Award-winning New York singer-songwriter Andrew Vladeck teams up with Brooklyn band Balthrop, Alabama to knock this new holiday classic all the way to California. From the slush of a New York winter to the Santa Monica sunshine, here's a holiday wish any snowbound slob can relate to. 　　"Letters to Santa Monica" is a follow-up release to the album "A Very Balthrop Christmas" (End Up Records). 　　Who would think that a band named "Balthrop, Alabama" would call New York it's home, where they've been receiving love from The New Yorker to WNYC (Recent NPR Song of the Day and Video Premiere). Balthrop, Alabama is a giant collective of a band, founded by Alabama-born songwriter-siblings Pascal and Lauren Balthrop that walks the line between antebellum and anti folk. They also have been taking their town on the road: “Like a raucous ad-hoc town meeting where everyone brings an instrument to play.” (Future Montgomery) 　　Voted NYC Artist of the Month in The Deli Magazine, Andrew Vladeck has recently won awards in the 2013 Independent Music Awards and Great American Song Contest. Look for his new record in 2014. The Village Voice has calls his performances "bold and brassy, nothing but fun." The L Magazine calls his music "the perfect blend of Midwestern thoughtfulness and New Yorker gruff." Vladeck is also a member of Balthrop, Alabama and The Honey Brothers. 　　Credits 　　Music and lyrics by Andrew Vladeck 　　Performed by Andrew Vladeck and Balthrop, Alabama 　　Recorded and produced by Josh Kaufman, Jim Smith, and Paul Loren 　　Artwork by Michael Arthur and Pascal Balthrop 　　Jemison Thorsby – Pascal Balthrop – guitar, vocals 　　Georgiana Starlington – Lauren Balthrop – keyboards, vocals 　　Douglas Snead – Chris Buckridge – bass, alto saxophone, electric guitar 　　Aurora Rockledge – Alex Suarez – baritone saxophone 　　Luverne Dozier – Therese Cox – accordion, vocals 　　Titus Falkner – Jason Lawrence – drums 　　Cotton Tyler Guin – Andrew Vladeck – banjo, guitar, vocals 　　Ansley Henderson – Mike Quoma – electric guitar 　　Shiloh Sprott – Ray Sapirstein – cornet & trumpet 　　Toxey Goodwater – Michael Arthur – ink & paper 　　Patricia Chamless - violin, vocals 　　Jennifer Harder - trumpet, vocals 　　David Nagler - organ