tonight was my second annual holiday music show on warc. while i may have dreaded singing christmas caroles on christmas eve in the old days i've really grown to love holiday music, the traditional and the odd.
- johnny mathis - winter wonderland
- herb alpert - the christmas song
- sufjan stevens - come on! let's boogey to the elf dance
- the muppets - deck the halls
- asobi seksu - merrry christmas (i don't want to fight tonight)
- barenaked ladies - the dreidel song
- belle & sebastian - the 12 days of christmas
- the beach boys - run, run, reindeer
- pas/cal - last christmas
- paul mccartney - simply having a wonderful christmas time
- fall out boy - yule shoot your eye out
- run-dmc - christmas in hollis
- suburban homeboy - hanukkah hey ya
- usa for africa - do they know it's christmas?
- death cab for cutie - christmas (baby please come home)
- angelique kidjo - mutoti kwanza
- john lennon - happy christmas (war is over)
- happy clucking christmas - carol of the bells
- stan and wendy - it happened in sun valley
- leon redbone & zooey deschanel - baby, it's cold outside
- chris isaak - christmas on tv
- ron sexsmith - maybe this christmas
- britta phillips & dean wareham - old toy trains
- black tape for a blue girl - chanukkah, oh chanukkah
- fountains of wayne - i want an alien for christmas
- the eels - christmas is going to the dogs
- grandaddy - alan parson's in a winter wonderland
one of my favorite christmas tunes is "blue christmas" and there's so many excellent versions. so here's whose versions i played:
- elvis
- low
- bright eyes
- johnny cash
- chris isaak
- johnny mathis
- brian setzer orchestra
and to finish things off:
- barbara streisand - have yourself a merry little christmas
- low - taking down the tree
