Heck of a time to write about Christmas when Japan is currently roasting like a chestnut over an open fire and Toronto has just emerged from a mini-heat wave. However, it's been a sorta/kinda tradition here on KKP to throw in one song related to the Yuletide during the summer to show the whimsical (or deranged) spirit. And I'd like to remind viewers that we're now less than five months away from the Holidays.
Of course, on Scott's podcast, "Holly Jolly X'masu", everyday is Christmas and Japanese, and for his latest episode, he's focused on his annual "Christmas in July" tunes because Japanese pop culture contains a lot of Xmas-themed summer ditties. Apparently, Christmas is surprisingly seasonally pliable there. One of the acts that he's focused on is the veteran aidoru group Momoiro Clover Z（ももいろクローバーZ）.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the Momoiro Clover Z song that Scott had featured on the podcast on YouTube, but on the other hand, I was able to track down another similarly-themed song of theirs on the group's November 2019 20th single, "stay gold". "HOLIDAY" is a snazzy tune written and composed by singer-songwriter CHI-MEY that has incorporated some of those old kayo kyoku elements because it was utilized as the theme song for Momoiro Clover Z's short concert tour "Momoiro Christmas 2019 ~ Fuyuzora no Mirror Ball"（ももいろクリスマス2019 〜冬空のミラーボール〜...Winter Sky Mirror Ball） in December of that year in Osaka and Saitama. The live events were patterned after the old NTV variety show "Shabondama Holiday"（シャボン玉ホリデー...Bubble Holiday） which had its initial run between 1961 and 1972.
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