Jingle Bell Rockers

Austin "Candy Cane" Charanghat

How You Know Him ➪ With more than 10 albums, he's been performing blues music locally for 25 years. Real vs. Fake Christmas Tree ➪ "I've had fake Christmas trees all my life, and one day, five or six years ago, my oldest son wanted to have a real one, and that was it." Why Ohio City Singers ➪ "New Christmas songs? It doesn't happen! And a band that's solely just Christmas? I can't really think of too many bands in the world that are doing what we're doing." New Nickname ➪ "I had the 'Walkin' Cane' bit for so many years, and we figured when it was Christmas time it should be 'Candy Cane.' "

Brent Kirby

How You Know Him ➪ He's a singer-songwriter with 20 to 25 gigs a month as a solo artist, a member of Rolling Stones-esque the Jack Fords and as the lead in the New Soft Shoe, a Gram Parsons cover band. His Christmas Tradition ➪ "We always do stockings right away in the morning." Go-to Holiday Dessert ➪ "You take an orange, and you just smash it so it's nice and soft. Candy canes have little airholes through it, so you stick a candy cane in the orange and you suck out the orange juice through the candy cane." Favorite Ohio City Singers Song ➪ " 'Egg Nog.' It's kind of New Orleans inspired, and it has some cool rhythmic stuff going on."

Chris Allen

How You Know Him ➪ When things get green in March, he plays guitar and mandolin in the Boys from the County Hell. Favorite Christmas Song ➪ "Nat King Cole's version of 'The Christmas Song' by Mel Torme. If I had to delete every other Christmas song and leave one, it would be that song." His Inspiration ➪ "I've had people come up to me and tell me this is their Christmas music growing up for them as a kid." Embracing Winter ➪ "I never want to go anywhere warm. Being a lifelong Clevelander, I love the snow. It's something about the way the snow and the cold kind of slows things down."