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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released November 27, 2013
Music and lyrics by Andrew Vladeck
Performed by Andrew Vladeck and Balthrop, Alabama
Recorded and produced by Josh Kaufman, Jim Smith, and Paul Loren
Artwork by Michael Arthur and Pascal Balthrop
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