Dee Snider had only one request when producer Ric Wake called asking if Celine Dion could cover a Christmas song composed by the Twisted Sister frontman as a private gift for his wife.
"The first thing I said was, 'Does she know who wrote it?'" Snider says on the Talk is Jericho podcast. "He said, 'I didn't tell her yet.' And I said, 'Do not tell her Satan wrote a Christmas song!' He said, "Seriously?' I said, 'Seriously, dude. Just put it on the frigging album.'"
And so, after a quick name change to "The Magic of Christmas Day," this insane meeting of pop-culture figures was completed. Snider had no problem with Dion's title switch, either. "I don't care if she calls it 'This Song Is a Pile of Dog Shit.' Just put it on her album! Eight million copies later, then it was Rosie O'Donnell's Christmas album and sold another two million. We call our house the House that St. Celine built!"
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"The first thing I said was, 'Does she know who wrote it?'" Snider says on the Talk is Jericho podcast. "He said, 'I didn't tell her yet.' And I said, 'Do not tell her Satan wrote a Christmas song!' He said, "Seriously?' I said, 'Seriously, dude. Just put it on the frigging album.'"
And so, after a quick name change to "The Magic of Christmas Day," this insane meeting of pop-culture figures was completed. Snider had no problem with Dion's title switch, either. "I don't care if she calls it 'This Song Is a Pile of Dog Shit.' Just put it on her album! Eight million copies later, then it was Rosie O'Donnell's Christmas album and sold another two million. We call our house the House that St. Celine built!"
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