Last December I unveiled my definitive Christmas mix. This year I created a 247 song Christmas playlist and quickly got tired of skipping over the songs I didn't feel like hearing. My solution to this problem was to create a second Christmas playlist consisting only of the tunes I feel like shuffling this season. The result is my 2005 Christmas playlist, 37 songs strong.
Interestingly enough, there are a number of songs that appeared on my 2004 list but didn't make my 2005 list, even though this season's list is 15 songs longer. Here are the 37 songs I've chosen...
- Christmas Don't Be Late - Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
- Jingle Bells - Barenaked Ladies
- Green Christmas - Barenaked Ladies
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlan
- I'll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Boris Karloff
- Mary Had A Baby - Bruce Cockburn
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Coldplay
- The First Noel - Crash Test Dummies
- Peace On Earth & Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin
- Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) - Drunken Boat
- Christmas at the Zoo - The Flaming Lips
- Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - Jack White
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir
- O Holy Night - John McDermott
- Zat You Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong
- Christmas Night In Harlem - Louis Armstrong
- The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
- Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding
- Let Me Sleep - Pearl Jam
- Fairytale of New York - The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders
- 2000 Miles - The Pretenders
- Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
- Baby It's Cold Outside - Ray Charles with Betty Carter
- Ave Maria - Sarah Brightman
- Song For A Winter's Night - Sarah McLachlan
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
- O Tannenbaum - Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Welcome Christmas - The Whos of Whoville