Episode 12: A Very Tipsy Christmas | Holiday Songs About Drinking

Episode 12: A Very Tipsy Christmas | Holiday Songs About Drinking

Author: Christopher Machado December 10, 2025 Duration: 12:26
Send us Fan Mail This week, we’re raising a glass to the Christmas songs that pair better with a drink. Not the picture-perfect holiday tunes, but the ones born in bars, lounges, casinos, and late nights. Songs with stories behind them and a little spirit in their step. We explore the rowdy origins of “Jingle Bells,” the heartbreak behind “Please Come Home for Christmas,” the Tahoe-lounge roots of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” the cinematic chaos of “Fairytale of New York,” and the w...

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Send us Fan Mail Some songs are not given away because they fail. They are given away because the writer knows exactly what they are. In this episode of Who Ordered the Pie?, we explore a different kind of authorship. Th…