Normally I ignore commercials on TV.  But every now and then I'll see one that intrigues me.  Or, in this case, it's a whole series of commercials.

The Hyundai commercials feature a little-known group called Pomplamoose performing popular Christmas songs.  The duo of Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte teamed up in 2008 to form the group, and now these commercials are giving them national exposure.

Aside from just sounding good, what makes them special is that they create what they call "Video Songs".  The video shows them singing and playing every instrument you hear throughout the song.  And they play all their own instruments.  As they say on their website, "What you see is what you hear".  There's no lip-syncing for voice or instruments.  It gives their music a more authentic and natural sound.

Now every time I hear one of these commercials -- which seems to be quite often -- I have to stop and pay attention to all the instruments they play.  It really is a creative way to make a video and to showcase their talents.  They have lots of stuff on their YouTube channel.  I can't get these commercials out of my head!  "Deck the halls with bells of holly ...."

WAIT!!!  That's not right.  I just googled the lyrics to this Christmas song and discovered that I've been wrong all these years!  It's not "bells of holly" or even "balls of holly".  It's "boughs of holly".  Who knew?  What is a "bough of holly" anyway?  I guess it's a ribbon and "bow" tied around some holly leaves?

WAIT!!! WAIT!!!  I'm wrong again.  (Google is a wonderful thing.)  A "bough" is a main branch of a tree.  So the song is talking about hanging larger holly tree branches around the house -- not just some small twigs and leaves.  Incidentally, the word "bough" is part of the nursery rhyme Rockabye Baby.  While I always thought the song went "when the bow breaks" (pronounced like a dog says bow-wow), it is actually "when the bough breaks".

I'll stop there.  That's enough knowledge for one night.