C.C. Banana: What was it like recording a Christmas album during one of the hottest summers on record? ** Jay Jay French: Every Christmas album I know of has been recorded during the summer. Every quote I've ever read has been something like, "When I wrote 'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire' it was 90 degrees outside." All I can say is, my chestnuts were roasting when we recorded this album. It was freakin' hot! We were in a studio on Long Island with the air conditioning turned off, because we wanted to squeeze every last nuance from those 100-watt Marshall amplifiers with no distortion. Just because we care that much!