Grrr I had to experience Christmas music in the wild yesterday, and the sound of overfamiliar songs blaring at a high level never fails to trigger my inner Grinch. So we set our tuners to last year, when Madison McFerrin dropped one of the finest new Christmas songs of the year—or any year, truth be told. “Alone On Christmas” is the lament of the lonely as they face the holiday. Replete with a nice groove and killer harmonies, “Alone On Christmas” is the song for the disaffected and those sick of Mariah Carey’s stranglehold on Christmas emotion. “Alone on Christmas” sounded great last year; sounds eve better this year, it positively shines. A new perennial favorite, this.