Sombertown's Most Wanted, The Missile Toads (Rebel Sound)

This Philadelphia punk group dropped this 2017 EP that features three songs by such punk groups as the Hanson Brothers, Screaming Sneakers and the Wretched Ones, with the lyrics repurposed into something Christmasy. (Not familiar with the original groups, so I can't tell you which is which.) The title song has Santa doing his holiday thing undercover because something akin to The Man is after him. "Selfish Ways" pokes at Christmas shoppers passing by needy homeless people and Hanukkah Alert, "The Good Old Dreidel Game" makes the traditional game sound like the Jewish equivalent of shooting craps. The band knocks out an original, "North Pole Riot Squad," which recasts Santa's North Pole compound as the South Side of Chicago. A bit earnest-sounding, but it's all tongue in cheek, so it's OK. We all need a little holiday thrash in our lives.