Codependent Christmas features 15 upbeat zany tunes, including Happy Whatever You're Having, The Twelve Days of Analysis, and The Sweet Nutcracker. It's a collection of swing, blues, folk, polka, and parodies of Christmas ... more »classics that will keep the humbug at bay. So amuse your inner Scrooge with a musical therapy. No prescription needed!« less
Codependent Christmas features 15 upbeat zany tunes, including Happy Whatever You're Having, The Twelve Days of Analysis, and The Sweet Nutcracker. It's a collection of swing, blues, folk, polka, and parodies of Christmas classics that will keep the humbug at bay. So amuse your inner Scrooge with a musical therapy. No prescription needed!
CD Reviews
I wouldn't go through the holidays without it
E M Taylor | Kansas, United States | 12/04/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The other reviewers are right--this album is so good I am buying another one to give as a gift. These women are funny without ever sinking to sick humor. They gently poke fun at everything from disfunctional families to over-spending. There's even a wonderful romantic song, It Must Be Christmas, that you can play for or sing to your sweetheart. Thank you, Therapy Sisters, for this wonderful gift."
Sure to bring a smile to your face!
E M Taylor | 09/22/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Therapy Sisters are a great vocal duo. They have superb harmony and exceptional lyrics. Their songs range the gamut from thought provoking to absolutely side-splitting. Most excellent songs on this CD - The 12 Days of Therapy and The Christmas Polka."
Songs for sing-alongs for slightly warped families
E M Taylor | 10/09/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Have been getting counseling from the Therapy Sisters for years. Don't plan to get well anytime soon as the treatment is just too much fun. Pachebel's Tantrum is especially appropriate for our holidays. Have been waiting for the reissue of this cd for some time."
Decorate your tree to this refreshing humor!
Peter Durward Harris | 10/21/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Great sound and lyrics - Christmas humor that can still make you think about the world becoming a better place!"
Amusing look at Christmas
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 09/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Like all comic albums, your appreciation of it will depend on your sense of humor but I suspect that most people will find plenty to enjoy here. Even the copyright warning is amusing, explaining that unauthorized duplication of this or any other recording produced by starving artists will result in you heading up Santa's naughty list. The sisters (Mary Reynolds and Marilyn Rucker) don't look as if they're starving but you already know from the warning that this is not a serious Christmas album although there is a serious message in some of the comic songs.
Among the comic songs are the title track (about a family who don't get on well together), Christmas in July (wishing for some goodwill in summer), Abraham's lament (about biblical characters looking at how they are celebrated), The twelve days of analysis (about psychiatric therapy), The sweet nutcracker (about a psychiatrist), Happy whatever you're having (season's greetings), Santa's got the blues (about Santa needing therapy), Listless Christmas (about what you want for Christmas), The littlest snowflake (tracing the progress of a snowflake from its arrival on the ground to melting in the sun), Pachelbel's tantrum (another song about a family Christmas), New year's resolutions (about resolutions that are broken) and my favorite, The war of the lights (about rivalry between neighbors).
Apart from the comic songs, there are three others - It must be Christmas (a love song), Christmas boogie and Christmas polka.
If you want music to laugh at during the festive period, this may be just what you're looking for."
Track Listings (15) - Disc #1