'Tis the Soundtrack

Happy Christmas Podcast Day!

We're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day and the end of Daylight Saving Time by turning back the clocks and revisiting a past episode.

We're taking another look at The Christmas Gig: Two Thousand Ten, the album of original Christmas music that accompanied Target's 2010 holiday advertising campaign.

In this episode, I talk about a couple of holiday songs that *might* have started as unused tracks from The Christmas Gig. Jim at Christmas Underground shares his continued hunt for a copy of the physical promo album. And Alex, who worked at Target around the time of The Christmas Gig, gives us all an early Christmas present: one of the Christmas commercials from the campaign that we thought was lost forever!

Thank you Jim and Alex for both sharing your stories!

Check out Christmas Underground and check out https://christmaspodcasts.com/ for all of the other Christmas Podcast Day episodes!

Music in this episode:

• Electronica Hanukkah - Dan Deacon
• Electronic Santa Claus - Blazer Force
• Big Bulbs - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
• 10,000 Watts - Crystal Antlers
• Blue Christmas - Bright Eyes
• Fly Me Away (Remix) - Goldfrapp
• December - Earth, Wind and Fire
• You'll Never Find My Christmas - Bishop Allen

Lost Target Commercial - You'll Never Find My Christmas

'Tis the Soundtrack Music Store

Our online store is open and more new and pre-owned Christmas music is arriving each week! Check out our selection of holiday vinyl, CDs and cassettes, along with Christmas t-shirts and our complete line of music care items!

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc, Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We're back from a bit of a hiatus with a quick announcement today.

That's right, we're opening an online Christmas music store!

You can head over to https://shop.tisthesoundtrack.com to sign up for the mailing list and be the first to know when the (digital) doors officially open!

Music in this episode:

• Deck the Halls - The Trail Band

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc, Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Leon Day!

This year, we're spending Leon Day learning about the incredibly fascinating, often contentious and eternally corny history of Mitch Miller and The Gang!

Music in this episode:

• Deck the Halls - Mitch Miller and The Gang
• Wonderful, Wonderful - Johnny Mathis
• My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller
• Mama Will Bark - Frank Sinatra and Dagmar
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
• Snow - Rosemary Clooney
• Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis
• Medley: We Three Kings, Good King Wenceslas, O Tannenbaum - Frank De Vol and The Rainbow Strings
• Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
• Coventry Carol - Mitch Miller and The Gang
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Mitch Miller and The Gang

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Mitch Miller conducting on the Sing Along with Mitch show
• Television Academy - Interview with Bob McGrath
• Television Academy - Interview with Leslie Uggams
• Sing Along with Mitch 1961 Christmas Special

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

In this episode we talk about John Cooney and his fantastic radio program Natural World.

We also premier Christmas World, an homage to John that borrows heavily from his formula to bring you field journal entries from various places around the North Pole.

Mentioned in this episode:

• John Cooney's Natural World
• KLCC
• Christmas World Playlist on YouTube

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We made it to two years!

In this episode we catch on some some things that have happened over the last year that didn't make it into the podcast.

We talk about building a permanent podcasting space, the return to collecting physical media and my grandmother.

Thank you to all the listeners who have been on this journey with us and thank you to the Christmas podcast community for all the support they've provided over these last two years!

Podcasts mentioned in this episode:

• The Christmas Aficionado
• Totally Rad Christmas
• Sounds of Christmas
• Lost Christmas
• Can't Wait for Christmas
• Linoleum Knife
• Maximum Film
• Breakfast All Day
• Deck the Hallmark
• Holly Jolly X'Masu
• Behind the Bells
• Closer to Christmas
• Twelve Songs of Christmas
• The Christmas Chapters Podcast
• Advent Calendar House
• Christmas Clatter
• 'Tis the Podcast
• Horror for the Holidays
• The Christmas Morning Podcast
• The TGI Podcast
• Total Christmas
• Christmas Cousins
• Christmas Podding
• Festive Foreign Film Fans
• Season's Eatings
• Christmas Countdown
• Tinsel Tunes
• Christmas Every Day
• Rose Suchak Ladder
• Christmas Creeps
• Weird Christmas
• Christmas Past
• Holiday's After Dark
• Snow in Southtown
• 12 Days Pod
• Cozy Christmas
• Merry Britsmas
• Mary's Merry Christmas
• Christmas Podcasts Podcast

Music in this episode:

• Young Men Dead - The Black Angels
• Tomorrow - Black Pumas
• Out in the Black - Curtis Harding
• The Changing Man - Ray LaMontagne
• Laredo - Leon Bridges
• I Feel a Change - Charles Bradley
• One Ray of Shine - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Little Saint Nick - She & Him
• Caroling, Caroling - Hollywood Pops Orchestra
• Russian Sleigh Song - The Three Suns
• Just a Lonely Christmas - The Moonglows
• Hey Santa Claus - The Moonglows
• Nouvelles, Nouvelles (Christmas Message) - Various
• I Like Life (Reprise) - Scrooge (1970) Soundtrack

Christmas music sellers:

• bloustar (on eBay)
• stl_vintage64 (on eBay)
• Invest in Vinyl (also on eBay and Discogs)

Also mentioned in this episode:

• The Christmas Podcast Network
• Sandlot Baseball Cap

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We're back with our first episode of 2026 and our next episode in our The History of the Christmas Album series!

In this episode we look at the early days of recorded music, including the first format war between Thomas Edison's wax cylinders and Emile Berliner's shellac discs.

Music in this episode:

• Sleigh Ride Party - The Edison Male Quartette
• Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
• Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
• The Vincent Lopez Orchestra - Toyland
• Shchedryk - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius
• Christmas Chimes - Chris Chapman

Also Mentioned in this episode:

• The Great 78 Project
• University of California Santa Barbara: Discography of American Historical Recordings

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Christmas Podcast Day!

In this episode we're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day by taking a look at the band Fishbone and their 1987 EP "It's a Wonderful Life".

Check out more Christmas Podcast Day episode from more Christmas Podcasts at https://christmaspodcasts.com

Fishbone - It's a Wonderful Life (1987)

• It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)
• Slick Nick, You Devil You
• Iration
• Just Call Me Scrooge

Other music in this episode:

• Into the Unknown - The Blasting Company (Over the Garden Wall Soundtrack)
• World Map - Final Fantasy Tactics OST
• Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
• Sunless Saturday - Fishbone
• Shakey Ground - Fishbone
• Hellhounds On My Trail - Fishbone
• My Name Is Mud - Primus
• Swim - Fishbone
• Jamaica Ska - Fishbone & Annette Funicello

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

A big holiday hug to Alonso for participating in the latest episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

Check out Alonso's podcasts at:

• Linoleum Knife
• Maximum Film
• Breakfast All Day
• Deck The Hallmark

Follow Alonso at:

• @aduralde on Bluesky
• @alonso.duralde on Instagram
• @DxAxTREE on Instagram (Holiday Decorations with Dave White)

Purchase Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas at:

• Powell's Books
• Barnes & Noble

Holiday Music of Christmas Cinema

• White Christmas - Bing Crosby (Holiday Inn)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (Meet Me in St. Louis)
• The Bells of St. Mary's - BOne More Sleep Til Christmas,” Kermit the Frog – The Muppet Christmas Caroing Crosby (The Bells of St. Mary's)
• Silver Bells - Bob Hope (The Lemon Drop Kid)
• The Holly and the Ivy - Choir of King's College Cambridge (The Holly and the Ivy)
• Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Trudy Stevens (White Christmas)
• Hooray for Santa Claus - Milton DeLugg (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
• Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? - Nina (van Pallandt) (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
• I Like Life (Reprise)/Father Christmas (Reprise)/Thank You Very Much (Reprise)/A Christmas Carol (Reprise) – Scrooge (1970)
• Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Less Than Zero)
• Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Rev. Al Green (Scrooged)
• Main Title - John Williams (Home Alone)
• One More Sleep Til Christmas - Kermit the Frog (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
• What’s This? - Danny Elfman (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Baby It’s Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone (Elf)
• Christmas Everywhere - Fran Alexandre (Christmas, Again)
• White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes (Love the Coopers)
• It’s That Time of Year - Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse)
• This Day - Justin Cornwell & Sharon Rose (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey)
• All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike + the Mechanics (Spencer)
• That Christmas Mornin’ Feeling - Will Ferrell and the cast of Spirited (Spirited)
• Medley - The Swingle Singers (The Holdovers)
• The Point of No Return - Gene McDaniels (Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point)

Other music in this episode:

• Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
• White Winter Hymnal - Pentatonix
• White Winter Hymnal - Kim Wilde
• Bringin' Back Christmas - Ryan Reynolds (Spirited)

Listen to Alonso's Mixtape on:

• YouTube
• Tidal

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We took a break in July, but are back with the first episode of a new series: The History of the Christmas Album.

In this series we'll look at the evolution of the Christmas album, from the start of recorded music (and even a bit earlier) to streaming.

In this episode we look at the rise and fall of sheet music in the run up to the advent of recorded music.

Music in this episode:

• Ring the Bell of Christmas Morn - Harmony Mixed Quartette
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Champion Quartette
• Away in a Manger - The Peter Pan Caroleers
• Here We Come A-Caroling - Ray Bloch, his Choir and Orchestra
• Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
• Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (From Heaven High I Come) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Leon Day! Today Jeff Loftin of The Lost Christmas Podcast and I talk about our favorite Christmas music from bands performing at the 2025 Warped Tour!

So lace up your Vans, grab a can of Monster and let's dive into the pit!

A giant "Thank you" to Jeff for coming on the episode to talk about Christmas music and reminisce about our post-hardcore youths.

You can check out Jeff and his Lost Christmas Podcast at https://lostchristmastpodcast.com.

Also check out all of the other fantastic podcasts in the Christmas Podcast Network at https://christmaspodcasts.com/

2025 Warped Tour Christmas Playlist

• Right Where You Want Me to Be - A Day to Remember
• Fool's Holiday - All Time Low
• I Hate the Holidays - Mat Musto (Blackbear) & Tyler Carter
• Merry Flippin' Christmas (Happy Freakin' New Year) - Bowling For Soup
• Holiday - Boys Like Girls
• The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
• Amazing Christmas List Rap - Ekoh
• December to Forget - Ekoh (feat. Kat Kalling)
• Christmas Song - Escape the Fate
• It's a Wonderful Life - Fishbone
• Slick Nick, You Devil You - Fishbone
• Somewhere in My Memory - Four Year Strong
• New White Extremity - Glassjaw (Daryl Palumbo of Head Automatica)
• Bedford Falls - Knuckle Puck
• Last Christmas - MGK
• Lady Rosales - El Mariachi Bronx
• Holiday in the Sun - Pennywise
• Christmas Won't Be the Same Without You - Plain White T's
• Making Christmas - Rise Against
• I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Senses Fail
• Ordinary Christmas - State Champs
• I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Too! - The Aquabats!
• Yule Be Sorry - The Almost (Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, Aaron Gillespie of Underoath)
• Christmas at 22 - The Wonder Years
• Threadbare - The Wonder Years
• White Christmas - We The Kings
• Baby It's Cold Outside - We The Kings
• Christmas Lights - Yellowcard

Listen on YouTube

Listen on Tidal

Other music in this episode:

• The Rock Show - Bowling for Soup
• Highschool - Lil Lotus
• Highway Robbery - DE'WAYNE

Other Warped Tour 2025 playlists:

• Washington DC
• Long Beach, CA
• Orlando, FL

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

On this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're continuing our exploration of Disney Holiday Loops by entering the world of yesterday and taking a look at the various holiday loops found in Disneyland's Frontierland.

Frontierland (Main) Holiday Loop

• Sleigh Ride - Banjomania
• Silent Night - The Nashville Keyboard Section
• A Root'n Toot'n Santa Claus - Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Good King Wenceslas - Banjomania
• Christmas on the Plains - Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
• Let It Snow! - Banjomania
• Silver Bells - Banjomania
• Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Banjomania
• Santa Is Comin' To Town - Banjomania
• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Nashville Keyboard Section
• It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Banjomania
• I Saw Three Ships - Banjomania
• Christmas Carols by the Old Corral - Tex Ritter
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Banjomania
• Listen on YouTube
• Listen on Tidal

Pioneer Mercantile Holiday Video Loop

• Just a Toy - Babes in Toyland
• Snow Snows - Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
• Sleigh Ride - Larry Groce from the Disney Family Christmas Collection
• That Christmas Feeling - Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
• Donald Duck conducting "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Ring in the Season - Olaf's Frozen Adventure
• Here Comes Santa Claus - Larry Groce from the Disney Family Christmas Collection
• As Long As There's Christmas - Belle's Enchanted Christmas
• The Best Christmas Of All - Disney Very Merry Christmas Songs
• Jingle Bells - Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
• It Feels Like Christmas - The Muppet Christmas Carol
• The Twelve Days of Christmas - Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
• When We're Together - Olaf's Frozen Adventure
• Make Me Look Good - Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas
• The Way We Do Navidad - Elena of Avalor
• Deck the Halls - Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
• What's This? - The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Listen on YouTube

Rivers of America Holiday Loop

• Jingle Bells - New Birth Brass Band
• Let It Snow - Magnolia Jazzband
• Silent Night - Allen Toussaint
• Santa Second Line - New Birth Brass Band
• Please Come Home For Christmas - Aaron Neville
• Here Comes Santa Claus - Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers
• Silver Bells - Magnolia Jazzband
• Jingle Bells - Travelin' Light
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Magnolia Jazzband
• Christmas in New Orleans - James Andrew
• Silent Night - The Dixieland Ramblers & Michael Bennett
• Louisiana Christmas Day - Aaron Neville
• Winter Wonderland - Allen Toussaint
• Listen on YouTube
• Listen on Tidal

Frontierland Holiday Loop (Ranch Remix)

• Listen on YouTube
• Listen on Tidal

Unofficial Rancho Del Zocalo Holiday Loop

• Listen on YouTube

History of Frontierland:

• The Sweep Spot Podcast: Disneyland's Frontierland Details, History and More
• Up the Waterfall Podcast: The Early History of Frontierland
• Randomland - Disneyland Time Travel: Frontierland in the 1950s!

Music in this episode:

• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Banjomania
• Festival of Fools - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
• Blazing Saddles (Signature / Main Title) - Frankie Laine
• Don't Fence Me In - (Various Artists) The Greatest Cowboy Songs Ever
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Banjomania
• Deck the Halls / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / We Three Kings (Medley) - Banjomania
• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Banjomania
• Deck the Halls - The Trail Band
• Water Lily - Kevin MacLeod
• Christmas Cowboy Style - Michael Martin Murphey
• Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog (from The Muppet Movie)
• What's This? - Danny Elfman (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Jingle Bells - Billy Hill and the Hillbillies (video from DisneyGeekCom)
• Anything Goes - Banjomania
• Silent Night – The Dixieland Ramblers & Michael Bennett
• Christmas In New Orleans - James Andrews
• Frosty the Snowman - Jambalaya Jazz Band (video from billisa)
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Romantic Guitar Master

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" and featured music "Water Lily" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Pioneer Mercantile photo by Loren Javier on Flickr

Happy Easter!

In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we take a look at the history of the song, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" and Golden Records.

Commercials in this episode:

• Target "Love is in the Air" (2025)
• Walmart "FlexinWithGram" (2023)
• Walmart "Easter" (2009)
• Walmart "Easter Joy" (2015)

Music in this episode:

• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Gene Autry
• Love is in the Air - John Paul Young
• Tops Drop - Fat Pat
• Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Mervin Shiner
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Danny Kaye
• Scuffy the Tugboat - Alec Wilder & Gilbert Mack
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, The Sandpipers, Mitch Miller Orchestra
• Astro Boy Theme - Cosmic Rangers
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - The Kiboomers
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Heinsight Media Metal Covers
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Lisa Loeb and The Holllow Trees

Also mentioned:

• Here Comes Peter Cottontail (Special) - Totally Rad Christmas Podcast

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A giant "Thank you" to Tim for participating in the latest episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

There is also a video-enhanced version of this podcast available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bj1_s8VNH6s

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

You can check out Tim and the Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast at https://www.cantwaitforchristmaspod.com.

Holiday Music of Disneyland at Christmastime

• it's a small world HOLIDAY (soundtrack)
• Believe... In Holiday Magic (fireworks show)
• A Christmas Fantasy Parade (soundtrack)
• Sleigh Ride - Banjomania
• Medley: Hark! The Herald Angles Sing/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Joy To The World - Disneyland's Christmas Brass (now the Dickens Yuletide Brass Band)
• Jingle Bell Rock - Hollyridge Strings
• The Country Bear Christmas Special (soundtrack)

Listen to the YouTube playlist of Tim's mixtape here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9v9tCeivE_zA4cGgdfV6wMoDGAYIYs-I

Note: Tim's 5th track, the Disneyland Christmas Brass Medley is not available on YouTube, so I substituted a video of the current Dickens Yuletide Brass Band playing a selection of Christmas songs.

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy New Year!

In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're reflecting on 2024, saying some thank-yous and looking ahead to what's in store for 2025.

Commercials in this episode:

• Campbells Soup "Melting Snowman" (1993)

Music in this episode:

• Let's Start the New Year Right - Bing Crosby
• George Baily - Carolyn Sills
• Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow - Jethro Tull
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - for King + Country
• A Christmas Fantasy (Parade Song) - Disney
• Sleigh Ride - Banjomania
• Best of My Love - The Emotions
• Forever Young - Andrea von Kampen
• I Saw Three Ships - Banjomania

Merry Mixtape episodes:

• Ken Kessler (The Sounds of Christmas)
• Gerry D (Totally Rad Christmas)
• Jeff Loftin (The Lost Christmas Podcast)

Also mentioned:

• Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A giant "Thank you" to Jeff for participating in the second episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

You can check out Jeff and his Lost Christmas Podcast at https://lostchristmastpodcast.com.

Nostalgic Christmas Tracks

• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
• Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
• Silent Night - Bing Crosby
• Christmas Cookies - George Strait
• Mary Did You Know - Kenny Rogers & Wynonna Judd
• With Bells On - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
• Last Christmas - Wham!
• Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
• Let It Snow - Boyz II Men
• Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad - Michael Buble & Thalia
• Last Christmas - Ariana Grande
• Cold December Night - Michael Buble
• Take Me Home for Christmas - Dan + Shay
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Te Deseo Muy Felices Fiestas) - Jesse & Joy
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel - 4 King & Country ft NEEDTOBREATHE
• Winterlove - Parachute
• Mookie's Last Christmas (Acoustic Version) - Saosin
• Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays - Issues
• I Won't Be Home for Christmas - Blink-182

Listen to the YouTube playlist of Jeff's mixtape here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9v9tCeivE_zUt-AbCgiySB7LlBUptBu_

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Merry Christmas Podcast Day!

In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day by looking at one of my favorite topics, songs from holiday adverts.

Commercials in this episode:

• Target - Christmas Countdown Calendar (2007)
• JCPenney - Unwrap the Magic (2006)
• Target - The Holidays Are Meant To Be Shared (2021)

Music in this episode:

• My Patch - Jim Noir
• Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
• Here Comes a Wonderful Night (Soundcloud)
• Here Comes a Wonderful Night (Bandcamp)
• Christmas Will Really Be Christmas - Black Pumas

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A giant "Thank you" to Gerry D for participating in the second episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

You can check out Gerry D and the Totally Rad Christmas podcast at https://totallyradchristmas.com.

Obscure ’80s Christmas Tracks

• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - The Steve Miller Band
• Christmas Must Be Tonight - Robbie Robertson
• Run with the Fox - Alan White and Chris Squire
• Dead By X-mas - Hanoi Rocks
• Thanks for Christmas - XTC
• 3 Ships - Jon Anderson
• Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin’ Stevens
• Christmas Time - Chris Stamey and the dB’s
• What I Want for X’mas
• Merry Christmas - Bonnie Tyler
• Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow - Jethro Tull
• Christmas in Love - Firefall
• Reason for the Season - Stryper
• Reggae Christmas - Brian Adams
• Cashing in on Christmas - Bad News
• 2000 Years of Love - 54-40
• All I Want for Christmas (Is World Peace) - Timbuk 3
• Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant - Siouxsie and The Banshees
• Silent Night - The Hooters
• Wrappen Up In You - Dolly Parton
• Under the Christmas Tree - Albert Hammond
• We Three Kings - Book of Love
• One Christmas Catalogue - Captain Sensible
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Corey Hart
• She Won’t Be Home - Erasure
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Little Drummer Boy
• Transylvanian Xmas - Mojo Nixon
• Silent Night, Deadly Night - Morgan Ames
• Snowman - Rainbow
• CharlElie Couture - Christmas Fever
• Jólakötturinn - Björk
• Jólahjól - Sniglabandið

Listen to the YouTube playlist of Gerry's mixtape here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9v9tCeivE_wWv1CTYshNXf_O4PdzCOWh&si=WvJyhxkCEDCOpIcR

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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A giant "Thank you" to Ken Kessler for participating in this inaugural episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

You can check out both The Sounds of Christmas podcast and radio station at https://soundsofchristmas.com.

Great Christmas Music You May Never Have Heard Before

• Christmas is Coming - Payola$
• George Bailey - Carolyn Sills
• Red Lights (Merry Christmas) - Dreams So Real
• Easier Said Than Done - Jon Anderson
• Christmas Spirit - Richard Marx
• Always in the Season - Pomplamoose
• It's Christmas All Over the World - Sheena Easton
• Christmas Time (Is Here Again) - The Beatles
• Thanks for Christmas - XTC
• Zuzu's Petals - Lunch at Allen's
• Christmas on My Radio - Olivia Newton-John
• The Christmas Song - Sheryl Crow
• The Man With the Bag - Vonda Shepard
• Christmas Time - dB's
• Just Another Christmas Song - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
• Silver Bells - Wilson Pickett
• Christmas Rhapsody - Pledge Drive
• My Favorite Time of Year - Florin Street Band
• Ode to Joy/O Come All Ye Faithful - Gold Coral
• Very Merry Christmas - Zoe Bentley and Canadian Brass
• Blame It on Christmas - Bebe Rexha and Shea Diamond
• Decorations - Bob Rivers
• Toy Sack - Bob Rivers
• What I Really Want for Christmas - Brian Wilson
• Blue Christmas - Bruce Springsteen
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Casting Crowns
• Christmas - Dillon Fence
• Everybody Loves Christmas - Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector
• Everybody Loves Christmas - Eddie Money, Jesse Money and Dez Money
• Little Drummer Boy - Joan Jett
• The Spirit of Christmas - Kurt Russell and Darlene Love
• Happy Christmas - Pretenders
• You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Sixpence None the Richer
• Do They Know It's Christmas (12" Mix) - Band Aid
• Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
• Winter Wonderland - Garrett Morris
• My Dearest Mr. Santa Claus - Heywood Banks
• The Sounds of Christmas - Johnny Mathis
• The Sound of Christmas - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
• The Sound of Christmas -Julie Andrews

Listen to the YouTube playlist of Ken's mixtape here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9v9tCeivE_yTEPgKQM1jA6deNPEx6dwa

The playlist is missing one song, track 19, "Ode to Joy/O Come All Ye Faithful" by Gold Coral, which is available on their bandcamp page - https://thegoldcoral.bandcamp.com/album/oh-hi-everybody-merry-christmas-2012

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're looking at a new upcoming series of episodes: Merry Mixtapes.

We also talk about how to get the 2024 Christmas Podcast Network Kringle Krew charity ornament, benefiting the Red Sled Santa Foundation.

Christmas Podcast Network Ornament:

• 'Tis the Soundtrack website: https://tisthesoundtrack.com
• Direct purchase form: https://forms.gle/bGEXiaDsUXZVCdA8A

Red Sled Santa Foundation

https://www.redsledfoundation.org/

Music in this episode:

• 3 Ships - Jon Anderson
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Kevin MacLeod
• Christmas Time - Chris Stamey and the db's

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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In this episode of 'Tis the Soundtrack, we're taking a look at the Christmas music contributions of that magical being Jeff Lynne and his Electric Light Orchestra

Commercials in this episode:

• JCPenney - Unwrap the Magic (2005)
• Kohl's - Yes to Holiday Magic (2014)

Music in this episode:

• Strange Magic - ELO
• Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
• The Office Theme - James Ferguson
• Do Ya - ELO
• Livin' Thing - ELO
• I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
• Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• It Was A Silent Night At Least Until Jeff Lynne Arrived - Grandaddy

Stealth Christmas Playlists:

• Stealth Christmas on YouTube
• Stealth Christmas on Tidal

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

Artwork is the cover for Gandaddy's, "It Was A Silent Night At Least Until Jeff Lynne Arrived."

Chrismometer sound uses:

• SCI-FI 3 (bubbly machine).wav by ebcrosby (Attribution 3.0)
• Microwave Ding by wormer2 (Creative Commons 0)
• Deck The Halls - Christmas jingle played with bells by Ihaksi (Creative Commons 0)