The Christmas Jug Band, a tongue-in-cheek collaboration of some familiar rock and folk legends, continues to set the standard for holiday high spirits. For more than a decade this self-styled "momentary lapse of sanity grown to ubiquitous proportions" has graced the Freight stage with their raucous revelry and funky, down-in-the-holler "jugbandizations" of seasonal favorites.

Their offbeat repertoire runs the seasonal gamut, from "Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit" and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" to "Jingle Bell Rock" and the unforgettable "Santa Lost a Ho." While the band's latest album, Uncorked (Globe), is a hot companion to several previous albums, including last year's re-release of their classic Mistletoe Jam, there is no substitute for a live concert!

It's not known exactly which purveyors of the seasonal jugabilly mystique will darken the Freight's door this time through, but members who have graced our stage in recent years include the likes of Austin Delone (Howard Tate, Fabulous Thunderbirds), Paul Rogers (Those Darn Accordions), Tim Eschliman (Rhythmtown-Jive, Etta James), Norton Buffalo, Gregory Leroy Dewey (Mad River, Country Joe), Jim Rothermel (Van Morrison) and Blake Richardson, playing washboard, washtub, bells, whistles, accordion, guitar, piano, bass, drums, and assorted reeds and brass.