Spent some time over the past few days putting together a holiday gift CD.
This is how it turned out. I published it as an iMix at the iTunes Music Store if you want to add any of this to your own collection.
I tried to mix up the styles a bit without dipping into the overly familiar (no Bing Crosby or Little Drummer Boy, though I did find a version by Hendrix that might have suited). And I have included an after dinner joke story to help with digestion. But once more I realize the time to think about this is in the heat of summer if I want a good selection of material to work with.
- A Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song/Christine Lavin • The Runaway Christmas Tree
- ‘Zat You, Santa Claus? • Louis Armstrong & The Commanders • 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Louis Armstrong
- Welcome Christmas (Reprise) • Boris Karloff • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) • Vince Guaraldi Trio • A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Must Be Santa (Polka) • Brave Combo • Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album
- O Holy Night • Rickie Lee Jones, Suzie Katayama & The Chieftains • The Bells of Dublin
- Gaudete • Mediaeval Baebes • A Winter’s Night
- The Nutcracker Suite • The Brian Setzer Orchestra • Boogie Woogie Christmas
- The Rebel Jesus • The Chieftains & Jackson Browne • The Bells of Dublin
- Coventry Carol • Suzanne Vega • Celebrate the Season
- The Bricklayer’s Lament • Gerard Hoffnung
- Jingle Bell Rock • The Ventures • The Ventures’ Christmas Album
- Rusty Chevrolet • Da Yoopers • Culture Shock
- Christmas Wrapping • The Waitresses
- Thanks For Christmas • Three Wise Men (XTC)
- Merry Christmas Baby • B.B. King
- Happy Christmas (War Is Over) • U2 • Live on RTE, 1988
I hope you find some things to listen to, either new and refreshing or familiar: we need both, I think.