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Cyndi Lauper "Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life!" COLOR:CLEAR WITH RED & WHITE CANDY CANE Two years after Fang IslandLeave it to Cyndi Lauper to record a Christmas album that's upbeat without being sappy! Honestly, the stories that surround the making of this 1998 record are enough to put you in the Christmas spirit. Like the fact that she recorded it at her home while her infant son Declyn slept (he can be heard giggling and burbling on 'New Year's Baby [First Lullaby]'). And that she taped her vocals inside her cedar closet because she liked the reverb sound. In