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123. Christmas Music: A Solution

Dec 16, 202449 min
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Episode description

Many happy returns! In this holiday episode, Mat and Tim consider why the Christmas music songbook has become so stagnant – then, after diagnosing the problems they see with the holiday music canon, they prescribe a solution that could finally thaw out the frozen genre.


SONGS PLAYED:

Andy Williams - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum

Traditional Choir - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Male Kalikimaka

Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

Dean Martin - Silver Bells

Michael Bublé - Santa Baby

Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus

Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

Ed Sheeran - Boat

Ed Sheeran - Shape of You


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