Eartha Kitt’s Other Christmas Songs Will Make You See ‘Santa Baby’ in a Totally New Way

Dec 25 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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In 2018, Miley Cyrus lit up the internet with what almost every headline writer called a “feminist” rewrite of Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby.” On The Tonight Show, she explained that she was uncomfortable with the Christmas classic’s original lyrics from 1953, in which Kitt lists all the extravagant gifts she desires. “Am I saying I’m gonna hook up with Santa if he buys me all this stuff?” Cyrus asked, before performing...

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