Christmas isn’t Christmas until I shake it like a Polaroid picture

Now, all Sallys, Violets, and Lucy Van Pelts get on the floor

I think we all can agree that the Internet is terrible, but occasionally, like finding corn kernels amongst the turds, we find gems of wonderful content amongst the offal.

For me, for the last 18 years, Christmas just hasn’t been Christmas without watching the Peanuts gang dance to Outkast’s 2003 hit “Hey Ya.”

The original of this video by “CommyOstrich” (or at least I think it’s the original) has been viewed more than 3 million times. In 2010, someone calling themselves “TheVideoRelaxant” remastered the video using a clean digital copy of the video and stereo audio.

I am eternally grateful that neither the Charles Schulz estate nor the notoriously litigious BMG corporation, which owns Outkast’s record label, have forced YouTube to pull down this video.

Watch it with your neighbor on your baddest behavior.

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