Now time for a personal favourite: Vince Guaraldi and his music from not just A Charlie Brown Christmas, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but other Peanuts media, including other TV specials and film. Plenty of melodic jazz for the young at heart, whether you were a Snoopy fan or not. There are other Christmas songs to counterprogram against your usual mainstream selection.

"Who cares about money?!? This is ART, you blockhead! This is great music I'm playing, and playing great music is an art! Do you hear me? An art! ART! ART! ART! ART! ART!" --Schroeder

1. Oscar the Grouch: I Hate Christmas (Merry Christmas from Sesame Street, 1975) Sesame Street
2. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Christmas Time is Here [instrumental] (A Charlie Brown Christmas: Expanded Edition, 1965) Fantasy
3. Phoenix: Alone on Christmas Day [w.Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzmann, Buster Poindexter & Paul Shaffer] (Alone on Christmas Day single, 2015) Glassnote
4. The Beatles: 1965 (The Beatles' Third Christmas Record, 1965) Lyntone
5. Brian Whitman: Berries Sleeping (A Singular Christmas, 2004) self-released
6. Artur Dyjecinski: Frozen Plains of Christmas (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 5, 2013) The Line of Best Fit
7. Carolyn Mark: All Season Tired (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 5, 2013) The Line of Best Fit
8. Vince Guaraldi: Outra Vez (In Person, 1963) Fantasy
9. Mary Margaret O'Hara: Christmas Evermore (Christmas EP, 1991) Virgin
10. White Ash Falls: Winter's Darkness (With Bells On!, 2011) Light Organ
11. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Frieda [with the Naturally Curly Hair] (A Boy Named Charlie Brown OST, 1970) Columbia/Masterworks
12. Fake Shark/Real Zombie: Kick the PMA (With Bells On!, 2011) Light Organ
13. Tight Solid: I Hate Christmas (The Eggnog Experience, 2009) Mental Beast
14. Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete: Nobody Else (Live at El Matador, 1966) Fantasy
15. Adaline: Can't Feel This Feeling (With Bells On!, 2011) Light Organ
16. Kellarissa: The Eve of Christmas Eve (The Eggnog Experience, 2009) Mental Beast
17. Vince Guaraldi: Cast Your Fate to the Wind (Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, 1962) Fantasy
18. Catscan! A Day to Celebrate (Christmas Album, 2012) self-released
19. The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir and Choralle: What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas [When He Already Owns A Comb?] (Christmas in the Stars, 1980) RSO
20. Christophe Beck: Snow Day (The Peanuts Movie OST, 2015) Epic
21. Eskimo & Sons: Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! (Another Grey Christmas, 2007) LocalCut
22. Serge Gainsbourg: Un Petit Garçon Appelé Charlie Brown (Un Petit Garçon Appelé Charlie Brown 7", 1970) Philips
23. Vince Guaraldi Trio: O Tannenbaum (A Charlie Brown Christmas: Expanded Edition, 1965) Fantasy
24. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Générique (Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, 1962) Fantasy
25. Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete: Ginza Samba (From All Sides, 1964) Fantasy
26. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Baseball Theme (A Boy Named Charlie Brown OST, 1972) Fantasy
27. Vince Guaraldi: Joe Cool [instrumental] (Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown TV Specials, 2007) D&D
28. Vince Guaraldi: Little Birdie (Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown TV Specials, 2007) D&D
29. Vince Guaraldi: Woodstock's Dream (Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues: Volume 2, 2008) D&D
30. Vince Guaraldi: Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues: Volume 2, 2008) D&D
31. Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete: Menino Pequeno da Bateria (From All Sides, 1964) Fantasy
32. Vince Guaraldi Trio: My Little Drum (A Charlie Brown Christmas: Expanded Edition, 1965) Concord/Universal
33. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Christmas is Coming (A Charlie Brown Christmas: Expanded Edition, 1965) Concord/Universal
34. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Greensleeves (A Charlie Brown Christmas: Expanded Edition, 1965) Concord/Universal

"Fighting under the mistletoe? How unfeminine...how unromantic...how gauche!" --Schroeder

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