Mark's Xmas Video Countdown – #9

Coming in at #9 on our countdown — and yes, I know I sound like Casey Kasem doing this — is a video by a performer that several folks have told me is "The Barry Manilow of Mexico." I'm not sure they all meant that as a compliment but if I were a singer, I sure wouldn't mind being the Barry Manilow of anywhere.

The gent's name is Emmanuel — born Jesús Emmanuel Arturo Acha Martinez sez Wikipedia — and even though my Spanish is rustier than Jack Haley by the side of the road, I like Emmanuel's rendition of "Jingle Bell Rock." I especially like the way he brings in all these folks who I assume are celebrities in Mexico to pretend they're actually singing or playing musical instruments and how half the time, they don't even pretend very much…