Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
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| Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Tom Waits |
| Genres | jazz |
| "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" | |
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| Song by Tom Waits | |
| from the album Blue Valentine | |
| Released | September 1978 |
| Recorded | July 24 – August 26, 1978 |
| Studio | Filmways/Heider Recording Hollywood, California |
| Genre | Jazz, blues |
| Length | 4:33 |
| Label | Asylum |
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Waits |
| Producer(s) | Bones Howe |
"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" is a song written and performed by Tom Waits, released on his 1978 album Blue Valentine.
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"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" has been described as a "laconic first-person sketch".
For a performance in New York on November 21, 1985, Waits introduced the song with the following anecdote:
