The B-side of Christmas.

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A Christmas crate digging obsession.

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Hi. I'm John and I have a Christmas music problem. For more than twenty years I've been digging through record stores, thrift shops, movie soundtracks, and forgotten corners of the internet looking for unique sounds of the holiday season.

This site is dedicated to presenting those overlooked and underappreciated recordings. It's a land of misfit toys full of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's music... but the bulk of the material orbits around Christmas.

The goal here isn't to unearth every obscure nugget. The aesthetic is rooted in quality. Beauty rings in the ear of the beholder, but everyone with a junior musicologist badge generally agrees on some basic principles that lift one recording above the others.

So, that's what's going on. Really good songs, really good stories, coming from almost every era and genre (sorry pop and contemporary country). All of it selected from what we can all agree is the worst bin of every record store - 'Christmas'.

Earfuls of Eggnog Mixes (Volumes 1-10)

For me it started back in the late 90s with a chance encounter of Christmas - an album by the band Low. It was deep in the music library of luminary community radio station KGNU in Boulder, Colorado. When the laser hit the plastic, that CD beamed out "Just Like Christmas" with all the magic and warmth of Christmas past. Light bulbs flickered on in my heart. I realized Christmas music could be really good, and slowly that old string of lights started to shine so bright that they kept me up at night. What else was out there? The quest began.

Interesting Holiday music exists. You can find it if you look hard enough.

But why would you want to look that hard? Why sift and filter through endless blogs and record bins looking for that one tiny musical tchochke that's worth adding to the mantle? Good question. Nobody really knows why the Christmas crate diggers keep doing it. But we do... and hopefully all of that effort helps make your season bright.

Below you can explore the results of all the searching through these mixes. If it happens to be December, you can probably tune in to a thousand hand-picked selections on the Earfuls of Eggnog Radio stream. Enjoy!

 

December 2022

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 10

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Felix Arndt - Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - 78 (Victor 17842)
  • 2. Chad Copelin) - Sugarplums - A Blackwatch Christmas Vol IV
  • 3. Loney Dear - Habibi (A Clear Black Line) - A Lantern and a Bell
  • 4. Catriona Sturton - This Dirty Town (Got Covered In Snow) - Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII
  • 5. Mike Edel - Our Forever - Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII (Edits)
  • 6. Mountain Man - Greensleeves - Sings Greensleeves
  • 7. Gina Maria - Noite De Natal Na Serra (Christmas Night On The Mountain) - Christmas In Portugal
  • 8. Michel Warlop, Solo De Violon, Acc. Par Django Reinhardt (Guitars) Et Louis Vola (Contrebasse) - Christmas Swing - 78 (Swing SW. 13 A)
  • 9. Murder By Death - My Evergreen - 2014 Christmas Cover Songs
  • 10. Cam Penner - Balsam Fir - Balsam Fir
  • 11. Calexico - Peace of Mind - Seasonal Shift
  • 12. Samson Wrote - God & Mary (Or, How I Met Your Mother) - Joy to the Squirrels
  • 13. The Beatles - (This is to Wish You) A Merry Christmas / Happy, Happy Christmas - 45
  • 14. Kavv - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Christmas Blues
  • 15. SwuM. - Skatin' - A Lofi Xmas
  • 16. Ronco - Christmas Advertisement - Mr. Microphone 1978 Campaign
  • 17. Gold Chain Music - Eggnog & Hennessy (Feat. Planet Asia, Gibby & KT) - Everyday is Christmas (Edits)
  • 18. Amerigo Gazaway - Lil' Funky Drummer Boy - A Christmas Album
  • 19. Meiko - Maybe Next Year (X-Mas Song) - Maybe Next Year (X-Mas Song)
  • 20. Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - White Christmas - Christmas Party Time in the Tropics
  • 21. Cookin Soul - Llego Navidad - Doom Xmas (Beats)
  • 22. Scope - Peppermint Christmas - Holiday Advertisement
  • 23. Eastern Slope Inn Orchestra - The Song of the Ski - Ski Time Jingles: A Collection of Alpine Ski Songs
  • 24. Unknown Accordionist - Santa Baby (Nietzche's Bar, Buffalo / December 24, 2007) - We're Talkin' Plowed: Holiday Field Recordings from Western New York
  • 25. Buck Owens - Blue Christmas Lights - Christmas with Buck Owens
  • 26. Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready - Let Me Sleep (It's Christmas Time) (Arena Di Verona Steps - Verona, Italy 9/16/2006) - Pearl Jam Twenty Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • 27. Hiss Golden Messenger - Hung Fire - O Come All Ye Faithful
  • 28. Dan Grissom - Wonderful Christmas Night - 78 (Jewel - ON 2008)
  • 29. Roy Smeck and his Island Quartet - I'll Be Home for Christmas - Christmas In Hawaii
  • 30. People in Oaxaca - Christmas In Oaxaca - Mexico - Fiestas of Chiapas and Oaxaca
  • 31. Caribbean Island Steel Drum Troupe - Auld Lang Syne (Edit) - Island Christmas: Steel Drum Christmas Songs

December 2020

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 9

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Unknown - Auld Lang Syne - Unknown
  • 2. Advance Base - Christmas in Nightmare City - Animal Companionship
  • 3. Sufjan Stevens - Lonely Man of Winter - Lonely Man of Winter
  • 4. Andrew Bird - Christmas in April - Hark!
  • 5. PINS - Come On Home (It's Christmas) - Come On Home (It's Christmas)
  • 6. Jake Tittle - Captain Morgan - Christmas in Color (A Blackwatch Christmas Vol IX)
  • 7. King Gizzard and the Shitpost Wizard - Christmas Lights - Christmas Lights EP
  • 8. Julia Child - La Bûche de Noël - The French Chef
  • 9. Eddie Dunstedter - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails, Pt. 2 (Edits)
  • 10. Juan Torres Y Su Organo Melodico - Pueblito De Belem - Feliz Navidad Con (Edits)
  • 11. Magic in Threes - We Three Kings - Super Soul Christmas EP
  • 12. Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Jingle Bells, Pt. 1 - Jingle Bells
  • 13. Amerigo Gazaway - Christmas Day - A Christmas Album
  • 14. The Loose Change Jinglettes - Appliances! - Advertising: The Reason for the Season
  • 15. Freedom Fry - When the Snowflakes Fall - When the Snowflakes Fall
  • 16. Ruth Welcome - I'll Be Home For Christmas - Christmas In Zitherland
  • 17. Jack Johnson - New Axe - This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 3
  • 18. Joe Pug - The Letdown - The Flood In Color
  • 19. Christmas in July - Miss Mistletoe - Christmas is a Feeling (Edits)
  • 20. Samantha Crain - Christmas for Cowboys - Christmas in Color (A Blackwatch Christmas Vol IX)
  • 21. Dr. Dog - The Tumbleweed Snowman - Oh My Christmas Tree Volume 2
  • 22. Los Lobos - It's Christmas Time in Texas - Llegó Navidad
  • 23. Unknown - Christmas Shopping (Short) - EP
  • 24. Rotary Connection - Silent Night Chant - Peace
  • 25. The Young Senators - Ringing Bells (Sweet Music), Pt. 2 - Ringing Bells (Sweet Music)
  • 26. Tafo Brothers & Noor Jehan - Happy New Year - Disco Dildar
  • 27. Murder By Death - Let's Get Tight - Lonesome Holiday
  • 28. Barry White - Have a Safe Holiday - Public Service Announcement
  • 29. Guy Lombardo - Auld Lang Syne - Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails, Pt. 2
  • 30. Avenue Beat - F2020 - F2020 (Edits)

December 2018

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 8

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Bob Piper and the Associate Singers - The Warm Sounds of Christmas - The Warm Sounds of Christmas - Seasons Greetings from WJAR
  • 2. Khruangbin - Christmas Time Is Here - Christmas Time Is Here
  • 3. The Stone Foxes - Christmas at McKinley Pub - Christmas at McKinley Pub
  • 4. BROS - It's Christmas Day - A Very BROS Christmas Vol. 1
  • 5. The Wakikis - Sleigh Ride - 45 (Pye International - 7N 25331)
  • 6. Kacey Musgraves - A Willie Nice Christmas - A Very Kacey Christmas
  • 7. Top Grant - A Christmas Drink - 45 (Island ‎– WI-032)
  • 8. Gene Ammons - Swingin' For Xmas - Early Visions
  • 9. Jimmy McGriff - Jingle Bells - Christmas With McGriff
  • 10. Louie Armstrong - Christmas In New Orleans - Christmas In New Orleans with Louis Armstrong and Friends
  • 11. Bing Crosby - Happy Holiday (Beef Wellington Remix) - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved
  • 12. Yo Ho Ho - Christmas Presents? - EP
  • 13. Tall Black Guy - For You This Christmas - EP
  • 14. Husbands - Right Christmas - XMAS2
  • 15. Phosphorescent - Christmas Down Under - C'est La Vie
  • 16. Four Eyes - Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Gruber - Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Gruber
  • 17. Deleted Scenes - Get Your Shit Together for the Holidays - Birdseed Shirt (Edits)
  • 18. The Swingle Singers - Christmas Medley - The Swingle Singers Christmas Album
  • 19. Dogs On Tour - Six Words - Music for Winter Volumes 1 & 2
  • 20. Freedom Fry - Next Christmas - Holiday Soundtrack
  • 21. Joe Purdy - New Year's Eve - Who Will Be Next?
  • 22. Mr Pickwick - Auld Lang Syne - Fun Sounds of Christmas
  • 23. Yo La Tengo - Here You Are - There's a Riot Going On

December 2016

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 7

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. The Polyphonic Spree - Winter Wonderland - Holidaydream
  • 2. National Jazz Trio of Scotland - Snowed In - Standards Vol. II
  • 3. Charlie Brown - "Nobody sent me a Christmas card today." - A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • 4. Mark Kozelek - I Believe in Father Christmas - Sings Christmas Carols
  • 5. Charles Atlas - The Snow Before Us - Up In The Air
  • 6. Courtney Barnett - Boxing Day Blues (Revisited) - Boxing Day Blues (Revisited)
  • 7. David Bazan - Wish My Kids Were Here (Edit) - Dark Sacred Night
  • 8. Corey Kilgannon and Jacob Hudson - All Through The Night - Noisetrade Holiday Mixtape 2015
  • 9. Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums - It's Not Christmas Anymore (Edit) - It's Not Christmas Anymore
  • 10. Leon Russell - Christmas in Chicago - Slipping Into Christmas
  • 11. Amerigo Gazaway - Beanie Weather - A Very Busted Christmas
  • 12. Tino - Christmas Is Here (Edit) - Tino's Breaks Volume 3: Christmas
  • 13. Moz - Me vs. Frosty - Bad Santa 2
  • 14. Joseph Washington Jr. - Shopping - Merry Christmas to You
  • 15. The Jive Turkeys - Get Down Santa - Get Down Santa
  • 16. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - God Rest Ye Merry Gents - It's a Holiday Soul Party
  • 17. The Aggrovators - Santa Claus Dub - Reggae Christmas
  • 18. The Kingstonians - Merry Christmas - Natty And Nice - A Reggae Christmas
  • 19. Reuben Anderson - Christmas Time Again - Trojan Christmas Box Set
  • 20. Bill Haley - A Year Ago This Christmas - JSP 45z
  • 21. Cy Coben - The Oklahoma Wrangler (Unhappy New Year) - 78 (RCA 4029)
  • 22. Dr. Dog - Rejoice (Edit) - Oh My Christmas Tree
  • 23. Big Harp - Waiting for Some Drunk - Chain Letters
  • 24. Kyle Zantos & Bryan John Appleby - When the River Meets the Sea - Santa's Slay EP

December 2015

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 6

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Julian Koster - Let It Snow! - Singing Saw at Christmas Time
  • 2. Cassandra Jenkins & Sam Owens - Snowflake Light Stake - I May Be Lost But I'm Laughing
  • 3. Mark Kozelek - Christmas Time Is Here - Sings Christmas Carols
  • 4. Andrew Bird - So Much Wine, Merry Christmas - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of...
  • 5. Red Red Meat - There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight - There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight
  • 6. Jessie Mae Hemphill - Merry Christmas, Pretty Baby - High Water 425
  • 7. The Ethiopians - Ding Dong Bell - 45 (Crab - 4B)
  • 8. Frank Cosmo - Greetings From Beverley's - Trojan Christmas Box Set
  • 9. Titus Turner - Christmas Morning - Santa Done Got Hip
  • 10. Rudi and the Rain Dearz - Santa's New Bag - Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party, Vol. 3
  • 11. Count Sidney & His Dukes - Soul Christmas (Vocal) - Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party (Full Version)
  • 12. Big John Greer - We Wanna See Santa Do The Mambo - Gonna Have a Really Soulful Christmas: 50 R&B and Soul Gems
  • 13. Tino - It's Christmas Time (Edit) - Tino's Breaks Volume 3: Christmas
  • 14. Landlady - Please Come Home For Christmas - I May Be Lost But I'm Laughing
  • 15. Kyle Zantos & Bryan John Appleby - Brothers - Santa's Slay EP
  • 16. Drew Grow & the Pastors' Wives - Tennessee Christmas - EP
  • 17. Brown Bird - Jingle Bells - The Brown Bird Christmas Album
  • 18. Edmund Wayne - Silver Bells - EP
  • 19. Esmé Patterson - If I - If I
  • 20. Soak - The Christmas Waltz - The Christmas Waltz
  • 21. Dr. Dog - Oh My Christmas Tree - Oh My Christmas Tree
  • 22. The Fugitives - Christmas at the Office Party - Light Organ Records: Our First Christmas
  • 23. Team Five - New Years Eve - XO for the Holidays Vol 2
  • 24. Hey Rosetta! - New Year Song (Edit) - A Cup Of Kindness Yet

December 2013

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 5

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. The Polyphonic Spree - Silent Night - Holidaydream
  • 2. Sufjan Stevens - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Silver & Gold, Songs For Christmas, Vol. 9: Let It Snow
  • 3. David Bazan - Just Like Christmas - A.V. Club's 2011 Holiday Undercover
  • 4. Andrew and the North American Grizzly - Let The Snow Fall - EP
  • 5. Eef Barzelay - Joy To The World - Bitter Honey (Redux)
  • 6. Breathe Owl Breathe - Snow Blow - The Never Ending Beginning
  • 7. Steve Fifield - Bootlegger Christmas - Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 4
  • 8. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas - Etiquette
  • 9. Freedom Fry - Dark Christmas - Dark Christmas
  • 10. Chuck Berry - Christmas - Have Mercy - His Complete Chess Recordings 1969 - 1974
  • 11. Brent Dowe - Christmas In Jamaica - Reggae Christmas from Studio One
  • 12. Harmon Ray - Xmas Blues - Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
  • 13. Yo La Tengo - It's Christmas Time - Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo
  • 14. Doug Paisley - Winter Days - Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 4
  • 15. The Mountains & The Trees - Winter Blues - Ho Ho Ho Canada III
  • 16. Caitlin Rose with Keegan DeWitt - You Never Come Home For Christmas - Columbia Hotel
  • 17. Typhoon - Merry Xmas Anyways - EP
  • 18. Ortolan - Christmas Auld Lang Syne - A Familyre Christmas - Volume 4
  • 19. Andrew Bird - Auld Lang Syne - Holidays Rule
  • 20. Jim Bryson - Silent Night - Ho Ho Ho Canada III

December 2011

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 4

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Feist - Holiday Song: Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming - EP
  • 2. Musee Mecanique - White Christmas - A Frog Stand Christmas
  • 3. Bahamas - Christmas Must Be Tonight - This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2
  • 4. Keegan Dewitt & The Sparrows - Christmas Light - Christmas Time Again
  • 5. Sufjan Stevens - Christmas In The Room - Songs For Christmas
  • 6. Oh Sweet Music! - Oh Sweet Christmas! - Oh Sweet Music EP
  • 7. Lloyd Glenn - Sleigh Ride - Funky Christmas
  • 8. Roy Milton - Christmas Time Blues - 45 (Specialty - SP 752-A)
  • 9. Thomas East - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto - 45 (ARTX Records - AT 103)
  • 10. Pee Pee Dynamite - Groovy Christmas & New Year - All I Want For Christmas Are B-Sides
  • 11. Jimi Hendrix - Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night / Auld Lang Syne - 24 Greatest R & B Christmas Hits
  • 12. Nazir Ali Feat. Nahid Akhtar & Mehnaz - Happy Chrismis - Life Is Dance: Plugged-In Sounds of Wonder at the Pakistani Picture House
  • 13. FAROFF - A Message To You, Santa Claus - Santastic Four
  • 14. Toots & The Maytals - Happy Christmas - Natty And Nice - A Reggae Christmas
  • 15. Lord Executor - Christmas Is A Joyful Day - Where Will You Be Christmas Day? 24 Recordings from 1917-1959
  • 16. Boca Chica - Not on Christmas Eve - EP
  • 17. Hayes Carll - Wild As A Turkey - Trouble In Mind
  • 18. Zach Gill - Party Hard - This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2
  • 19. Bessie Smith - At The Christmas Ball - Where Will You Be Christmas Day? 24 Recordings from 1917-1959
  • 20. Neil Halstead - Home For The Season - This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2
  • 21. Tom Waits - New Year's Eve - Bad As Me
  • 22. The Trojans - Auld Lang Syne - Celtic Ska

December 2009

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 3

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. William Bell - Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday - Beg Scream & Shout!
  • 2. Brook Benton - Soul Santa - Soul Christmas
  • 3. Black On White Affair - Auld Lang Syne - Christmas Groove
  • 4. James Brown - Soulful Christmas - 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: James Brown
  • 5. Native Tongue - Do You Hear What I Hear? - Boston Rock Christmas
  • 6. Cale Parks - Drummer Boy (Kingston Edit) - Suburban Sprawl Holiday Sampler 2007
  • 7. Alton Ellis - Christmas Is Coming - Reggae Christmas from Studio One
  • 8. Lord Nelson - Party for Santa Claus - A Calypso Christmas
  • 9. Johnny Guarnieri - Santa's Secret (With Slam Stewart) - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree
  • 10. Freddie King - Christmas Tears - 17 Greatest Hits
  • 11. Jimmy Witherspoon - How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around - 24 Greatest R & B Christmas Hits
  • 12. The Beatles - Christmas Time (Is Here Again) - 45
  • 13. Triceratops - Sound the Trumpet - Reggae Christmas from Studio One
  • 14. Sufjan Stevens - Put The Lights On The Trees - Songs For Christmas
  • 15. Animal Collective - Winters Love - Sung Tongs
  • 16. Camera Obscura - The Blizzard - The Blizzard EP
  • 17. Bon Iver - Blood Bank - Blood Bank
  • 18. Chris Hatfield - Born Again Pagan - Suburban Sprawl Holiday Sampler 2005
  • 19. Hank Snow - Reindeer Boogie - Hillbilly Holiday
  • 20. Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters - Mele Kalikimaka - White Christmas
  • 21. Tino - Christmas In Hawaii - Tino's Breaks Volume 3: Christmas
  • 22. Chris Bathgate - Auld Lang Syne - Suburban Sprawl Holiday Sampler 2006

December 2008

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 2

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Handbell Choir - O, Du Frohliche - Christmas Bells
  • 2. Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever! - Songs For Christmas
  • 3. Matt Pond PA - Snow Day - Holiday Road
  • 4. Dean Plays Harball - Little Retail Boy - A Very Standard Christmas
  • 5. Johnny Mercer - Winter Wonderland (James Hardway Remix) - Christmas Remixed 3
  • 6. Count Basie - Good Morning Blues // Real Tuesday Weld Clerkenwell Remix - Verve Remixed Christmas
  • 7. Little Johnny Taylor - Please Come Home For Christmas - Christmas In Soulsville
  • 8. Riff Ruffin - Xmas Baby - Rhythm & Blues Christmas
  • 9. The Ramsay Lewis Trio - Here Comes Santa Claus - Sound of Christmas
  • 10. Lucy van Pelt - "...he did get a nice tree." - A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • 11. Colossus - Charlie Brown Cut Up - hOMe For The Holidays
  • 12. The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa Got a Bag of Soul - Badd Santa: A Stones Throw Records Xmas
  • 13. The Wailers Feat. Bob Marley - Sound the Trumpet - Reggae Christmas from Studio One
  • 14. Erran Baron Cohen feat. Jules Brookes & Y-Love - Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah - Claus Remixed - Santa's Gone Centro
  • 15. Louis Armstrongs with The Commanders - 'Zat You, Santa Claus - Santa Claus Blues
  • 16. Billie Holiday - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - The Billie Holiday Story Volume II
  • 17. Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang - What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?) - The Complete Brunswick And Vocalion Recordings Of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone (1924-1937)
  • 18. James Kochalka Superstar - Frosty Medusa - The Tarquin Records All Star Holiday Extravaganza
  • 19. Rogue Wave - Christmas - This Warm December: A Brushlife Holiday Vol. 1
  • 20. Neil Halstead - The Man In The Santa Suit - This Warm December: A Brushlife Holiday Vol. 1
  • 21. The Mommyheads - Christmas Song - The Tarquin Records All Star Holiday Extravaganza
  • 22. Tom McRae - Wonderful Christmastime - Maybe This Christmas Tree
  • 23. Iron & Wine - Radio War - Our Endless Numbered Days
  • 24. Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman - Auld Lang Syne - Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas

December 2002

Earfuls of Eggnog: Volume 1

Artist - Song - Album

  • 1. Low - Just Like Christmas - Christmas
  • 2. Charlie Parker - White Christmas - The Comprehensive Charlie Parker: Live Performances Volume I
  • 3. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Merry Christmas Baby - 45 (Hollywood - H-1021)
  • 4. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby - 45 (Aladin - 3037-A)
  • 5. Evolution Control Committee - The Christmas Wrong - Plagiarhythm Nation Volume 2.0
  • 6. Dean Martin - Jingle Bells (Dan the Automator Remix) - Christmas Remixed
  • 7. Corporal Blossom - White Christmas - A Mutated Christmas
  • 8. Toots and the Maytals - Christmas Feeling Ska - Christmas Greetings from Studio One
  • 9. Booker T. & the MG's - Silver Bells - The Original Soul Christmas
  • 10. John Lee Hooker - Blues for Christmas - 45 (Hi-Q - 501B)
  • 11. The SubJazz Proxy & Gerald Wiggins - Discomboobled (Wig's Interlude) / Sleep in Heavenly Pieces - Winter Somewhere
  • 12. Kay Starr - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Stuhr Remix) - Christmas Remixed
  • 13. Wonderful World of Joey - What Sweet Child O'Mine Is This - What Sweet Child O'Mine Is This?
  • 14. Atmosphere - If I Was Santa Claus - All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0
  • 15. Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa - 45 (Atlantic - 45-2576)
  • 16. Duke Ellington - Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) - Three Suites
  • 17. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Silent Night - 78 (Decca - 48119)
  • 18. Happy Apple - Where Does a Stranger Go on Christmas Eve? - Body Popping, Moon Walking, Top Rocking
  • 19. Paquito D'Rivera - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen
  • 20. Mice Parade - Dasher, Prancer, Donner & Blitzen - The True Meaning of Boodleybaye
  • 21. No-L - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - A Mutated Christmas
  • 22. Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year - 45 (Decca - 84975)
  • 23. Low - Taking Down the Tree - Christmas

 

Earfuls of Eggnog Radio

Just like the holiday season, this radio station comes but once a year. Early in December the Earfuls of Eggnog radio broadcast starts transmitting overlooked holiday sounds all around the snow globe. The station is a labor of love from Radio Rethink and exists through a collaboration with KGNU - our partners in cheer. If you appreciate it, wherever you are, we encourage you to stuff the stockings of your favorite community radio station. Without community and public radio, unique music often has nowhere to call home for the holidays. Keep your local radio station going strong.

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