Josh’s post got me thinking of unconventional, not actually holiday songs that remind me of the holidays, and the one that always pops into my mind is The Jayhawks version of Victoria Williams’ “Lights.” It’s a gorgeous take on the song, and the chorus of “the lights on the city looked so good, almost like somebody thought they would” makes me think of the lights sprouting up all over NYC during the holidays, like someone suddenly realized that they always needed to be there.
Here’s a cool acoustic version of the song with Gary Louis, Mark Olson and Victoria:
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