krayolas (Box Records)

This San Antonio, TX band has a strong reputation in that part of the country, occasionally being called "the Tex-Mex Beatles." This 2023 album makes a great case for that, as these guys are a polished, power pop rock outfit. Don't know why the title song plays with genders, but it doesn't hurt anything on this strong album opener. Another great song is "Christmas With My Dad," a tour down memory lane with a backbeat. They cover "Run Rudolph Run" and also give us a "Tex-Mex Rudolph" version of the familiar carol featuring Tex-Mex celebrity keyboardist Augie Meyers, and parody the Ramones on "I Wanna Be Your Santa." Two other originals, "Home" and "She So Baby" are great tunes though not exactly Christmas oriented, and there's nothing holiday styled about their cover of "I Hear You Knocking." The album wraps with acapella versions of the title song and "I Wanna Be Your Santa," and I will tell you straight up that this is a minor rock Christmas classic even if you just distill it down to the most holiday oriented tunes. Click the cover to grab it from Amazon. Shouldn't leave without noting that this compiles some tunes from previous years, and you can get a better picture of that by browsing their Bandcamp page.