Today marks the first of many appearances in this series from my hands-down favorite artist of Christmas music, if not of all time: Mannheim Steamroller. Deck the Halls is the first track from their first album back in 1984. It’s a classic carol, but Mannheim Steamroller’s take on it as a driving rock song is so different from any traditional version you’ll hear that it doesn’t feel old and overdone at all. They do indeed rock so hard and so festively that steam comes out of your brain. As it melts.