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(Intro “Peaches En Regalia” (excerpt) Frank Zappa)
Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World (For Rita Houston)
Jeffrey Dean Foster - Tell Somebody
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human/Hole In The Bucket  
Sublime - What I Got
The Beatles - Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (short)
Amazing Bolts - To Have You Here 
The Red Army Choir - Jingle Bells
Brave Combo - Jingle Bells
Blues Magoos - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (single)
NRBQ - Christmas Wish.
Candy Butchers - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Aimee Mann - I'll Be Home For Christmas
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth/little Drummer Boy (with dialogue)
O Positive - Christmas Presence
George Harrison - George`s Christmas Message/Ding Dong, Ding Dong
The Beatles - Merry Crimble - Happy Rudolph
Bright Eyes - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Phoebe Bridgers - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Sarah Taylor & Bill Mumy - I've Got Some Presents For Santa
Low - Blue Christmas
Miles Davis - Blue Christmas
Karen Mantler - I Love Christmas
Erin Mckeown - Santa Is An Asshole
Pearl Bailey - Five Pound Box Of Money
The Marquees - Santa Done Got Hip        
The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick's Drive-In
Syd Straw - Xmas Twist (Live)
The Smithereens - Waking Up On Christmas Morning (original version)
Eddie Lawrence - Merry Old Philosopher #2.
Whirling Dervishes - Winter Kills
Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men - Christmas Morning
The Beatles - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
The Roches - Deck The Halls
Lisa Mychols - Lost Winter's Dream
The Magnetic Fields - Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
Ween - Silent Night
Low - Just Like Christmas
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - The Light Of Christmas Day (single)
Bruce Cockburn - I Saw Three Ships
Edmundo Ros - My Favorite Things
Jim Carrey-anthony Hopkins - Christmas Means More (dialogue)
Whirling Dervishes - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
The Grip Weeds - I Believe In Father Christmas
Gigolo Aunts - Father Christmas
The Loud Family - It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas
The dB's - Christmas Time
Sonny Columbus & His Del Fuegos - That Punchbowl Full Of Joy
Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back In Town (Spankox Remix - Highpass Radio Edit)        
Butterbeans & Susie - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Louis Armstrong & The Commanders - Cool Yule
Jimmy Smith - Greensleeves
A Girl Called Eddy - The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
Tracey Thorn - River
Rickie Lee Jones - Have A Merry Christmas
The Weepies - All That I Want
JD McPherson - Ugly Sweater Blues
Jill Sobule - Merry Christmas From The Family
Bleu - I Want My Christmas Back
Morphine - Sexy Baby, Christmas Mine
Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas?
The Bird And The Bee - Wishes 
Nick Nack & Patty Wack - The White House Christmas Party
The Aquabats - Holiday Road
Evil Wiener - All Around The World
The Beatles - Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
Christmas - O Holy Night
Al Harrington - I Want A Daddy For Christmas (single)
(Closing “America Drinks & Goes Home” Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention)






























NOTES
This episode was going to start with a tribute to my friend and radio sister Rita Houston from the second I learned she lost her six year cancer battle. Her fight was long, painfull, debilitating and unfathomable to anyone who has never dealt with it up close and personal. I am happy she is at peace but like everyone who knew her, sad her light has vanished from our sight. I initially planned to continue doing a “regular” show and even managed to get in a great new song from Jeffrey Dean Foster but once the Christmas tunes came out, the floodgates opened. What can I say? It’s been a truly tough year for everyone and sitting here on December 22 felt the need to try and muster up some last minute Holiday Spirit. Musically we run the gamut from a brilliant brand new Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men track to Butterbeans & Susie’s 1930 chestnut “Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree).” Let’s take a sonic holiday romp together and lift our spirits high. Did I mention weed is finally legal in New Jersey? It’s good to be home, wherever you are. Merry Christmas to all and thanks for making this brutal year suck a whole lot less. https://paypal.me/pools/c/8beKwFWlHR