First, we carolers had to convince some beefy Pasadena police that we didn’t come to Assemblyman Chris Holden’s Christmas open house at his district office to disrupt the festivities and dirty up the place (though we did leave a lunch bag of coal behind). Politely, we explained we were there in good fun to sing adapted Christmas carols to the man instrumental to a giant corporate bailout of Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, Sempra and other utilities responsible for sparking deadly wildfires.