Coming in at a criminally low 53K plays is Christmas Day by Desmond Dekker and the Aces. Ostensibly just a promo record (complete with a "on behalf of Beverly's Recording Company" message at the end), but Desmond's falsetto and the backing vocals conjure that eerie feeling some Christmas music has.

First up on the #12DaysOfCarolsObscura is Green Christmas by The Essex Green. It's a random track off a Merge Records comp from 2019, but the song perfectly captures that feeling of leaving the cold loneliness of your own world and heading somewhere warmer and full of loved ones for the holidays.

A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."