{"id":8130,"date":"2025-12-26T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/paper-presents-a-very-diva-christmas-playlist\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:32:25","slug":"paper-presents-a-very-diva-christmas-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/paper-presents-a-very-diva-christmas-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"PAPER Presents: A Very Diva Christmas Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am something of a Christmas music trivia savant, having accumulated hundreds upon hundreds of weird holiday music across numerous playlists I curate for no real reason except the comfort kitsch often brings me this time of year. <\/p>\n

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This veritable treasure trove of Christmas tunes was put to good use last year, when I ranked and reviewed<\/a> every single RuPaul Christmas song that had ever been released, totaling almost 100 original tracks that I meticulously combed for trends, themes and vibes. Instead of dipping back into the drag queen holiday pond, I expanded the search this season to include every weird diva track I would find and think of for PAPER’s<\/em> newest yuletide playlist: “A Very Diva Christmas.”<\/p>\n

Don’t let the title fool our dear readers, however. These are not the classic Christmas carols society hears in CVS or at the church service parent’s drag some of us too each season. These are deep cuts in the diva archives, from Lady Gaga’s cult classic “Christmas Tree” to Girls Aloud rockabilly “Not Tonight Santa.” There’s also the uncomfortably weird “Mistletoe Bikini” from Courtney Stodden and Kylie Minogue’s sexually charged “Hot in December,” and that’s before one gets to Blondie’s rock-rap fusion b-side “Yuletide Throwdown” with Fab 5 Freddy or Big Freedia’s “Tis The Season.”<\/p>\n

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