Kooky Christmas #12: “All I Want for Christmas” by Timbuk 3

Our next Kooky Christmas Countdown entry finds the atomic cloud inside the holiday’s silver lining.

#12: “All I Want for Christmas” by Timbuk 3

As much as this is an anti-war and anti-consumerism song, it’s also something of a fun flashback for anyone who grew up in the 1980s and had these toys. “Transformers? I had those! They were awesome!”

“All I Want for Christmas” by Timbuk 3

Probably the strangest aspect of this video is the description included by the guy who posted the video on YouTube. He disagrees with the politics of the video but apparently felt obliged to share it anyway. You might call that fair and balanced.

Find this on the power-packed compilation New Wave Christmas – Just Can’t Get Enough.

Up next on Kooky Christmas: The elves who make the toys are none too happy lately.