Our annual tradition regarding Yuletide numbers that you won't hear anywhere else continues -- it's our counter-Christmas carol episode! That said, with a rotten year almost kicked to the curb, this episode profiles the music from the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story along with hymns from the dead and newish solstice music.

BESURETODRINKYOUROVALTINE:

1. Driptapes: Intro (A Very Merry Dripsmas, 2015) Driptapes
2. Phoebe Bridgers: If We Make It Through December (If We Make It Through December EP, 2020) Dead Oceans
3. Lindstrøm: Little Drummer Boy (Little Drummer Boy single, 2020) Smalltown Supersound
4. Charley Pride: Christmas in My Home Town (Christmas in My Home Town [expanded edition], 1998) BMG
5. John Prine: Everything is Cool (A John Prine Christmas, 1993) Oh Boy
6. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd: Snowfall (Mysterious Skin OST, 2005) Commotion/Rykodisc
7. Mazzy Star: Flowers in December (Among My Swan, 1996) Capitol
8. Cristina: Things Fall Apart (Sleep It Off, 1984) Mercury/Ze
9. Orchestra Diretta Da Gian Mario Guarino: Prese?pe (Christmas in Italy/Natale in Italia, 1965) Capitol
   X. Johnny Nash: The Borning Day (Prince of Peace, 1969) Jad/Major Minor
10. The Maytals: Happy Christmas (Happy Christmas 7", 1974) Jaguar
11. Khruangbin: Christmas Time is Here (Christmas Time is Here 7", 2020) Dead Oceans
12. Forever Rising: Covid Christmas (Wild Xmas with Bomarr: Volume 12, 2020) self-released
13. Vincent S Green: Santa Got Covid (2020) self-released
14. Roger & Brian Eno: Wintergreen (Mixing Colours, 2020) Deutsche Grammophon
15. US Girls: Santa Stay Home (2020) 4AD
16. Jenn Grant: Downtown Christmas Eve (Forever on Christmas Eve, 2020) Leovela
17. Droni Mitchell: Teach Your Feet to Fly (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII, 2020) The Line of Best Fit
18. Kristian Noel Pedersen: Everything's the Same [Except It Isn't] (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII, 2020) The Line of Best Fit
    XX. Piqsiq: Qimuksiq/Dogsled Ride (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, 2019) The Line of Best Fit
19. Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson: The Young Winter (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 10, 2018) The Line of Best Fit
20. Leon Redbone: Kitty Cats' Christmas (Christmas Island, 1988) August
21. Pom Poms: Christmas Postcard [Wish You Were Here] (Make the Holidays Bright: Volume 1, 2020) MAKE
22. Joanna Brouk: Winter Chimes (The Space Between, 2019) Hummingbird
23. Julia Jacklin: Baby Jesus is Nobody's Baby Now (2020) self-released
24. Kathleen Edwards: It's Christmastime [Let's Just Survive] (2019) Dualtone
25. Doubletooth: Little Drummer Boy (All I Want for Christmas is My Doubletooth, 2020) Backward Music
26. Jody Glenham: Christmas List [alternate version] (Melt EP, 2020) self-released
27. Neil Young: Star of Bethlehem (Homegrown, 2020) Reprise
    XXX. Alexandre Desplat: Christmas Breakfast (Little Women OST, 2019) Sony Classical
28. Alex Babineau: First Christmas Alone (The Chvrch of Santa, 2018) Friends Friends Friends
29. Michael Dumont: Thank God the Year is Finally Over (Electric Boogaloo, 2011) Friends Friends Friends
30. Duke Pearson: Wassail Song (Merry Ole Soul, 1969) Blue Note
31. Judy Collins, Jonas Fjeld & Chatham County Line: River (Winter Stories, 2019) Cleopatra/Wildflower
32. Noah Reid: Neverending December (Gemini, 2020) self-released
33. Cheryl Duvall: Anna Höstman's Late Winter [for the Left Hand] (Harbour, 2020) Redshift
34. Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza: Sleigh Bells (A Christmas Story OST, 1983) TCM/Rhino Movie Music
35. Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza: Ralphie's Brilliant Idea (A Christmas Story OST, 1983) TCM/Rhino Movie Music
36. Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza: The Bumpus Hounds Make Their Rounds (A Christmas Story OST, 1983) TCM/Rhino Movie Music
    XL. Gary Peacock: December Greenwings (December Poems, 1979) ECM
37. Hugh Fraser: Winter's Here! (Bonehenge! 2004) Boathouse
38. Driptapes: Outro (A Very Merry Dripsmas, 2015) Driptapes

At one point, the working playlist was over 3 days worth of music. Clearly, Christmas can be contained.

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