Name: Letters to Santa Monica
Duration: P00H03M07S
Description: The West Coast has its answer to Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" in the form of this Brooklyn band's rollicking holiday rocker "Letters to Santa Monica." How many snowbound revelers are in fact dreaming of a beach holiday? Santa, is this too much to ask?

Letters to Santa Monica

from Happy Chrisma-Hanu-Kwanza-Rama-Krishna – Holiday EP by Andrew Vladeck and Balthrop, Alabama

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The West Coast has its answer to Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" in the form of this Brooklyn band's rollicking holiday rocker "Letters to Santa Monica." How many snowbound revelers are in fact dreaming of a beach holiday? Santa, is this too much to ask?

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Letters to Santa Monica

I'm writing letters to Santa Monica
I’m asking for the snow to cease
This bitter cold has gotten old
I never should have moved out east

I'm writing letters to Santa Monica
I'm asking for some SoCal sun
The cold is bizarre, I can't start my car
I miss the traffic on the 101

Chorus
Santa Monica, how I hate to miss you,
You’re leaving me cold, please don’t make me dis’ you
But it’s like you’re not there, you don’t even care
Who reads these Letters to Santa Monica

I'm writing letters to Santa Monica
As I slosh through the slush like a fool
While a world away, my friends surf through the waves
On another perfect afternoon

I'm writing letters to Santa Monica
I intend to deliver by hand
I've done my time in this Eastern clime
I'm dreaming of the surf and sand

Santa Monica, how I hate to miss you,
You’re leaving me cold, please don’t make me dis’ you
But it’s like you’re not there, you don’t even care
Who reads these Letters to Santa Monica

Winter in New York is enchanting
There are many who claim it's the best
But I can’t help recanting
‘Cause I'm dreaming of a Christmas out West

Santa Monica, how I hate to miss you
You’re leaving me cold, please don’t make me dis’ you
But it’s like you’re not there, you don’t even care
I froze to the bone, you've got snow in a cone
Maybe I should celebrate Hanukkah
Who reads these Letters to Santa
Who reads these Letters to Santa
Who reads these Letters to Santa Monica

credits

from Happy Chrisma-Hanu-Kwanza-Rama-Krishna – Holiday EP, released November 27, 2013
Recorded and produced by Josh Kaufman, Jim Smith, and Paul Loren
Music and lyrics by Andrew Vladeck
Artwork by Michael Arthur and Pascal Balthrop
Performed by Balthrop, Alabama: Pascal Balthrop, Josh Kaufman, Annie Nero, Lauren Balthrop, Chris Buckridge, Matt Moon, Terese Cox, Michael Arthur, Michael Quoma, Jason Lawrence, Alex Suarez, David Nagler, Jennifer Harder, Ray Saperstien, and Andrew Vladeck.

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