Santa Claus Is Pagan Too (Emerald Rose Cover) by Ralph Puma
Channel: Ralph Puma
Date: 2021-12-15

When I first heard Emerald Rose’s Santa is Pagan Too, I was unbearably excited to cover it. As a thank you for all of those who have been along with me on this journey (and to attract some new friends) I am offering it up for free on everything. I’m going to be rolling out a lot of new music next year, have a goal to film my first music video, I may even dare to be “that guy” and claim 2022 as my year. It is my Jesus year, in honor of the sun king’s season. 33. 

I haven’t released any new music since Stop The CIty’s EP in 2013. Thats two unreleased albums that have never really made it out. I’ve been recording with John Black And Carl Bauer A lot and I sent over a bedroom recording I did of this song to John on Garage Band, He transformed it into something better than I could have even anticipated and I was already excited having heard his mixes on my new music. 

Christina happened upon this EMERALD ROSE song during a week we were discussing “branding” and “marketing” ideas. Christmas as a concept is one of the most successful brands/rebrands to ever exist. Christmas has many faces, many ideas tie themselves to it, but we are going back to the old ways with this song. 

I very much relate to Hawkeye (My new personal favorite Christmas watch through, only second to the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia christmas special)  and his perspective about his branding issues. I’ve always complained about having to do covers. I don’t like the whole having to be a “brand” thing currently being tied to being successful. I am not some definable being willing to shove itself into any box. Yeah, I study the occult, yes, before it was cool. Yeah I play pop punk and emo, which a few months back I was angry at the car radio internally screaming “NOW is when it’s popular again?”— and Yeah I want to make entertaining movies that are accessible to mainstream viewers that subvert social norms, what filmmaker doesn’t? 

But me as a personality? As  a Brand? I’d rather remain hidden. 

I don’t know why. I have nothing to hide. I don’t want to be show-y about the things I make, but want to live off of making them. Figure that one out. Go read/listen/watch any marketing thing and they pretty much laugh at that perspective. I’m going to figure out this problem, I’m aware of it, so now I’m obsessing— I’ve listened to a couple dozen “How to succeed at social media AND be authentic podcasts.” They all try to sell me more classes. Which ties back to my upcoming documentary idea I’m throwing around about cults. Everything is a cult. We’ll pick that back up again soon. 

I have worked very hard to get secure and find myself in an empathetic, sometimes cynical, mostly hopeful place. I am absent-minded at times and far from perfect. I can be quite dumb and not pick up on things right away. I battle with depression, but it’s beginning to get annoying and a bit of running or working out tends to clear that problem up pretty quickly, I’ve learned. I have no idea what’s next and I couldn’t be in a better position. I have the courage to overcome all of the things I fear and embody the avatar of who I actually want to be. Otherwise what was reading all of that Green Lantern for? Do not bring up the movie. 

TL:DR- HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY YULE, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! There’s been a lot of muck, but if you’re reading this YOU are still alive and besides the abnormal human social constructs the Earth is pretty beautiful. Go live in it some more and find new ways to take care of it. I’ve certainly been trying. 

Song Available for FREE download here: https://soundcloud.com/ralphpuma/santa-is-pagan-too/s-jWoIU7MHHuK?si=1d3c2b58d25b41739392787e166df98c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mixed and Mastered by John Black at Desired Effect Media: https://www.johnblackmusic.com/

Santa is Pagan Too by Emerald Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8i0ypSqBxE
Emerald Rose’s Website: http://www.emeraldrose.com/

Terrence McKenna clip from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6P-op3L1n8

After Skool: The Magic Mushroom Christmas Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz_JZJkqsEc
      
Sources in video:
https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/...
http://amanitashop.com/amanita-habitat        http://interferencetheory.com/Researc...       https://medium.com/@mustaphahitani/sa...

The Atlantic: Santa is a Psychedelic Mushroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrLb2-wETAQ

CGTN: Celtic festival of Beltane heats up in Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM1H-dq84i0

All other clips from The Prelinger Archive: https://archive.org/details/prelinger

Production by John Black At Desired Effect Media.