Santa's Sequel Sellouts - December 1: Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa
Sequel to: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Song, 1979)
This year's theme for Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music is "Santa's Sequel Sellotus," featuring obscure musical follow-ups to popular Christmas tunes, movies, and TV shows. (Learn more about this crazy collection in my Introduction.)
We kick things off with the first of 3 types of sequel styles, "Christmas Songs/Shows/Movies that are sequels to Christmas Songs/Shows/Movies." In this case, the original hit was "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," performed by Elmo and Patsy Shropshire in 1979. The couple eventually divorced, but Elmo decided to write a sequel to the song in 1992. Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa continues the story of the original song, with Grandpa legally going after Santa for killing his wife.
Seriously, I wish I was making this stuff up! But it's amazing how many times the "Well of Christmas Success" is visited with ill-advised sequels… as you'll continue to hear throughout the month! Whether you like it or not, it's another batch of tunes on Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music. I may have lost my mind this time around. 
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- Elmo Shropshire – Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa (Released 1992, 3:15, 5.3 MB)
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From the Archives: December 1
- 2002:
- Christmas is Coming by John Denver and the Muppets
- Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi Trio
- 2003: Jingle Bells from The Santa Clause
- 2004: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Sam Levine Bluegrass Band
- 2005: Christmas Chopsticks by Jan Garber and His Orchestra
- 2006
- All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate by Homer & Jethro
- Boogie Woogie Santa Claus by The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- 2007: Hark, The Herald Angels Swing! by The World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart
- 2008:
- Angels We Have Heard On High by The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Angels We Have Heard On High by Appalachian Christmas Quartet
- 2009: It's a Small World Holiday by Disneyland
- 2010: Christmas Dinner, Country Style by Bing Crosby
- 2011: This Year's Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
What's This All About?
New to Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music? Take some time to read the explanation and introduction!
