‘Tis the season for downloading!

Even though I don’t really care about Christmas per se, and fully sympathize with the pain Christmas music causes most people, I have a perverse and abiding love for the stuff. Even the really awful songs. Hence, the annual jefitoblog holiday mix!

I hope I’ve managed to mostly avoid anything really awful here — the ‘03 and ‘04 editions received rave reviews, if I do say so myself. Careful research at Posh Jefito Manor has proven this year’s mix to be a bang-up soundtrack for your finer holiday parties.

This is a special, extended download offering; it’ll be up until, well, Christmas. Please consider purchasing one or many of these albums if you enjoy what you hear (preferably through these here links)…

George Winston – Joy
December (Silver Anniversary Edition)
purchase from Amazon

The Cathedral Brass – Joy to the World (Mocean Worker Remix)
Merry Mixmas: Christmas Classics Remixed
purchase from Amazon

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin – A Marshmallow World (live)
purchase from Amazon

Red Peters – Holy Shit, It’s Christmas!
I Laughed...I Cried...I Fudged My Undies!
purchase from Amazon

The LeeVees – Kugel
Hanukkah Rocks
purchase from Amazon

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Sleigh Ride
purchase from Amazon

James Brown – Santa Claus, Santa Claus
James Brown's Funky Christmas
purchase from Amazon

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Merry Christmas Baby (live)
A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1
purchase from Amazon

Lionel Hampton – Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
purchase from Amazon

Cyndi Lauper – December Child
Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life
purchase from Amazon

The Crystals – Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
purchase from Amazon

Mel Torm̩ РThe Christmas Song (Michael Kessler Open Fire Mix)
Christmas Remixed - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved
purchase from Amazon

The Clumsy Lovers – Christmas Must Be Tonight
band website

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – My Favorite Things
Christmas Album
purchase from Amazon

Leon Redbone – That Old Christmas Moon
purchase from Amazon

Louis Prima – Shake Hands with Santa Claus
Breaking It Up!
purchase from Amazon

Shawn Colvin – In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Holiday Songs and Lullabies
purchase from Amazon

June Christy – The Merriest (Thunderball Mix)
Merry Mixmas: Christmas Classics Remixed
purchase from Amazon

The LeeVees – Goyim Friends
Hanukkah Rocks
purchase from Amazon

David Mead – A Gift for You All
artist website

California Guitar Trio – Carol of the Bells
purchase from Amazon

Loudon Wainwright III – Suddenly It’s Christmas
Career Moves
purchase from Amazon

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Jeff Giles

Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes and a number of other sites. Hey, why not follow him at Twitter while you're at it?

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