The story behind ‘Christmas Wrapping’ | Marketplace From American Public Media Even a self-described grinch like Butler kind of liked it. And when the song started popping up on the radio that winter, he liked the royalty checks. BUTLER: This song, it’s loved by a lot of people. However, it’s not “Born to be Wild.” That’s an annuity. “Christmas Wrapping” allows me to get, you know, two toppings on my pizza instead of just pepperoni. A little more than that. A 45-second snippet played in a bar scene in a movie might earn him as much as $30,000. The whole song in hit movie with a hit soundtrack could end up pulling in well over $100,000. That could’ve happened with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. After their breakup, the producers of their movie “Jersey Girl” decided to cut a lot of JLo’s scenes out — including one set to the tune of “Christmas Wrapping.” I still love this song around the holidays.  However, now it is time to watch “Die Hard”.

The story behind ‘Christmas Wrapping’ | Marketplace From American Public Media

Even a self-described grinch like Butler kind of liked it. And when the song started popping up on the radio that winter, he liked the royalty checks.

BUTLER: This song, it’s loved by a lot of people. However, it’s not “Born to be Wild.” That’s an annuity. “Christmas Wrapping” allows me to get, you know, two toppings on my pizza instead of just pepperoni.

A little more than that. A 45-second snippet played in a bar scene in a movie might earn him as much as $30,000. The whole song in hit movie with a hit soundtrack could end up pulling in well over $100,000. That could’ve happened with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. After their breakup, the producers of their movie “Jersey Girl” decided to cut a lot of JLo’s scenes out — including one set to the tune of “Christmas Wrapping.”

I still love this song around the holidays.  However, now it is time to watch “Die Hard”.