{"id":973733,"date":"2019-11-25T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=918257"},"modified":"2019-11-25T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T19:55:15","slug":"robbie-robertson-unveils-tongue-in-cheek-christmas-song-happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/robbie-robertson-unveils-tongue-in-cheek-christmas-song-happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Robertson Unveils Tongue-in-Cheek Christmas Song \u2018Happy Holidays\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/robbie-robertson.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Venerable songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/robbie-robertson\/\">Robbie Robertson<\/a> has a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/christmas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_christmas\" data-tag=\"christmas\">Christmas<\/a> single out, available for digital download. It\u2019s called \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d and features Robertson\u2019s humorous take on wintertime festivities and cheer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease don\u2019t leave Old Saint Nick\/Too much milk and cookies\/\u2019Cause by the time he gets round to us\/He won\u2019t be able to get\/His fat ass down the chimney,\u201d the former Band guitarist implores on the first verse.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson said of the song in a statement, \u201cWe love Christmas and the holidays. [They] brings good cheer, and also stress and depression, so I wanted to do a song that celebrates both sides and have a little fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only does \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d feature some relatable Yuletide gallows humor, it\u2019s also for a good cause. Robertson\u2019s proceeds from the single will be donated to the American Indian College Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson is the songwriter behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-band\/\">The Band\u2019s<\/a> 1977 Christmas classic, \u201cChristmas Must Be Tonight,\u201d from their final studio album <em>Islands<\/em>. He also penned and recorded an updated version for <em>Scrooged<\/em>, the 1988&nbsp;<em>A Christmas Carol<\/em> adaptation starring Bill Murray.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Robertson made a rare live appearance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/emmylou-harris-margo-price-anchor-all-star-last-waltz-tribute-in-nashville-896361\/\">a reunion show for <em>The <\/em><em>Last Waltz<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The performance featured a mix of stars from The Band\u2019s 1976 farewell concert as well as newcomers, including Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Darius Rucker, Vince Gill, Margo Price and more.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/robbie-robertson-happy-holidays-918257\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venerable songwriter Robbie Robertson has a new Christmas single out, available for digital download. It\u2019s called \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d and features Robertson\u2019s humorous take on wintertime festivities and cheer. \u201cPlease don\u2019t leave Old Saint Nick\/Too much milk and cookies\/\u2019Cause by the time he gets round to us\/He won\u2019t be able to get\/His fat ass down the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 01:07:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}