C90 Christmas: Eve & Morn

I put together a Christmas mixtape for you. It’s two sides of a 90 minute cassette. (The cassette ended up being a little longer than 90 minutes, actually. Lucky me.) One side is for Christmas evening and the other is for Christmas morning, but you can really play them any time you’d like. There’s a nice mix of traditional songs, new takes on classics, and original pieces. It’s mostly Sufjan-free, too. (Not that I don’t love Sufjan’s Christmas albums–I do! they’re fantastic, but I thought it would be nice to have some other Christmas music…though I did slip one song in there.) It’s all zipped up and ready to go in iTunes with album art, track order, etc. You might want to turn on Sound Check, as there is wildly varying sound quality and bitrate in the songs. Click on the Links below to download the zip files.

If you’re thirsty for more Christmas music, check out my post from 2008 rounding up some good stuff and including an old radio show of mine!

C90: Christmas Eve

1. 1. O Little Town of Bethlehem – The Innocence Mission
2. 2. Joy To The World – Eef Barzelay
3. 3. Silent Night – Bosque Brown
4. 4. The Christmas Waltz – Sam Billen and Josh Atkinson
5. 5. lo, how a rose e’re blooming – Feist
6. 6. O Holy Night – Anathallo
7. 7. God Rest Ye Merry Little Gentlemen – Viva Voce
8. 8. Christmas Time is Here – Cepia
9. 9. I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Starflyer 59
10. 10. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – The September Equation
11. 11. Carol of the Bells – Outputmessage
12. 12. Hymn for St. John of Shanghai – Create (!)
13. 13. Joy Joy!!! (Feat. Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri) – Bifrost Arts
14. 14. I Heard the Bells – Pedro the Lion

C90: Christmas Morn

1. 1. The Nutcracker Ballet March: Tempo Di Marcia Viva – Moscow Rtv Symphony Orchestra
2. 2. Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn – Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
3. 3. Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance! – Sufjan Stevens
4. 4. Father Christmas – The Kinks
5. 5. Got Something for You – Best Coast, Wavves
6. 6. The Bells of St. Mary – Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
7. 7. Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix) – Dean Martin
8. 8. Little Drummer Boy (Edit) – Lindstrom
9. 9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Sy Mann
10. 10. Angels We Have Heard On High – Joy Electric
11. 11. the first blip blop noel – dma-sc
12. 12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Goat Explosion
13. 13. Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year – Rosie Thomas
14. 14. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) – Elvis Presley
15. 15. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Ella Fitzgerald
16. 16. Auld Lang Syne – El Perro Del Mar

Enjoy!