A Polaroid For Christmas 2025, various artists (Memoria Polaroid)

The new collection of indie rock Christmas music from this Italian music blog has just dropped, so let's get right into it. Oscar Twins do a driving 90s rock tune called "Holy Fans," in which holiday commercialism takes a hit; Marcello Newman's "Natale hilare ex Roma" is a talking synth-pop narration of a different kind of 12 days of Christmas, cynical and funny; Setti's "Magica notte" is a folk-rock number in Italian, but I'm pretty sure the title translates as "Magical Night" and the rest of the lyrics proceed from there; Vanishing Muffins say they want to "Hit You With Snowball," but the lyrics to this fuzzy 90s rock tune are more about lusting after a lover; and e.p. nap featuring melody almroth offers this anti-Christmas number "john lennon, bono, bob geldof," a driving instrumental backing a recitation of an essay whose thesis is "Just be nice to people. Who gives a fuck about what time of year it is?" Assistant offers "Thank God We're Alive," a syncopated remembrance of past holidays that weren't so great; A Minor Place tills the same row with "The Story So Far (Christmas Time Not Doing Fine)," a bouncy number with twangy guitar and synths; No Other News covers The Aislers Set with "Cold Christmas," a more power pop tune; Baruf gives us a little hip-hop production with a brief "Christmas Time Is Here"; Baseball Gregg offers "Nevicare," a bit of slow-tempo surf-adjacent 60s pop-rock; and the Lost Cavalry offers "Christmas Wish," a sort-of R.E.M. tune with a hopeful slant on the holiday. Lac Observation's "Strungout Moonchild vs Arthur the White" follows an addict wandering around on the holiday; The Interpretation Cultures cover the Field Mice's "If You Need Someone" in a new-wave-via-Velvets arrangement; The Ian Fays perform "King's Cup," a rock ballad with sweet female voices mentioning cookie baking and the title-mentioned game; Steven Lipsticks and his Magic Band cover the Sonics' "Santa Claus" in a doomy, gothy synth-based arrangement; and Kristian Noel Pedersen does "Christmas All Over Again," not the Tom Petty song but a cool lo-fi rock 'n roll tribute to the holiday; Heron King offers "The Light," not Christmas but compatible sentiments; Deine Mutti's "Samurai" is in Italian, but it's a solid rocker and I did detect a "buon Natale" in the lyrics; Feduzzi takes on Charlie XCX with "Girl, So Confusing But With Guitars," the last part no doubt added by the artist; Easy Heart covers East 17 with "Stay Another Day";  Guimaraes offers "Damn Fine," a "Twin Peaks" tribute but not holiday oriented; and the Shalalas give us "After Hours," a Velvet Underground cover, also non-holiday. Buy this from Bandcamp and support Gaza Soup Kitchen with your purchase.