While I’m all for the traditional Christmas carols and all the songs about the birth of Jesus, I’m also a sucker for the fun, non-traditional, non-religious Christmas songs. I will go from playing “Away in a Manger” to “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”, and appreciate both equally. Does that make me odd? Maybe so. But today’s song is one that I don’t know if anyone can hear and not tap their toes….or any part of their body! It’s “Run Rudolph, Run” by Chuck Berry. Fun fact, Johnny Marks, who wrote “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” has a songwriting credit, even though he never worked with Chuck Berry on the song. Why? Because he trademarked the character of Rudolph. Shrewd move! If you compare the song with Berry’s hit “Johnny B. Goode”, there are a lot of similarities. That is because they’re both 12 bar blues, so of course there will be similarities. Enjoy the song!