How A Fake Band Made A Christmas Classic - The History of Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses

Welcome to the new episode of Secret Galaxy. And that's what it is all about: To buy any of the shirts Dan is wearing in this video use code "TOYGALAXY" for 30% OFF your order: https://www.80stees.com/ Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses is a holiday classic and a herald of the season. Released all the way back in 1981 and then forgotten about by the band, it quickly made it's way into radio stations Christmas playlists. In this video we explore the writing and recording of Christmas Wrapping but also the history of The Waitresses, a band that started out as a fake band but became a real band. Christmas Wrapping (cover) by Martin Barreby: https://linktr.ee/martinbarreby SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waitresses https://web.archive.org/web/20151012102714/https://www.billboard.com/artist/419396/waitresses/biography https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/dec/13/christmas-wrapping-waitresses-how-we-made-festive-classic https://web.archive.org/web/20110722232706/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F12%2F22%2Fmusic%2F20051222113008&sec=music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Record https://www.discogs.com/master/70845-Various-A-Christmas-Record https://www.discogs.com/artist/67819-The-Waitresses https://www.newspapers.com/image/395567520/?terms=%22christmas%20wrapping%22%20waitresses&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/888797593/?terms=%22christmas%20wrapping%22%20waitresses&match=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsuRpGQPAMk https://www.newspapers.com/image/282235573/?clipping_id=28980189&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI4MjIzNTU3MywiaWF0IjoxNzAxOTUwNDAwLCJleHAiOjE3MDIwMzY4MDB9.lSuwzV0EyBQ79PEbuOXu2ZjxlXHyCJlQj73lpKoidmE https://www.google.com/books/edition/Flashbacks_to_Happiness/fWAAm34yCpYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA205&printsec=frontcover https://www.newspapers.com/image/703701851/?terms=%22I%20know%20what%20boys%20like%22&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/731306879/?terms=%22christmas%20wrapping%22%20%22the%20waitresses%22&match=1 https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19934/waitresses/ https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/lifestyle/2021/12/05/christmas-wrapping-the-waitresses-chris-butler-song-1981/8769307002/ https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/anne-heche-and-the-my-friend-dahmer-crew-take-ad-inside-the-home-of-the-real-life-serial-killer https://www.futurefossilmusic.com/bio.htm https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-waitresses/chart-history/tlp/ Help the channel continue to grow by checking out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/toygalaxy ►►►Social Media and Merchandise links◄◄◄ https://linktr.ee/secretgalaxy Follow Dan on Instagram: http://instagram.com/toygalaxy Toy Galaxy P.O. box 3976 Manchester, NH 03105-3976 Business Inquiries: toygalaxytv@gmail.com

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