Coal, Jingle Punx (self-issued)

It took me until 2004 to discover these guys, who have punked out the holiday with a new Christmas CD every year since 1998. Coal is this year's model, and while it is mostly standard covers and carols they also throw in a couple of originals, "Mrs. Santa Claus," some well-earned props for the jolly elf's wife, and "You Gotta Get Up," as in what has to happen on the morning of Dec. 25. They swing into punk-country with their version of "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)," take on Phil Spector with "Marshmallow World" and Sir Paul with "Wonderful Christmastime," and they also perform "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Mele Kalikimaka," "I Saw Three Ships," "Little Drummer Boy" and, naturally, "Auld Lang Syne," a reprise from their 1998 CD. Visit the site and check them all out.