And we begin this year's countdown of Christmas-themed videos with one of my faves, "Jingle Bell Rock," recorded by Bobby Helms in 1957. There is some dispute as to who wrote it — Wikipedia, of course, has all the deats — but no dispute about its popularity. Here's a video that was made to Mr. Helms' version of his big hit…
There have been countless covers of this song, both professional and amateur, and I could fill this page just with videos of folks imitating its presentation in the movie Mean Girls. We'll settle for a peppy version that Lindsay Lohan did for a film she did for Netflix…
But my favorite is still the glitzed-up, guest-star-laden version done by Emmanuel, an entertainer often described as "The Barry Manilow of Mexico." I'm not certain if that's a good thing to be or a bad thing but he and his friends are sure having fun here. They're pretending to lip-sync and/or play instruments that most of 'em obviously can't play…