"Maria Believes in Christmas Again," The Krayolas (Box Records)

We've had these guys, San Antonio garage act dubbed the "Tex-Mex Beatles," on the site before with Christmas goodness. For 2025 they dropped this cool song, a 60s pastiche featuring a 6-year-old girl who asks Santa for "peace" for Christmas. It's part of an album called Christmas Candy, which is mostly made up of previously released tunes, many not holiday-oriented but do feature folks like Flaco Jimanez and Augie Meyers helping out. Anyway, this is aces, and there's an acapella version on the album too. Streaming and downloads everywhere, including Amazon and Bandcamp.