It's never quite Christmas for me until I've heard this song ten or twenty times.

You’ll know the lyrics to this song off by heart if you work in retail...

Perhaps the coolest bassline in the history of Christmas songs.

@EphemeralProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Tracy wormworth. She is amazing.

This song is absolutely made by the bass playing of Tracey Wormworth. Thank you madam, you are a real musician.

This song is one of my favorite Christmas songs. It's so unique and fresh, like decades later

For a song that's about 35yrs old it still gets absolutely hammered in our house every Christmas 🎄 By me mainly, well always by me 😆

@BigRamifications

6 жыл бұрын

LOL

@evag2726

6 жыл бұрын

I bloody love this song :)

@geegirl2712

6 жыл бұрын

I want to come to your house for Christmas.

@Marchant2

6 жыл бұрын

That was funny.

@lonniecavenee6201

6 жыл бұрын

For us it's Jingle Bell Rock, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and THIS.

The singer died 20 years ago?! God, bless her. She lives on in her hilarious singing of this classic. I love it.

Most underrated Christmas carol in existence.

@HannahRosey

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you this is an awesome Christmas song haha!

@willritter4076

5 жыл бұрын

definitely... what's up with this video though, it isn't Debbie Harry... I'd be honored if some Blondie & Christmas music fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE on my YT channel. Live acoustic with no autotune or backing tracks. Thanks and seasons greetings.

@xtbum3339

5 жыл бұрын

It's amusing anyways.

This song was a staple of WPST FM radio out of Trenton, New Jersey, in the '80s. It's somewhat astounding to think that "Christmas Wrapping" is going on thirty-eight years old. It's an infectious sort of tune that _still_ comes into its own each year as Christmas draws closer. In the mid-'80s I had a set of stereo earphones installed inside my industrial hearing protectors so I could listen to WPST on the overnight (11 PM to 7 AM) shift. Back in the day this song was a morale booster working that overnight shift near to Christmastime.

'80s new wave is one of the few ways that I still enjoy Christmas music. This song just rules!

I just got back from 400 years in the future and they still play this tune around Christmas. Even the Aliens dig it..

@tackyman2011

5 жыл бұрын

Did the aliens help us trash the zombies, or is that still a thing?

@sashabertold3731

5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas

@David_Theisen

5 жыл бұрын

How did the aliens manage the Trump wall??? LOL

@tackyman2011

5 жыл бұрын

@@David_Theisen C'mon, everyone knows they interfered to help him win the election. A wall is nothing to them.

@dam8196

5 жыл бұрын

Well thats good to know, I think we can all agree that a future with no music, is not a future worth living in

One of my favorite Xmas songs. RIP Patty Donahue (March 29, 1956 - December 9, 1996).

@thespeez

6 жыл бұрын

Lead singer?

@jtheblackowl

6 жыл бұрын

thespeez yep

@meribast

5 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought...just one year younger than my mom and I was a teen when this song came out.

@vintage1520

5 жыл бұрын

same

Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses Bah Humbug, now that's too strong! 'Cause it is my favorite holiday But all this year's been a busy blur Don't think I have the energy To add to my already mad rush Just 'cause it's 'tis the season The perfect gift for me would be Completions and connections left from last year Ski shop encounter most interesting Had his number but never the time Most of '81 passed along those lines So deck those halls Trim those trees Raise up cups of Christmas cheer I just need to catch my breath Christmas by myself this year Calendar picture, frozen landscape Chill this room for twenty-four days Evergreens Sparkling snow Get this winter over with! Flash back to spring time saw him again Would have been good to go for lunch Couldn't agree when we were both free We tried, we said we'd keep in touch Didn't of course 'till summertime Out to the beach to his boat Could I join him? No This time it was me Sunburn in the third degree Now the calendar's just one page Of course I am excited Tonight's the night I've set my mind Not to do too much about it Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Hardly dashing through the snow 'Cause I bundled up too tight Last minute have-to-dos A few cards, a few calls Because it's RSVP No, thanks No party lights It's Christmas Eve, gonna relax Turn down all of my invites Last fall I had a night to myself Same guy called, Halloween party Waited all night for him to show This time his car wouldn't go Forget it, it's cold, it's getting late Trudge on home to celebrate In a quiet way unwind Doing Christmas right this time A&P has provided me With the world's smallest turkey Already in the oven, nice and hot Oh damn! Guess what I forgot So on with the boots Back out in the snow To the only all night grocery When what to my wondering eyes should appear In the line is that guy I've been chasing all year 'Spending this one alone, ' he said 'Give me a break, this year's been crazy' I said 'Me too, but why are you You mean you forgot cranberries too?' Then suddenly we laughed and laughed Caught on to what was happening That Christmas magic's brought this tale To a very happy ending Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year

2:10 The way that shot pulls in on the bass player, who smiles. Love it :D

The absolute best bass playing in the history of Christmas music. Hands down.

Tracy wormworth was am amazing bassist. She created some pretty cool bass lines for these songs.

Walking thru a shopping centre and this came on. I havent heard it in years, instantly shazzamed it and am now blasting it at home on the speakers with all 3 of my kids dancing and jumping around to it! What a classic.

When I first heard this song playing at the mall, as a kid I thought that was Debbie Harry singing, but my dad told me, it’s a group called “The Waitresses” and he had this song on record.

this song is absolutely TIMELESS

Was looking for the hilarious comment on this video I saw last year: "They look like a bunch of strangers who met at a bus stop" :D

When I'm feeling the pressure, of the massive list of everything that I gotta do between work, outside decorating and gift shopping and wrapping and all else...I hear this song and some how it calms me, and raises a little spirit in me...absolutely one of my Christmas favorites!

I always liked this song and felt the kind of relief sung about in the beginning one year when I wasn't able to "go home" for Christmas until the actual day, but then the city, and the two states I would be traveling was hit by a huge snowstorm on Xmas Eve. After talking with mom and agreeing I should come home when I could, the pressure of the holiday was off. I built a snowman in the backyard (at age 30), helped some neighbors shovel, and then baked cookies, listened to Xmas songs (including this one) and read. Previously I had spent (and enjoyed) every Xmas with family and pretty much have since, but that year was one of my faves.

Goddamn, how could this song have escaped me all these years??? I thought I had an encyclopedic knowledge of 80s music. Guess not. This song is outstanding. I just heard it tonight for the first time. Smh.

This song is great for all the Grinch's and Scrooge's out there who deep down still believe in the magic of Christmas

This is my favorite Christmas song ever omg🎅🏼☃❄️

@cheryl457

8 жыл бұрын

+Angie Bittinger mine too and you NEVER hardly hear it on the radio at least in my area.

@GOFLuvr

7 жыл бұрын

One year later, I've been hearing this song on a daily basis at Starbucks.

@DL-rm7zg

6 жыл бұрын

the first time I heard this song was at an American Eagle in the mall a week before Christmas. It really put me in the mood to do some shopping.

This best Christmas song of all time the saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, drums, lyrics, patty's voice and the harmonica everything about the song was and still is so on point!!

This is literally my favorite Christmas song 🎄

One of my favourite Christmas songs. It takes me back tp the 80's. Just showed this video to my wife and she likes it. Got to hear it during the holiday season.

OMG...this is a classic. I love the song because the beat is so catchy. This song stayed in my head all day.😊

@thunderspider2124

7 жыл бұрын

Jerome Sears same

@mybigfatpolishlife

5 жыл бұрын

Aren't the pretenders from somewhere in ohio

I remember seeing the band in Manhattan in the 80s. Blown away with sounds then and now!

My favorite Christmas song of all time.

The Christmas song with the best bass line ever.

This song is pure Joy!!! Merry Christmas everyone remember make Christmas the way you want it. And to all of our loved ones and great friends who are no longer with us...We love you and will never forget you!!! Merry Christmas y’all.

i saw them back in the day in my hometown (Dayton, Ohio) fantastic show !!

Their style is so awkward and their beats are so off that it makes this song really interesting and a bop

The baseline is sick as hell. Still rocks in 2019. :)

Patty. RIP... Miss ya babe.

I've had this song stuck in my head since Christmas and have finally found the song

Listening in 2020 and beyond

One of my top 3 xmas songs evvvvah. Pure genius.

My 3 year old is obsessed with this song and I’m pretty sure I’ve watched this video at least 300 times🤣

Merry Christmas and we miss you Patty Donahue, gone way too soon.

@ignorantpersson8563

7 жыл бұрын

smoked too much

@jimogrady1131

7 жыл бұрын

I quit cause in new York $ 10.00 a pack, new York is highest taxed state

The only Christmas song I seek out each year, great voice and. Kickass brass. RIP

Saw them perform this back in the day. Awesome !

It’s not Christmas without hearing this song! Still rocking it in 2017

@catyear75

5 жыл бұрын

2018!!!! :-)

@dukecraig2402

5 жыл бұрын

Dec 18, and I've been listening to it since 1981 when I was 16, holiday tradition with me👍👍👍

@dudley7540

5 жыл бұрын

It's the only Christmas song I need to hear! Guess I'm good now. Next: Cruel Summer.

@batteytehoukamau9962

5 жыл бұрын

2018 😝

@douglasparrish4214

5 жыл бұрын

Early MTV..thanks ..such vintage guitars..image boys..image 😃

What, with *that* bass line? (Tracy Wormworth was *killin'* it!!) Every year!!!! I absolutely hate Xmas, but I love this tune!

That bassist has some busy fingers on this one!

The bass line is fucking great!

@KindredBrujah

7 жыл бұрын

Really is.

@MrAmesj

7 жыл бұрын

Sure is Glenn,

@atbglenn

7 жыл бұрын

Did you know Tracy Wormworth played the bass on this song. She's been the B52's bass player for a long time and she's played with many top artists as well. She's amazing!

@LibraKing3121

7 жыл бұрын

She played guitar in David Lettermen's CBS orchestra for YEARS!

@billmcclintock9826

6 жыл бұрын

Not true, Ryan. Tracy Wormworth didn't play with the Letterman band. Her brother is the drummer in Conan O'Brien's band. (Full-time after Max Weinberg left.) But Will Lee was the bass player for the "World's Most Dangerous Band" during Letterman's entire run. Felicia Collins was the female guitar player in the Letterman Orchestra.

Always liked this one. The sound, the story the song tells. And hearing it reminds me of working part-time in the Foodtown and the A&P (has the pride in me with the world's smallest turkey!) food stores and this song would come on the speakers. Always seemed to be on Christmas eve, snowing, everyone rushing, the store pure madness and christmas trees being sold in the parking lot amongst strung up lights. Lots of great memories. Oh, and love the sax. Merry Christmas!

Great 80s memorys of this song

Such an awesome bassline !

So sad Patty's not with us anymore. Best fucking Xmas song ever!! Bass line is thee shit!!

@rickcoyote5503

8 жыл бұрын

+Doug Steele Dig it, Brother! Used to play back in the day. A bass track like this is why a cat chooses bass...shine on!

@dougsteeleguitar

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed..If only all bass lines were as musical.

@rickcoyote5503

8 жыл бұрын

gonna throw in the term muscular, too. :-)

@dougsteeleguitar

8 жыл бұрын

Aiight. Muscular.

@reggiep75

8 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of many a Chic bass line and especially 'I Want Your Love'.

probably one of the best and most playable out of season christmas songs ever

Thank You Akron, Ohio!, This enhances my UK Christmas, R.I.P. Patty.

This is one of my favorites! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

one of my fav christmas songs!:]

The Waitresses sang the theme for the one-season cult series,"Square Pegs."I bought the '45 in 1983.

Best Christmas song ever. Still listening to it in January!

I went out and bought this Christmas of 1982, in Bremerton WA!!!!! Loved the whole album! :)

My husband plays this song for me around this time of year. This was about twenty years ago, and he's still doing it! He knows this is my favorite Xmas song. The reason is, that, I thought I was going to be alone for the rest of my life until I met him! I read in the comments below and that's sad how Patty Donahue passed away at age 40 from lung cancer [smoking]

I first heard this on the your moms house podcast and it’s been stuck in my head ever since! I like it😁

I can't listen to The Waitresses without wishing that more bands these days had sax players

@vxy357

8 жыл бұрын

+steve hardman I know. Just about every hit song in the 80's and early 90's had a sax solo in it.

@Dexter101x

8 жыл бұрын

+steve hardman shame the leader died in the 90s, lung cancer :(

@abinashmishra329

8 жыл бұрын

+plezx29 she was a chain smoker.

@Dexter101x

8 жыл бұрын

Abinash Mishra I didn't know that

@percygryce722

8 жыл бұрын

+steve hardman Brass is class, but sax to the max.

Congrats on finding the name of the song that you couldn’t remember the name of but love

I cant decide if I love it or hate it but I always turn it up!

This is one of the few Christmas songs I will listen to any time of year lol

My fave Christmas song

F-me! This song is great! I'd never heard it before visiting the UK during the holidays. Soooooooo cool!!!

RIP Patty and everybody knows this is the best Christmas song

one of the few Christmas songs I love

The best Christmas song ever! Merry Christmas Patty in heaven!

35 years old. 1980s Xmases were the best.

@michellebishop9973

7 жыл бұрын

Davin Dx agree 👌👌

@jaygill5582

5 жыл бұрын

I'll drink to that!

The legs, the pout and the chin dimple- I was done in, miss you Patty bet you got your wings, Merry Christmas!

Just because I'm a grumpy old man doesn't mean that pop songs weren't better in the '80s.

@NintendoPsycho

6 жыл бұрын

They were better.

@seanwatts8342

6 жыл бұрын

They were better by a damn sight in the 80s. They weren't 'focus group tested for marketing and sales.'

@ShenDoodles

5 жыл бұрын

They weren’t necessarily better. The good ones are the ones that get remembered.

@suzybearheart530

5 жыл бұрын

The bass playing in this song confirms your statement.

@charlies.5777

5 жыл бұрын

+Shen Doodles Yeah, but there were a shipload🚣 of "good" ones!! 😀🎄🎅

More Tracy Wormsworth on bass...unsung hero, fantastic x

One of my Christmas faves - fab!

Real good Christmas song.

I had to look up this song. Its 2019 and its not even Christmas, just because I like it.

My all time favorite Christmas song!

Every 1980s new wave and rock artists should have made Xmas music so we would not drown in the cesspool of r&b Xmas songs.

One of the few christmas songs I don't hate

2018 and still loving this song! 🎄☃️🎄

Omg I still have this album and every song is great

Greatest bass line of any Xmas song ever!

RIP , Patty. You make me miss New Wave so much!

One of my top 3 favourite chrimbus songs. Cracking bass line!

Bah Humbug, now that's too strong! 'Cause it is my favorite holiday But all this year's been a busy blur Don't think I have the energy To add to my already mad rush Just 'cause it's 'tis the season The perfect gift for me would be Completions and connections left from last year Ski shop encounter most interesting Had his number but never the time Most of '81 passed along those lines So deck those halls Trim those trees Raise up cups of Christmas cheer I just need to catch my breath Christmas by myself this year Calendar picture, frozen landscape Chill this room for twenty-four days Evergreens Sparkling snow Get this winter over with! Flash back to spring time saw him again Would have been good to go for lunch Couldn't agree when we were both free We tried, we said we'd keep in touch Didn't of course 'till summertime Out to the beach to his boat Could I join him? No This time it was me Sunburn in the third degree Now the calendar's just one page Of course I am excited Tonight's the night I've set my mind Not to do too much about it Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas But I think I'll miss this one this year Hardly dashing through the snow 'Cause I bundled up too tight Last minute have-to-dos A few cards, a few calls Because it's RSVP No, thanks No party lights It's Christmas Eve, gonna relax Turn down all of my invites Last fall I had a night to myself Same guy called, Halloween party Waited all night for him to show This time his car wouldn't go Forget it, it's cold, it's getting late Trudge on home to celebrate In a quiet way unwind Doing Christmas right this time A&P has provided me With the world's smallest turkey Already in the oven, nice and hot Oh damn! Guess what I forgot So on with the boots Back out in the snow To the only all night grocery When what to my wondering eyes should appear In the line is that guy I've been chasing all year 'Spending this one alone, ' he said 'Give me a break, this year's been crazy' I said 'Me too, but why are you You mean you forgot cranberries too?' Then suddenly we laughed and laughed Caught on to what was happening That Christmas magic's brought this tale To a very happy ending Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Merry Christmas, merry Christmas Couldn't miss this one this year Traducir al español

Captain Obvious here, but this is one of my favorite bass lines of all time. Just ripping !

this has me thinking about how fun The Waitresses' first album was. I began listening to KROQ (Southern California) around 1981, and The Waitressess' first album, "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful' was released in January of '82. At the time I was taking comedy improv workshop classes at the Groundling Theatre on Melrose Ave., and right next to the theater was ground zero for Punk and New Wave music - Vinyl Fetish Records. That's where I purchased The Waitresses' first album.

@sashabertold3731

5 жыл бұрын

I was only 3 years of age then...mmm

@thestumaji656

5 жыл бұрын

god I miss vinyl fetish and amoeba records they were the best!

What a fun song!!! I'm so happy this was in my recommended! I am obsessed with Christmas and love odd funky 80's stuff as well! Merry Christmas !

Love this song!

Best Christmas song by far

i LOVE THIS record!!!!!!!

Best Xmas song on my list! boom

The bass in this is savage

@Stiglr

5 жыл бұрын

Tracy Wormwood!!! She played with B-52s (Love Shack) and Sting, among many others. Kind of ironic that she was the only female instrumentalist in The Waitresses!!!

@thewurm9177

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Fantastic bass playing

@scottmccollum9979

5 жыл бұрын

@@Stiglr Thanks for that! That is bass played the way a true bassist plays and not a guitar player slapping a note that matches the chords.

Still better than today’s Music Garbage. I’m 20, My sister and I love this song. 😂😂😂😂😂😍😍😍

A new-wave Christmas! This is one of the modern staples of contemporary Christmas season music. This period ended sometime after the mid-1990s. After that period, any other Christmas song made just doesn't cut it and is not made to be memorable....or not listenable!

It does have a Christmas feel to it good beat danceable gets you pumped for Christmas love it

OML the nostalgia is unreal I wanna literally cry.

May this song and her memory live on past 2018

Patty was great, sorry that she left us so soon. Early 80s classic, never gets old. Christmas Wrapping Forever!