“Balls Comma Rum” by Jodi Styner
Side A
1. Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don’t Die) – Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls
2. White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
3. It’s Christmas Time – Yo La Tengo
4. Merry Christmas, Baby – The Beach Boys
5. Drinking Up Christmas – The Dwarves
6. Christmas All Summer Long – Deer Tick
7. Christmas In Harlem – Kanye West
8. A Winters Sky – The Pipettes
9. In the Bleak Midwinter – Ed Harcourt
10. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Death Cab for Cutie
Side B
1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Bruce Springsteen
2. Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson
3. Christmas Wish – She & Him
4. Baby, It’s Cold Outside – She & Him
5. Kissin’ By the Mistletoe – Aretha Franklin
6. I Want a Boy For Christmas – The Del Vetts
7. Santa Claus – The Sonics
8. Christmas Means Love – Sam Cooke
9. Auld Lang Syne [Live] – Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra
Liner Notes
This is sort of a not-a-Christmas Christmas mix. By that I mean your ears won’t detect the army of piccolos and angels singing on high that tend to command most Christmas albums.
I included one band twice (She & Him) and that’s just because in the second song it’s more Him than She, so it seemed okay.
These are just songs that make me feel Christmasy and Hanukkahy and Festivusy all at once. I hope they do the same for you. Have an fucking awesome holiday! I mean that.
Jodi Styner previously had gas.