What exactly is the “new, old fashioned way”?

mildmanneredclarkkent64: What exactly is the “new, old fashioned way”?
This is a little tongue-in-cheek, but I was listening to the Christmas song, “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” and Brenda Lee famously sings that “Everyone’s dancin’ merrily, in the new old fashioned way”. What is that?

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Answer by TommyMc
An “old fashioned” Christmas is sort of held as a gold standard isn’t it? Think of Bing Crosby singing White Christmas. When Brenda Lee sang “Rockin Around The Christmas Tree” rock’n roll was in it’s infancy. It was the latest fad…and a lot of people thought it was just a passing craze. Tame as the song sounds today, I think Brenda was waving the banner for teenagers celebrating in their own “new” way. “New old fashioned” is just a catchy play on words.
Isn’t it ironic that Brenda Lee’s song has become a part of our Christmas tradition? I wonder if she could have imagined it at the time.