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St. Paul, Minn.

Holidays bring out the Grinch in Messersmith

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Today's Morning Edition music is from "Let's Ditch Christmas," a new holiday tune by Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter Jeremy Messersmith.

He writes on his website, "I'm a grinch. I hate most holiday music, but the stuff I do love comes almost exclusively from the crooner era of the '50s and '60s. The lyrics are pure schmaltz, the arrangements are sugary, but throw in a playful bourbon-soaked vocal with a dash of sleigh bells and it just works. With 'Let's Ditch Christmas' I tried to combine grinchy-ness with a big band sound."

Tonight, Messersmith will be bringing his holiday cheer to the Turf Club in St. Paul.