25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Joy To The World” by The Supremes
Christmas Day is here! May your holiday be full of fun, food, maybe a few good surprises and lots and lots of joy.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Twas The Night Before Christmas” by David Hasselhoff
The rule on this website is that no one hassles The Hoff, and we’re sticking to that in the holiday countdown.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Ocho Kandelikas” by Yid Vicious
I know Hanukkah is still a few days away, but I didn’t want to miss a chance to include this song in our countdown.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Gifts of Maggie” by Jo Ann Worley
Here’s to all the Cousin Maggies out there keeping things weird at the holidays.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “In The Bleak Mid Winter” by Bert Jansch
We’ve come to the shortest days of the year, which are great when accompanied by Bert Jansch’s spare but warm version of a carol from the 19th Century.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Christmas In Vietnam” by Private Charles Bowens
Probably don’t lead with this at your holiday singalong.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “(Merry Christmas) We Must Be Having One” by Tammy Wynette
if this was almost any other singer, you’d think to yourself what a sweet scene this song is painting. But this is Tammy Wynette, and in her songs, you don’t find love without also finding more turbulent feelings close by.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Christmas Time Is Here Again” by the Flirtations
The Flirtations are Americans, but they’re much better known in the UK. Our loss!
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Vive le vent” by Renée Martel
After a hard day for my hometown, I’m choosing a song from one of my favorite times in 2024.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Christmas with Mike Gravel” from Red State Update
An actual presidential candidate, one who’d been up on the debate stage with the heavy hitters, dressing up as Santa Claus, spiking the punch and pretending to throttle one of the main characters, all to a parody version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”