It’s that time of year again: trees, lights, stockings, nog, and, of course, surf rock covers of Christmas classics! Festive fruitcakes Dancer & Prancer (whose members are Seattle punk rock lifers you’ve probably seen in such bands as the Intelligence, the Coconut Coolouts, and others) bill themselves as “Seattle’s Number One Holiday Surfin’ Band!”—an indisputable claim—and, like Santa, they only visit once a year to shower you with their gifts. According to their fancy website dancerandprancerwebsite.com, their repertoire includes such favorites as “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “Sleigh Ride,” all done up in the traditional surf rock style with reverb-wet guitar licks, and steady splashing backbeat. (They also share a “special Christmas message” about getting your chimney cleaned). Possibly the most inspired surf rock covers project this side of those black metal songs on Youtube (“The Darkthrones,” “The Mayhems”). With Tacocat, Wiscon. ERIC GRANDY

Wed., Dec. 14, 9:30 p.m., 2011