Kay Starr brought a little hipness to Christmas in 1950 when she released this Irving Taylor, Dudley Brooks, and Hal Stanley penned homage to Santa. Released by Capitol as a single, it is one of Starr’s most famous songs and has been covered most famously by Vonda Shepard on the Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas album.

I like this one a lot better than other Christmas Eve songs like “Here Comes Santa Claus” or “Santa Baby”. Now that it’s time to settle in and wait for Christmas morning, pour yourself a cocktail, sit back and relax to this swinging cut by The Queen of The Jukeboxes.