Despite what you’ve seen every day so far this month, I really do enjoy listening to holiday music. In fact, I’m downright obsessive about collecting it, rating it in iTunes, and categorizing it into different playlists . Here are my holiday stats as of today:
Holiday songs in collection: 1,669
Songs added/reviewed this year so far: 412
Songs rated with four or five stars (“the keepers”): 434
Of those “keepers,” I pulled out 17 that tend to get played a few more times than, y’know, the other 417. I’m happy to share them with you. I owe it to many, many bloggers for helping me build my ridiculous collection — most notably Jeff (for better or worse), Andrew Fox, Any Major Dude With Half a Heart, and Jeff from AM, Then FM.
America — Winter Wonderland from Holiday Harmony
Darius Rucker — Candy Cane Christmas (single)
Gary Hoey — Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from Ho! Ho! Hoey
Ian McGlynn — Listen to the Choir Sing from IanMcGlynn.com
Kurtis Blow — Christmas Rappin’ from The Best of Kurtis Blow
Louis Prima — Shake Hands With Santa Claus from Jingle Bell Swing
Melissa McClelland — O Holy Night from Do You Hear What I Hear?
MooT BooXLe — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from MootBooxle.com (check out the YouTube!)
Over The Rhine — Darlin’ (Christmas is Coming) from Snow Angels
Rosie Thomas — Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year from A Very Rosie Christmas
Spiraling — Do You Hear What I Hear/Baba O’Riley from Spiraling — Do You Hear What I Hear?
Squirrel Nut Zippers — Sleigh Ride from Christmas Caravan
Stu Hamm — Sleigh Ride from Merry Axemas Vol. 2 – More Guitars For Christmas
Terje Fjelde — Love Theme From Mellowmas from Popdose.com
The Clumsy Lovers — Christmas Must Be Tonight originally from mp3.com
The Hives and Cyndi Lauper — A Christmas Duel (single)
Tom Principato — Funky Rudolph from Redeye 2008 Holiday Sampler
And, while not traditionally a “Christmas song,” this last one comes from my absolute favorite Christmas album — the one I’ve had since I was two years old, and have listened to every year since.
John Denver & the Muppets — When the River Meets the Sea from A Christmas Together
Tags: AM Then FM, America, Cyndi Lauper, Darius Rucker, Gary Hoey, Holiday Mixtape, Ian McGlynn, Jason Hare, John Denver, Kurtis Blow, Louis Prima, Melissa McClelland, MooT BooXLe, Over the Rhine, Rosie Thomas, Spiraling, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stu Hamm, Terje Fjelde, The Clumsy Lovers, The Hives, the Muppets, Tom Principato
