Remixing the holidays: dysfunctional Christmas songs with Augusten Burroughs

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It’s the week before Christmas, and as usual, we’re celebrating with our annual Remixing the Holidays series. All week long, we’re talking with musicians, music lovers, writers, and you about the best songs of the season. Today we’re joined by best-selling memoirist Augusten Burroughs. Famous for documenting the absurdity, tragedy, and humor of family dysfunction, his books include ?Running with Scissors,? ?A Wolf at the Table? and a book of Christmas memories called ?You Better Not Cry.?

Burroughs is here with his favorite dysfunctional family Christmas songs. Here’s one of his favorites, from singer Peggy Lee:

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