14 Largely Skeptical, Somewhat Unconventional Holiday Songs
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Meghan Remy of U.S. Girls sings about consumerism and the climate crisis on “Santa Stay Home.”Credit.Victor Llorente for The New York Times
Dec. 18, 2020
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U.S. Girls featuring Rich Morel, ‘Santa Stay Home’
If you’ve been searching for a Christmas carol that addresses rampant consumerism, the climate crisis, and even the strange mass-tradition of cutting down oxygen-giving pine trees only to throw them in the trash after a few weeks have U.S. Girls got a song for you! “With both poles melting and the seasons blending,” the frontwoman Meghan Remy sings, “hurry up, slow down.” What saves the song from being