This is a relentlessly commercial midtempo rock ballad from this popular rock band for 2010. When I say "relentlessly commercial," I mean it literally; the band is working guitar-in-glove with Coca-Cola's upcoming holiday advertising push. So this is available as a single and it's also on the "Golden Gate Edition" of their new album Save Me San Francisco. As I've called attention to Christmas songs that were soundtracks to advertising in the past, I'm certainly not one of those naïve children yelling "sell-out" at the top of my lungs, but the fact that the band is actually part of the ad campaign, rather than just the provider of an agreeable soundtrack, definitely takes a little of the shine off what is, in the end, a strong rocking original Christmas song.
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