Christmas Mix 2020: Christmas Storytelling

So here we are. This year is nearly over. The unwarranted feeling of relief is taking over, despite what that lies before us. So, as I listen to this Billy Bragg record that hasn’t left my changer for years and very much not a Christmas album, I release this sixteenth Christmas mix into the world. This could have been an extremely dark Christmas. We could be staring down record-setting pandemic infections AND four more years of him. Last night I was imagining the songs that folks have written, perhaps even recorded, that will now go unheard because the feeling is just different now. Those who read my blog will not be surprised by many of the choices, as I show my cards all season long. There are some weird ones, some ridiculously beautiful ones, some older ones that needed the right home, and a finale that should be a radio hit if people listened to the radio like they used to. The only connective thread is that every song is a song I truly love. Perhaps you’ll find you do too.

Honestly, I’m just so relieved that it is a rather happy mix… something that I couldn’t even imagine earlier in the year.

1.	Randolph’s Leap	Stay Away This Christmas
2.	Sleepwalkers	Christmas Morning
3.	Crocodiles	Christmas in Hell
4.	JW Francis	Christmas Heartache
5.	King Gizzard and the Shitpost Wizard	Christmas Lights
6.	Swampmeat Family Band	A Present for Me
7.	A.R. Pinewood	Tis the Season
8.	Andrew Bird	Andalucia
9.	Grace Eden	Hold You
10.	Meiko	This Year Can Kiss My Ass
11.	Girlhouse	Ugly Xmas Sweater Party
12.	Hanemoon	Christmas Time Goes By
13.	Night Flowers	Snowfall
14.	Jacklen Ro	C U Christmas Day
15.	Christmas Aguilera	Why Can’t I Go To Sleep?
16.	Rachael Dadd (with Rozi Plain and Kate Stables)	We Built Our Houses Well
17.	Purple Mountains	Snow Falling in Manhattan
18.	Willie J. Healey	Merry Christmas
19.	Thom Stone	Merry Christmas (What a Hell of a Year)
20.	Saintseneca	Winter Breaking
21.	The Martial Arts	Snow Flakes
22.	Charlie’s Hand Movements	Snow Globe
23.	Polish Club	Countdown