As there were a few requests for this sort of thing, I’m offering up a downloadable mix of Xmas sounds that I’ve been grooving to this year. Some were on one of the two Lost In The Stacks Xmas specials; most are from my personal collection.  Gather round yr Yule Log and sing!

Download Charlie Brown Dance Party: Xmas Mix 2011

Presents For Christmas – Solomon Burke
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Slow Club
Baby It’s Cold Outside (with Dusty Springfield)    - Rod McKuen
A Quick One (Pete Townsend’s Christmas) – Wild Billy Childish
All I Want To Ask Santa Claus – Ricky Segall
Santa Claus Is Sometimes Brown – El Vez
Practically Immaculate – Crystal Stilts
Ring Christmas Bells – Holy Name High School Choir
Don’t Believe In Christmas     – The Sonics
Deck The Bunkhouse Walls – Riders In The Sky Z005
Come On Santa – The Raveonettes
Ole Santa (Single Version) – Dinah Washington
Christmas on Riverside Drive – August Darnielle
Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don’t Die) – Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls
Merry Christmas – Bellrays
Let’s Make This Christmas Mean Something – James Brown
Sleigh Ride – Jim Nabors
Merry Christmas Everybody – Slade
Gaudete – Steeleye Span
Twelve Days Of Christmas – John Denver & The Muppets
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas  – Robert Goulet
Christmas Wrapping (The Waitresses cover) – Summer Camp
To Heck With Ole Santa Claus – Loretta Lynn
Jingle Bells – Jimmy Smith
Father Christmas – The Kinks
‘Zat You Santa Claus? – Dr. Teeth And The Electric Mayhem Band

Please comment if there are any hiccups with the site. First time I’ve attempted a download of this size.

Filed under: This Is Our (Christmas) Music