“This is the official start of Christmas,” proclaims Isaac Slade of The Fray, before he and Kelly Clarkson launch into their rendition of “The Christmas Song” (a.k.a. “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”) at 101.9′s Miracle on State Street show in Chicago. Well, we think we’d already called that once or twice already, but it’s good of Isaac and Kelly to make it official, anyway. Their version of “Christmas Song” is indeed very nice, with just an electric picked guitar riff for accompaniment, as the two trade off verses and occasionally make valiant (if obviously unrehearsed) attempts at harmonizing. Anyone who’s watched more than a couple hours of VH1 since 2005—during the rare hours when they actually show much, anyway—would undoubtedly approve.
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