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The melancholy Christmas songs are often the most memorable, from "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" on down the line. Nellie McKay - that's mc-KYE, to you - adds to the tradition with "A Christmas Dirge," in which the environmental activist and fabulous satirist seriously bums out over a broken heart and all those soon to be dead trees. "Though my future's decked in misery," she sorrowfully sings, "Please don't chop another Christmas tree." Hear it here.
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Dan Deluca is the music critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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