23rd
The other day Christa made a remark on Facebook about our mega Christmas playlist. The vigorous response suggested that many people haven’t ventured far beyond A Charlie Brown Christmas and Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.
Because I’m too sleepy to edit it down further, here’s 30 tracks—97 minutes—yoinked from my iTunes. Which is not to imply that they actually, you know, go well together.
Many of these feel obvious to me, but I’ve learned that one person’s familiar is another’s never-heard-it. With luck you’ll discover something new you don’t hate in here somewhere:
Est Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen - Chanticleer
A Marshmallow World - Dean Martin
Carol of the Bell - John Fahey
Christmas Children - “Scrooge” Soundtrack
Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! - Sufjan Stevens
Christmas Ain’t Christmas - Buck Owens
Last Month of the Year - The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Boar’s Head - The Chieftains
Chiron Beta Prime - Jonathan Coulton
Christmas Reunion - Reno & Smiley
Arabian Dance - The Modern Mandolin Quartet
Jingle Bells - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Fa and a La - Gustafer Yellowgold
¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? - Augie Rios
Pretty Paper - Willie Nelson
O Come O Come Emmanuel - Sufjan Stevens
Suzy Snowflake - Rosemary Clooney
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Canadian Brass
Christmas for Cowboys - Jars of Clay
Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
Long Way Around The Sea - Low
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - The Mills Brothers
I Wish You a Merry Christmas - Little Eva & Big Dee Irwin
Holy, Holy, Holy - Sufjan Stevens
Christmas Waltz - Oscar Peterson
The Christians and the Pagans - Dar Williams
It’s In Every One of Us - John Denver & The Muppets
O Holy Night - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
A Cold, Cold Christmas - Stephen Colbert
Auld Lang Syne - The Lonesome Travelers
