Something seems to go wrong every year, but somehow I have managed to make 15 of these things. Thanksgiving being so late this year pushed everything back, and I’m still catching up. This year’s mix is dominated by multiple tracks off the incredible Fowler VW / Blackwatch compilation (review STILL to come), as well as the Merge You Wish release, which really grew on me. I dipped back a few years to resurrect a long-lost The Films’ track, and took advantage of a couple great songs that came out late in last year’s cycle. The struggle was to keep this mix happy, as is often the case. If you read the blog, you’ll know I tend to skew toward the melancholy, so my wife has to run interference and keep me from sending out something that is going to be a total bummer. I believed I avoided that bummer pothole, and have created something that I certainly like, and perhaps you will too. Merry Christmas!
| 1 | Eastern Conference Champions | Saving Christmas |
| 2 | The Films | It’s Christmas (What’s The Difference) |
| 3 | Livingmore | Show Me Light And Love |
| 4 | Mac McCaughan & Annie Hayden | Down We Go (Sledding Song) |
| 5 | Christmas in July | Miss Mistletoe |
| 6 | Beau Jennings | The Christmas Light |
| 7 | Mini Trees | Signs & Wonders |
| 8 | Virgin of the Birds | Christmas in the Borough of Our Birth |
| 9 | Thee Mightees | Christmas Song |
| 10 | Mike Krol | Won’t Be Alone Tonight |
| 11 | Pedro The Lion | Yellow Bike |
| 12 | Superbravo | La Nuit |
| 13 | L’Resorts | Christmas is a Time for Dreaming |
| 14 | Charlie Marie | Underneath the Mistletoe |
| 15 | Sufjan Stevens | Lonely Man of Winter (feat. Melissa Mary Ahern) |
| 16 | Richard Walters | Lights On |
| 17 | Samantha Crain | Christmas For Cowboys |
| 18 | Paul Thomas Saunders | Christmas, The Sequel |
| 19 | The Classic Brown | Wintervention |
| 20 | Annie Booth | Christmas Time (Keep It Together) |
| 21 | wejzak | Merry Christmas on New Year’s Eve |
| 22 | Randolph’s Leap | Christmas, Burn it All (Featuring the Olive Grove All-Stars) |
Christmas Underground 
Ha! This is going to be interesting. Usually, on the Stubby’s mix, I’m drawn to the jolly. But we live in dark times and I found my mix trending in that direction. On the surface, your mix looks cheerier than my Stubby’s mix and that would be a first. Second thought…no Francis Lung?
An excellent mix, per usual.
Many songs that are new, and a few familiar ones that I like even more now.
Thanks so much.
Found your your mix through Mistletunes. Though I had your Blog bookmarked in my Xmas Blogs folder. Enjoying the mix! Thanks for introducing me to new stuff for my own mixes. Happy Holidays! -dpsomardiscs