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Well, there’s no getting around it now.  It is officially the holiday season.  It is time to start that annual ode to conspicuous consumption known as Christmas.  I am still in denial about all of it, but even I have to admit that it appears as though the Christmas season is upon us.  This means even I will have to go out and start shopping.  I hate that.

We know that there are a number of Christmas jazz tunes out there.  I know that from the jazz radio station where I volunteered back in college.  During this time of year, as the day grew closer, we had to play a certain amount of Christmas jazz tunes every hour.  It was a mighty chore and real pain in the butt and I have no idea if the jazz fans who listened to the station even appreciated it or not.  I know that when I worked at a classic rock radio station and the first year we went through a Christmas phase and had to play Christmas tunes the people sure got sick of it.  We sure did.

But what about the blues?  Sure there’s Blue Christmas, but I don’t consider that a real blues tune.  I want a real blues tune that encapsulates the Christmas season.  I know that this season causes a lot of people a lot of depression that has something to do with the season and something to do with just it being Christmas.  You would think that would cause a few people to write a few Christmas blues tunes

I found at least one.  This is a man named Charles Brown and, somehow, him being a real-life Charlie Brown during Christmas this seems even more appropriate.  I found this on, of course, YouTube.  The tune is…Christmas Blues.