Continuing the theme of holiday songs for December's Retro Videos of the Week, this week I'm going with Johnny Cougar's 1987 version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" -- a tale of brutal infidelity through the eyes of a child witness. The Coug's version is countried-up, with a fiddle, accordion, and steel guitar, and it was featured on the first of the A Very Special Christmas compilation albums. The video stands out for two reasons. One is Mellencamp's flowing lion's mane of locks. Two is the inclusion of his then-young daughter Teddi as a tambourinist and, later in the song, as a clearly reluctant and terrified singer.
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