Holiday Video of the Day: Kim and Mel, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Posted December 18, 2009 by George Lang
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This is an example of the Merry Kitsch-mas genre of Christmas music video, and while Hall and Oates’ “Jingle Bell Rock” is the most recognized classic of the form … um, this one has Kim Wilde.
And as this clip indicates, that meant something 22 years ago.
In Britain.
Where they know who Mel Smith is.
And they thought it was funny, because this is Kim and Mel, and at the time there was this dance-pop sister act called Mel & Kim, which had a hit with “Showing Out” and … seriously, what am I supposed to do with all this useless information, have a mental garage sale?
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