Amy & Freddy - Holiday Cabaret Duo at Oasis

"I really love the Christmas music my parents used to listen to," says Amy Armstrong. "Bing Crosby. Perry Como. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire."

"My favorite holiday song is 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,'" offers Freddy Allen. "Judy Garland's version always makes me cry. I'm also the rare person who actually likes 'I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas'. It's just silly, and I love it."

Do you hear what I hear?

It's the sound of seasonal sincerity. And you better think twice if you're expecting anything less from the consummate piano and vocal duo Amy & Freddy, when they play at Oasis on Sunday, December 16.

"I know it's usually a drag-heavy venue," adds Armstrong, a soulful belter who's no stranger to risqu� patter. "But I hope that people will be in the Christmas spirit."

The pair's set will include a smidge of naughty in the form of Armstrong's "12 Drinks of Christmas" parody and a rendition of the 1960s novelty "Pretty Little Dolly," but mostly they'll be serving nice.

"I think that's just who we are," says Allen. "We're both down-to-earth people. We don't put on airs or be fake."

While it seems de rigueur for budding young performers to explain that they aspire to express their "authentic selves," Amy and Freddy have doing just that –no muss, no fuss– for decades.