{"id":7083,"date":"2010-12-25T02:41:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T07:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2011-12-23T00:04:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T05:04:28","slug":"mrs-claus-aint-got-nothing-on-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/mrs-claus-aint-got-nothing-on-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Claus Ain't Got Nothing On Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/artemis\/mcmon5mrs.php\">Mrs. Claus<\/a> figure McFarlane made a few years ago in the Twisted Christmas line? This girl makes a fine case for a live-action version:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"318\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zLYvrNvuCIs&rel=0&color1=0x003366&color2=0x0099cc&border=0\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zLYvrNvuCIs&rel=0&color1=0x003366&color2=0x0099cc&border=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"318\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Yum.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->If the song sounds familiar, that's because Target's using it in their \"All Things Merry\" campaign:<\/p>\n<p><center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0\" width=\"425\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.filestube.com\/embed,3b76034eb8193cdb03e9.html\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"ST=HV\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"425\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"340\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/video.filestube.com\/embed,3b76034eb8193cdb03e9.html\" FlashVars=\"ST=HV\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"340\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The song in question is \"Mrs. Claus Ain't Got Nothin' On Me\" by Little Jackie, an R+B duo fronted by Imani Coppola (who had a hit a decade ago with \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IRyV4rvTf7c\" target=youtube>Legend of a Cowgirl<\/a>\"):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Fa-la-la-la-la<br \/>\nOo she bop she bop<br \/>\nFa-la-la-la-la<br \/>\nOo she bop she bop<\/p>\n<p>I ain't got no time for a nap oh no no<br \/>\nI gotta make this holiday glow (like a light bulb)<br \/>\nTie it all up in a big shiny bow<br \/>\nI'm a home for the holidays superhero<\/p>\n<p>A boom-boom bap in a snap that's a wrap<br \/>\npow pow shazam shazap that's a wrap<br \/>\nBake up them cookies as fast as I can<br \/>\nI'm gonna show what I got<br \/>\nThen show you who I am<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<br \/>\nMrs. Claus ain't got nothing on me<br \/>\nI'm dancing circles around the Christmas tree<br \/>\nDecking the halls, doing it all merrily<br \/>\nHoney, it's as easy as one-two-three<\/p>\n<p>Fa-la-la-la-la<br \/>\nOo she bop she bop<br \/>\nFa-la-la-la-la<br \/>\nOo she bop she bop<\/p>\n<p>I ain't got no time to pout, no not now<br \/>\nI'm about to let my inner elf hustle on out<br \/>\nSilver and gold, it's all under control<br \/>\n'cause I'm a home for the holidays superhero<\/p>\n<p>A bam-bam blaow in a snap that's a wrap<br \/>\npow pow shazam shazap that's a wrap<br \/>\nI sparkle like a star on top of the tree<br \/>\nI pat myself on the back baby<br \/>\nIt's all because of me.<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<\/p>\n<p>Come to mama baby, I got superpowers<br \/>\nI can do 12 days of Christmas in 12 hours<br \/>\nCome to mama baby, I'll be your superhero<br \/>\nI'll reduce a million worries right down to zero.<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This song can be downloaded for free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.target.com\/HolidayAlbum\" target=target>from Target's website<\/a>, or it's available in a zip file with 13 others <a href=\"http:\/\/holidaymusic.target.com\/TheChristmasGig.zip\" target=target>right here<\/a>. We particularly dig \"Toy Jackpot\" by Blackalicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Mrs. Claus figure McFarlane made a few years ago in the Twisted Christmas line? This girl makes a fine case for a live-action version: Yum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,31,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcfarlane","category-target","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7083"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7123,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions\/7123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}