Robert Earl Keene's Merry Christmas from the Family

[angelav420]

definitely sounds like my kinfolk here in ETX :) I do have a chain smoking Aunt Kay in AA

[1AmericanUSA]

Robert Earl Keen is simply the coolest Aggie who ever existed.

Hook Em!

[thelovelyratkitten]

This is meant to be a lovable thing? Racism and alchoholism? I thought this was meant to be an affectionate parody of redneck Christmas. I guess I don't get it since I'm not from Texas.

My sort of of Christmas is a trainquil winter day with family that understands me. I guess I just prefer my holidays without any worries of being struck in the head with a beer bottle.

[hunterchase111]

OKay, here's the deal. It's awesome no matter what. Texas really has fuckin nuthin ta do with it. This is truly ANYWHERE USA. And that my friend, is the true beauty of this work.

PS: I'm frum Texas and know bout this shit.

[clhughes72]

That one never gets old. Every Christmas is the same pain in the ass, and there's always something we need from the closed stores.

[claraclearify]

I wish my Christmas was nearly this fun. We are just a bunch a people who love each other but have nothing in common really. My brother and I have taken to sneaking out to the garage to have a beer or two.  That makes it more fun for us.

[lexythepirate]

I'm not American and my family is nothing at all like this, but I LOVE it and I think all Christmases, everywhere, are basically to do with having a good time despite everything, right?

[paschal421]

friends,not french fries-are my fingertips overrun wit alcohol?STFU and listen to the song

[paschal421]

to my frieds mike and victoria

[silveradolover17]

Once all the presents were open we cranked up the stereo and the whole family sang this song.

Merry Christmas y'all!

[harrydoyle]

How are there 67 dislikes to this song? UNAMERICAN I tell you!

[opusuno2001]

Dad got drunk and Mom got drunk.. Love that tune.. something true in those words..

[FloatingGrin]

It just wouldn't be Christmas without listening to this song.

[stevesapyro]

@FloatingGrin I agree Grin,Hope you and yours are havin A Merry X[mass

[gnatpiz]

Not my family at all, mine was always very quiet and polite, very Old World. Then I saw this and it dawned on me that these are not the freaks, I am. A friend also pointed out that the tampons are for all the bloody noses from the fights in the back yard...

[Humama23Boyz]

This sounds like some of the folks in my family tree.:-) Funny! I have some relatives I have to spend Christmas with who make me want to drink myself blind, FWIW.

[twomucht]

I like the song's lyrics;moreover, I like how it shows how a family can celebrate with others from a different origin, without skipping a beat. Its an universal party ya'll...Merry Christmas All !

[BAYLORSPORTS19]

If this song doesn't make you smile, then frankly I don't want to know you!

Merry Christmas Y'all!

[corndog6700]

This is the best Christmas song ever. My wife hates it, but that's how it goes, I guess.

[RDOFPosse]

We found the book shown at the end of this video at the green valley book fair quite some time ago, it included the cd with this one song. We bought a bunch of them and sent them to our family. Nobody ever mentioned receiving them or thanked us for the gift. I think they were horrified! YA-HA! It bears no resemblance to our family whatsoever.

[marlinkatie]

Yep, these are my fiance's people. They drink too much and there is always a fight. They put the FU in fun.  I lost my own parents three years ago in a car accident and this bunch of rednecks (that's what Pee-Paw calls them) made this Canadian girl one of their own. I couldn't love them more.

[Vendain]

@marlinkatie Trust me on this. Run.

[WelakaWombat]

@marlinkatie Us "rednecks" are good people.  White Trash aka Kid Rock and redneck are not the same thing.

[r0llskyay0]

@WelakaWombat

\she was talking about how she loves them, and that they call themselves rednecks. stfu and stop being a downer

[woodwheel1]

one of the best christmas songs ever

[lizajane5758]

This is totally my family and I love them to death.

[firehousex3]

Funny As Hell!

[csincali]

My fav christmas song ever reminds me of my family lol!

[dail7173]

A new Christmas classic!

[nblakely78]

A traditional Christmas song

[bamatecangel7]

Listen to it every Christmas in addition to the traditional stuff.. reminds me of some of the in-laws...

[wg12674]

Love it!!

[DrBorko]

Great. Thanks for Posting and Thanks to XM60 for Playing this Great Song. I aint from Texas (Long Island) but it looks and sounds like home to me!

[txdurk]

An instant classic. Merry Christmas ro all

[Ronja2H2]

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

[paschal421]

merry christmas...

[MaracaKabob]

secretly the best christmas song

[andrewboaz1]

The only version of this song worth listening to, right here. Screw Montgomery gentry's version

[AriaNuts]

Yaaay! My childhood Christmases! All that's missing are Vienna sausages and choruses of "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer".

[beutuoy911]

1:37 its osama holy shit what's he doin in the nativity scene

[JoshSonsiadekDC]

This song is really missing a Busch Light reference. Can we see a re-make in a future recording including Busch Light please? Such a classic tune!

[MediaGeneralTV]

58 people have never had a good time.

[goode2shuz1]

now that's funny i don't care who you are!

[popoaggie]

Wow, does this bring back family memories. Gives me a tear in the eye and a lump in the throat. All of us holding hands around the double wide and drinking holiday drinks fresh from the still. Damn !

[AgentGriswald]

It's not Christmas until someone breaks out the acoustic guitar and plays this song...

[treebhouse]

A new Christmas classic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[phakit]

@jacawe you have zero sense of humor AND this describes my family perfectly.

[tjAvatarici]

doesn't fit my family

[steemrolr]

Just watched, ok - NOW it's Christmas time. Thanks Robert Earl!

[Dwendele]

Thumbs-up if you listened to this song on KFAN, Texas Rebel Radio!

[telemaster1953]

@Dwendele i love KFAN.

[springerkarenm]

I LOVE this song. It makes me really happy!!!!

[jekiwe]

this is a piece of crap! crap! crap! i'm not a prude, but where is the holiday spirit in this (piece of crap)?...and he can't even sing a lick.....last time i'll listen to anything he does..wasted post.....

[gnatpiz]

@jekiwe Gee, I could find the Holiday spirit easy. The Mexican, Everyone's shocked...then he sings. My guess is he's got a great voice. Look at them. they all wear his mustache and he's in the center of all the group shots. Immediate, complete acceptance. Yep, no Christmas spirit there...

[claravoyante]

Brilliant- Robert Earl and me must be kin...

[MsRhianon]

best Christmas song on a par with Fairytale of New York,shoulda released it in Ireland ,we know a good tune when we hear it.

[mrnelson805]

Best Christmas Song Ever

[kimonthejourney]

My favorite Christmas song, ever.

[vinman1141]

TUCK FEXAS!!!

And

Merry Christmas.

[mrnelson805]

@vinman1141 Tuck you back. come down here to Tyler and see how far it gets you

[melody39able]

You don't have to be from Texas to have a family like this. I'm from rural Minnesota and this is my extended family to a t right down to the new wife Kaye who talks all about AA! I love Robert Earl Keene and a million thanks to him for this song. I play it at least a dozen times every Christmas.

[TheDratbat]

This song makes me both happy to be away from my family and miss them more than anything. Born and raised in El Paso but living in Boston now. Merry Christmas to everybody!

[sktompkins]

hell i lived in harlingen till i was 10. 1713 e. madison no less

[MrJst1978]

my favorite christmas song

[SippinSweetTea]

how can you not like this song. if you are from texas it problay fits your family. I know it does mine. Love it!!!

[mrnelson805]

@SippinSweetTea No. Doubt. And wouldn't have it any other way

[onewomanandsomesongs]

Wouldn't be Christmas without this song. 

[bobafettfan32]

In Texas this song is a documentary. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

[JohnG647]

I love this song fucking hilarius 

[stardust8480]

In my family after the egg nog comes tequila sunrises...

[phatbasta]

Looks like we had 52 Jehovah witnesses watch this.......

[buddyzroadie]

This is soooooo my extended family! Lol! Thank you for posting

[12valvepower1]

ihave on my sattelite radio 

[TXROCKHOUND900]

I never hear this on the radio.....need to change that :-)

[stardust8480]

@TXROCKHOUND900 I remember hearing it on country stations as a kid!

[adelsaint]

He holds his guitar really weird :P

[mbmoore210]

How the hell can you hit the "dislike" button for a vid this classy?

[gjjiii35]

This January this family marries into ours. Christmas wil never be the same

[Ciganylelek]

@gjjiii35 Ahahahahahahaha, thanks for the much needed laugh. At least they are marrying, ours is just "living in sin" as my Gma says, after 5 kids in 4 years (there are twins in that mix LOL). 

[ericwm1]

This is my family!!

[HazardousPineapples]

yor viteos arecool

[graycloud057]

Is that you Bubba Earl? !

[meganm0717]

oh my god, my uncle once did that with his camper... he plugged it in and blew all our lights. Of course, it was over Thanksgiving and not Christmas, so we didn't sing Silent Night. :D

[robsmithtrucking]

if your offended by this song, drink a bottle of drano and get it overwith.

[MrsCherylPainter]

One of my ALL TIME favorites

[forgetmenotaromas]

"Kinda gets you in that "Christmas Vacation" mood! lol

[mcdawg98]

hubby and I listened to this song as we put lights on our tree. love it!

[ted1221933]

John Boy and Billy Wooooooo!!!!!

[DCMan06]

@ted1221933 that's where I remember that from. I just to hear that show in my hometown.

[hardrock77]

I love this song. Learned it from Tom Skinner.

[Camike30]

These people live next door to us....only they break out into a fight

[gnatpiz]

@Camike30 That's what all the tampons are for, the bloody noses from the fistfights in the back yard...

[JeremyC924]

Love it

[StormErific]

Hey . Thats my family right there...lmbo

[WlSEGUY]

great original from REK but i prefer montgomery gentry's version

[Lisaport2011]

So, Funny!!

[ravenkiller1]

This is the first playing of many for me this year...merry christmas from my effed up family to yours!

[Ciganylelek]

@ravenkiller1 LOVE IT! Hell yea, listening to this again (did after Thanksgiving) while cooking. Come on, we all have families like this, at least some of us can admit it LOL.

[tmertube]

Man, I love REK like crazy, and I know when you have nothing good to say you shouldn't say anything at all, but boy this song really sucks.

[Gernadesmasher69]

Merry Christmas ya'll....Yes Im a Mexican! LOL Hook em horns!

[Ciganylelek]

Ahhh, my favorite Christmas song EVER! So glad it's that time of year again so I can listen to this 80 billion times over & over :) BTW this version is so much better than Montgomery Gentry's :)

[scottiwrat420]

hearing someone talk about AA makes me want to drink

[aardvark1956]

Heard this on the Michael Berry Show. Thanks for the share, Michael.

[terrydribble]

46 Mexicans didn't like this song.

[ttjjmm2233]

A true Christmas classic

[eddiejc1]

@ TXROCKHOUND900

The funny thing is that this little song gets a lot closer to the heart of the holiday and is more genuinely heartwarming than so many other contemporary Christmas songs.

[lowsten]

@eddiejc1 Agreed. This song describes almost everyone in my family lol. It's one of REK's best songs imo.

[Ciganylelek]

@lowsten My family too, LOL are we possibly related????? BWahahahahaha :)

[eddiejc1]

How on Earth is it that I never hear this song played on WASH-FM each year when they play Christmas songs 24/7, yet they keep playing the worst Christmas song ever recorded, Paul McCartney's "Have Yourself A Wonderful Christmas Time"?

[TXROCKHOUND900]

@eddiejc1 ain't that the truth!  Time to change that lol!

[guitarded401]

No college educated man sings better about white trash than Robert Earl Keene Jr.

[BenDempster]

I'm pretty sure this is my family...

[Larry1716]

nicer



[mindeloman]

Honestly, I don't want to be another "45 people are ________" guy. But I think it's time You tube changes their settings. I think everyone who presses dislike should have their username posted so everyone knows who they are. I personally think one of REK's jilted exgirlfriends made 45 seperate youtube accounts. There's no way 45 people exist to thumb this down.

[NaiyaIsla]

I think the 45 that didn't like this where scared by their family Christmas LMAO. Post a private video as a video response....that is kinda like the ghey

[budbarker57]

I think they used the melody from this for a song in "Country Strong".

[sara31tx]

my husband blast this every christmas..lol

[Snifey01]

The best Christmas song ever!!!

[BWNurse1]

Where are you Virginia

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[emzyk]

Christmas in July? It's always time for a little REK.



[LeilaStrickland]

love this song

[VampireWeekendWills]

Feliz navidad, feliz naviddaaad. Real turkey shootin

[thegodfigure]

real texas music

[MrVoodoo71]

Just saw REK in Shreveport La. Awesome show it was just one big sin-a-long. Excellent vid. Will be posted on facebook page this h

[chalay353]

Merry Christmas from Helotes, TX!

He played at Floores a few weeks ago....good stuff.

[theburninator888]

Robert Earl is awsome i went to a concert of his in Chorpus and got 2 signed shirts and a signed copy of Gringo Honeymoon my favorite now i got to go to the quick pack store.....

[koonfunkkupkake]

A little message to Bin Ladins family, from ours....

[jackal59]

This is a great video, but where they intended to show it is beyond me. MTV? CMT? Whatever... but REK is definitely the master of the shit-eattin' grin (not only his own, but mine as well - my face hurts after watching this.)

[babyballoongirl]

I really don't like country music, but I like this song. I truely believe there are always a few good artisit that will make you like another genre of music. This guy is one of them.

[teresababe87]

This was sooo cool

[matts41124]

BEST SHOW EVER !!!!!!!! VOTE UP !!!!!!

[matts41124]

BEST SHOW EVER !!!!!!!!

[The2ndFirst]

Central TX Christmas.

It's funny because it's true.

[mr8ucket]

hell yeah its christmas

[TopBolter]

THATS TALENT THERE..

[DJofTexas]

This song is awesome! Go Robert Earl Keene!!

[misslemoncream]

this guys version is horrid. look up jill sobules cover of this song on myspace

[bentonjennings]

@misslemoncream Funny, as he's the guy what wrote it.

[graycloud057]

I swear these people live accros the street from us...

[lostcowhand]

@graycloud057

Yep, we're your neighbors! 

[graycloud057]

@lostcowhand  Howdy neighbor!

[A1l2l2e2n4]

@graycloud057

Would their name happen to be Bumpus? And do they have a bunch of hounds? (Oh, fudge!)

[theSuperdave501]

@graycloud057 wait a minute, I lived across the street from you ...........?

[chamberlandbigshtyle]

Of course we would have to add Dan Fogelberg...Same Old Lange Syne??

[chamberlandbigshtyle]

What about Tom Waits... Christmas Card FromA Hooker In Minneapolis?? Nat King Cole... The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot??? We could put a hell of a CD together? Really Sad Christmas Songs! We could market the CD with a razor blade and a note pad with a little pencil? I will probably loose out on this idea. It wouldn't be the first time...

[potatoman7198]

that.......was........GENIUS

[suzibigdog]

for everyone thats finally come to grips with the fact that their family is a liitle less than hallmark perfect.... love it!

[cappsoutlaw]

to everybody merry christmas and pass me a beer

[Pyrosyard]

Fantastic - This and "Fairytale of New York" are about the only Christmas songs I've any love for. REK you're a genius, thank you.

[psychodoc62]

I've been humming it too myself since I heard it again last night..... It truly is... 'pure genius'...

[mikejhm]

Yes. Just heard this on the radio again. Had to look it up to see if it was here. the video was excellent. Not much of a country music fan but this song is a nice contrast to supposed "normal" family atmospheres where often there is just a bunch of repressed people.

[hatkat85]

This song is to Christmas songs what Charlie Brown was to Christmas cartoons...pure genius. Says more about the true spirit of Christmas than any preacher could say in an hour sermon.

[Chubs3277]

Amazing Song!!!

[redmonttraceable]

I'll be humming this all day!

[caeseroct0]

I hate country music and this is one of my favorite Christmas songs.

[psakref]

Everyone who comments today is welcome to my house for a big ol` slice of ham and turkey

[bkcasa1]

35 people clicked the wrong button. Merry Christmas from TEXAS!!!

[Moose6340]

Greatest damn Christmas song ever written.

[johnhoftb]

35 people hate Christmas and Robert Earl Keen,

[kimonthejourney]

Raise your hand if you've had to interrupt Christmas to get tampons. :::hand raised:::: Merry Christmas, Aunt Flo.

[rodsross]

I love this song so much that it's become by far, my FAVORITE Christmas song! No other song brings back the memories of family gatherings and calls to the forefront of my mind, all the quirky little family nuances that embarrassed the crap out of most of us, at the time. Now, those quirky nuances are the most fun and most celebrated! Halleluja, everybody say cheese, Merry Christmas from the family! Feliz Navidad!

[psychodoc62]

I agree w/those of you who think this is pure genius & one of the best of the bunch... I hope the rest of you enjoy your 'little private heaven' that keeps us 'non-believers' out...

[DarcyTV1]

Such a brilliant song. Merry Christmas. Thanks for posting.

[CoinShootingOnline]

Merry Christmas from Spring, Texas!

[bcushing]

REK=Genius. Along with Todd Snider the most underrated songwriter in America.

[tangstamp]

Now this is Christmas, american-style. This is beautiful in it's genius. Just family in all it's many facets. God help the person who can't relate to this. Thank you for this fun look at Christmas and walking me through my own holiday memories.

[61wilks]

REK, you are the man... Come back to Challis!

[oiyabastard]

this sux , go look up fuck xmas

 by frear

[JCS72]

@montebanque shut up.

@JCS72 AGREED! Sounds like a moron lol.