Billy Preston "Nothing From Nothing"

This is one of my favorite songs of the Christmas season!

Yeah, I know, it's not a Christmas song. But it's on the soundtrack to the movie "Elf," so when we start playing Christmas music at home, this one comes up (along with Louis Prima's "Pennies From Heaven").

Hey, it's good any time of year, right?


Hear the song on Youtube.

Buddy The Elf "Song For My Dad"

While PJ is on vacation, he's tossing out some improvised songs.

On the surface, this scene from "Elf" might just seem silly or stupid.

But it is no easy feat as a performer that Will Ferrell manages to make his improvised song both totally hilarious and gut-wrenchingly painful.

Think I'm kidding? Try it sometime. You don't even have to sing. Just write a sentence that makes people burst out laughing, while filling them with empathetic sadness. I wouldn't even know where to begin.

That's genius.