Many years ago on a cold December night, Chuck told me of a memory from his childhood.
During the Christmas season, his parents would motor off to holiday parties and leave him at home to his own devices. Chuck was around fifteen or so and had recently discovered two new things: Marijuana and the recently released first record by Black Sabbath. Chuck decided to turn down all the lights in the house, save the Christmas tree. He pulled a little shoebox from under his bed rolled a joint and dropped the record onto the turntable. This seemed like a holiday tradition worth repeating and embracing and so the Holly Jolly Sabbath was born.
Some simple rules were laid down to make for a no nonsense holiday tradition:
1. It should always fall on the Sunday before Christmas
2. A Christmas Tree should provide the light
3. Clareé should be made
4. All the Black Sabbath records should be listened to in chronological order