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Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree (2003)
- a sackful of original rock 'n roll, jazz, R&B, doo wop, and blues; companion to I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus (2008)

1. Hey Santa Claus (The Moonglows)
2. Santa Claus Won't Come This Year (Charlie Stewart)
3. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (Mabel Scott, 1948)
4. Santa's Secret (Johnny Guarnieri with Slam Stewart)
5. Lonesome Christmas (Lowell Fulson)
6. Christmas Boogie (Sugar 'Chile' Robinson)
7. Answer To Maple On The Hill (Dixon Brothers)
8. Mr Santa Boogie (Marshall Brothers)
9. Papa Ain't No Santa Clause, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree (Butterbeans & Susie)
10. Bells Of St Marys (Beverley King)
11. Santa Claus Baby (The Voices)
12. Santa's Helper (Joe Poovey)
13. Baby Sittin' Santa (Barry Richards)
14. Merry Christmas Baby (Charles Brown)
15. Santa To The Moon (Sunny Cole)
16. Rock 'N' Roll Santa (Little Joey Farr)
17. Christmas & New Year Blues (Tampa Red)
18. Jingle Bells Boogie (Jody Levins)
19. 19. I'll Be Home For Christmas (The Pilgrim Travellers)
20. 20. Happy New Year To You (The Qualities)

Parasol Presents Christmas Singles (2000)
- from Illlinois-based indie pop label Parasol Records - mostly local bands from the Champaign-Urbana area, though the label signed many acts from coast to coast, and was very prolific roughly 1999-2004
- they were associated with a record store and mail order service which closed in 2011, but the label's website was still operational as of 2020...
- a number of labels were associated with Parasol, including Mud, Spur, and Hidden Agenda, all of which are represented on these albums...
- the label previously released a tape called Christmas EP at some point (it's on their website but not in Discogs), but only one song appears to be related to the holiday; they also released a 7-inch EP called Happy Holidays!!! Love, Parasol (listed separately), and none of these songs appear on either CD...
- the two albums appear to be all new except for the Voeks tracks, both of which were self-released as a cassette called "Mary Charisma" in 1994 and reissued on 7-inch by Parasol in 1997, and the Neilson Hubbard song, which was released as a single before he signed to the label

1. Christmas Singles (Erik Voeks, 1994)
2. White Christmas (Elizabeth Elmore)
3. Merry Christmas, I Love You (Mark Bacino)
4. Hard Candy Christmas (Angie Heaton)
5. I'll Be There On Christmas Day (George Usher Group)
6. The Last Days of December (Vitesse)
7. Merry Fucking Christmas (White Town)
8. Christmas Light, End a Fight (Friends Of Sound)
9. Deer Crossing (Elk City)
10. Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday (Philo)
11. All I Want for Christmas (Kayla Brown)
12. I Wish That Everyday Was Christmas (Toothpaste 2000)
13. Holiday Wine (Signalmen)
14. Nutrocker (Shalini)
15. Merry Christmas (Matt Bruno)
16. Auld Lang Syne (Doleful Lions)

Parasol Presents Stuck In The Chimney (More Christmas Singles) (2001)

1. Jingle Hell (Stuck In the Chimney) (The Soundtrack of Our Lives)
2. O Holy Night (The Green Pajamas)
3. December (White Town)
4. Merry Christmas (Wherever You May Be) (Neilson Hubbard, 1997)
5. Silent Night (Absinthe Blind)
6. Last Christmas (Fonda)
7. Xmas for Aliens (Sukilove)
8. Christmas In the Lion's Den (George Usher Group)
9. Blue Christmas (Jenifer Jackson)
10. Cruel Tide (Erik Voeks, 1994)
11. Jesus Christ (Doleful Lions)
12. Ice & Ribbons (Vitesse)
13. I Don't Want Presents (Friends Of Sound)
14. Christmas @ Friedrich's (John Hoeffleur)
15. 7-Eleven Christmas (Toothpaste 2000)
16. Computer Xmas (Joe Algeri)

Peeing In The Snow: New Carols For Modern Times (promotional, 2001)
- compiled by Austin-based recording studio Tequila Mockingbird

1. Xmas, Two Zero Zero One (Dumas)
2. Christmas At Fat Aunt Bette's (Andrea Perry)
3. Christmas (Bob Schneider)
4. Christmas In Texas (KC Russell)
5. Brotherly Love (Alice Spencer)
6. Have Me Back This Christmas (Will Sexton)
7. Huge On The Luge (Moxy Früvous)
8. This Love (Abiem)
9. Sanctus (Glover Gill)
10. Christmas Fais Do Do (Marcia Ball)
11. Larry The Asshole (Fluffer's Union)
12. Mistletoe On Death Row (Dale Watson)
13. Christmas And Beyond (Darin Murphy)
14. Christmas Rock (Save Hotchkiss)
15. The Ghost Of Christmas Past (Billy Henry)
16. Wishing You A Merry Christmas (Rayvon Foster)
17. All You Filthy Heathens Are Making Baby Jesus Cry (Jeremiah Filthy and the Bigamy Brothers)
18. Kiss This Christmas Goodbye (Sara Hickman)
19. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Jon Blondell)

Phil Spector's Christmas Album (1972)
- Apple Records reissue of "A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records" (1963) with new cover featuring Spector in Santa suit; original mono mix
- reissued in 1974 on the Warner/Spector label with similar cover as above; in true stereo for the first time though cover states 'authentic mono'
- reissued in 1975 on Spector International label; stereo mix; same cover as 1972 Apple reissue
- reissued in 1975 in the UK on Warner/Spector; stereo mix; entirely different cover
- reissued in 1983 in the UK on Impression Records; stereo mix; another entirely different cover; sold in tandem with a 20-track "Greatest Hits" album with similar cover, tinted blue instead of red

1. White Christmas (Darlene Love)
2. Frosty The Snowman (The Ronettes)
3. The Bells Of St. Mary (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Crystals)
5. Sleigh Ride (The Ronettes)
6. Marshmallow World (Darlene Love)
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (The Ronettes)
8. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (The Crystals)
9. Winter Wonderland (Darlene Love)
10. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers The (Crystals)
11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love)
12. Here Comes Santa Claus (Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans)
13. Silent Night (Phil Spector & artists)

Phineas & Ferb: Christmas Vacation! (soundtrack, 2009)
- Disney cartoon soundtrack features new cuts from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Bowling For Soup 2009

1. Winter Vacation (Bowling for Soup)
2. I Really Don't Hate Christmas (Dr. Doofenshmirtz)
3. That Christmas Feeling (Olivia Olson)
4. Where Did We Go Wrong (Cast (Phineas and Ferb)
5. Danville for Niceness (Cast (Phineas and Ferb)
6. Christmas Is Starting Now (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)
7. Thank You Santa (Mitchel Musso)

Platinum Christmas (2000)
- superstars from BMG labels such as Jive, Arista, and RCA

1. My Only Wish (This Year) (Britney Spears)
2. Grown-Up Christmas List)
3. This Christmas (Joe)
4. I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You (*NSYNC)
5. Silent Night (Christina Aguilera)
6. Posada (Pilgrimage To Bethlehem) (Carlos Santana)
7. Little Drummer Boy (Jars of Clay)
8. Christmas Song (Dave Matthews)
9. Christmas Day (Dido)
10. Merry XMas Everybody (Steps)
11. Christmas Time (Backstreet Boys)
12. World Christmas (R. Kelly)
13. My Gift to You (Donell Jones)
14. Sleigh Ride (TLC)
15. Christmas Song (Toni Braxton)
16. Who Would Imagine a King (from "The Preacher's Wife") (Whitney Houston)

Platinum Christmas II (2004)

1. O Holy Night (Josh Groban)
2. The Christmas Song (Michael Bublé)
3. Step Into Christmas (Elton John, 1973)
4. Mary Did You Know (Kalan Porter)
5. Silver Bells (Clay Aiken & Kimberley Locke)
6. Angels We Have Heard On High (Christina Aguilera)
7. One Wish (For Christmas) (Whitney Houseton)
8. Wonderful Christmas Day (Paul McCartney)
9. Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (David Bowie & Bing Crosby, 1977)
10. My Grownup Christmas List (Kelly Clarkson)
11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Ruben Studdard & Tamyra Gray)
12. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Ryan Malcolm)
13. Last Christmas (Keshia Chanté)
14. The Christmas Shoes (Newsong)
15. Joy To The World (Kenny G)
16. Can't Wait Till Christmas (Jacksoul)
17. O Come All Ye Faithful (Luther Vandross)
18. Love On Layaway (Gloria Estefan)

Platinum Christmas III (2006)
- above two released only in Europe

1. Happy Elf (Harry Connick, Jr.)
2. My Favorite Things (Tony Bennett)
3. O Holy Night (Il Divo)
4. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Kenny G)
5. Silver Bells (Martina McBride)
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Carly Simon)
7. Peace (Norah Jones, 2001)
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Michael Bolton)
9. Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Brian Wilson)
10. Early Christmas Morning (Cyndi Lauper)
11. Merry Christmas Baby (Bruce Springsteen)
12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Shawn Colvin)
13. My Christmas Song for You (Melissa Manchester)
14. Missing You at Christmas (That's All) (James Collins)
15. Christmas Song (Clay Aiken)
16. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Jessica Simpson)
17. Snowflake (Jim Reeves)
    - from his posthumous album "Distant Drums" (1966); when it was recorded is anyone's guess...
18. Winter Wonderland (Elvis Presley)

Playboy Latin Jazz Christmas: A Not So Silent Night (2001)
- part of series of jazz compilations from the gentleman's monthly
- reissued in 2003 as "Latin Jazz Christmas" (Concord Picante, B0000A4G9Q)

1. Jingle Bells (Ed Calle/Arturo Sandoval/Jim Gasior)
2. Sleigh Ride (Caribbean Jazz Project)
3. What Child Is This (Poncho Sanchez)
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Ed Calle/Arturo Sandoval)
5. Santa Baby (Sheila E.)
6. Angels We Have Heard On High (Caribbean Jazz Project)
7. White Christmas (Ed Calle/Dan Warner)
8. Silent Night (Caribbean Jazz Project)
9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Poncho Sanchez)
10. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Ed Calle/Justo Almario)
11. Feliz Navidad (Pete Escovedo/Ray Obiedo)

Please Come Home For Christmas (1995)
- vintage rhythm & blues from Ace US label

1. A Lonely Christmas (Willie Clayton)
2. Christmas Finds Me Oh, So Sad (Willie Clayton)
3. I Want To Be Your Santa Claus (Ronnie Lovejoy)
4. Someone To Spend Christmas With Me (Ronnie Lovejoy)
5. White Christmas (Robert Tillman)
6. Lonesome Christmas (Robert Tillman)
7. Christmas Chased My Blues Away (Frank-O)
8. Thank You Santa (Lee Fields)
9. Santa Claus Stole My Baby (Cicero Blake)
10. Christmas In My Heart (Cicero Blake)
11. Please Come Home for Christmas (Charles Brown)
12. Merry Christmas, Baby (Charles Brown)
13. Silent Night (Huey Smith & The Clowns)
14. White Christmas Blues (Huey Smith & The Clowns)

PLG Holiday Sampler (promotional, 1993)
- 14 tracks from catalog of the Polygram Label Group; real ribbon attached to cardboard slipcase

1. Step Into Christmas (Elton John, 1973)
2. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (U2)
3. I Believe In Father Christmas (Greg Lake, 1975)
4. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto (James Brown)
5. Everything Gonna Be Cool This Christmas (Eels)
6. Monster Holiday (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers)
7. Fairytale Of New York (Pogues featuring Kirsty Maccoll, 1987)
8. The Junky's Christmas (William S. Burroughs, 1993)
9. Christmas Wrapping (Waitresses, 1981)
10. Lets Make Christmas Mean Something This Year (James Brown)
11. Timberlands For Xmas (Sumpin' I Always Wanted) (House Of The Seven Do's) (Get Set V.O.P.)
12. Silent Night (Elvin Bishop)
13. Ho, Ho, Ho, (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas) (Elton John)
14. The Perfect Year (US single/Sunset Boulevard) (Glenn Close)

Plugged In For The Holidays (EMI Canada, 2005)
- Canadian EMI compilation of largely alternative rock, including several rare cuts
- mostly common, though hardly run-of-the-mill stuff; but, this is the only compilation I know of to ever include Everclear's "Hating You For Christmas," and it's one of just a couple to compile the Kate Bush and Liz Phair tracks; moreover, they managed to pick out a couple of winter-themed tracks by Duran Duran and XTC that appear on no other holiday compliation
- I didn't discover this till 15 years after the fact, but I bought one because a) I knew I would've if I'd known about it at the time b) all the reasons listed above

1. Home For Christmas (Kate Bush, 1993)
   - b-side of "Rubberband Girl"; only ever compiled on the Eurpean version of Time Life's "Singers And Songwriters: Christmas" (2003)
2. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (The Alarm)
3. Winter Marches On (Duran Duran)
   - from "Notorious"
4. Little Drummer Boy (The Dandy Warhols)
5. Hating You For Christmas (Everclear)
6. I Want An Alien For Christmas (Fountains Of Wayne, 1997)
7. Winter Wonderland (Liz Phair, 2003)
   - this is the only time I've seen this compiled except on the Target CD it originally came from...
8. Keegan's Christmas (Marcy Playground)
9. Deck The Halls (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
10. Silent Night (Sinéad O'Connor, 1991)
11. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Smithereens)
12. Please Come Home For Christmas (Pat Benatar)
13. Christmas Wrapping (Spice Girls)
14. Snowman (XTC, 1982)
    - from "English Settlement"
15. 12.23.95 (Jimmy Eat World)
16. Silent Night (Molly Johnson & Norman Orenstein)

The Polar Express (soundtrack, 2004)
- new and old Christmas songs, plus Alan Silvestri score
- the only big news was the Steven Tyler track which, while barely a Christmas song, was the first (and, as of this writing, only) Aerosmith-related holiday song ever recorded...

1. The Polar Express (Tom Hanks)
2. When Christmas Comes To Town (Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore)
3. Rockin' on Top of the World (Steven Tyler)
4. Believe (Josh Groban)
5. Hot Chocolate (Tom Hanks)
6. Spirit of the Season (Alan Silvestri)
7. Seeing Is Believing (Alan Silvestri)
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Frank Sinatra)
9. White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
10. Winter Wonderland (Andrews Sisters)
11. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Perry Como)
12. Silver Bells (Kate Smith)
13. Here Comes Santa Claus (Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters)
14. Suite from The Polar Express (Alan Silvestri)

Polaroid Christmas http://polaroid.blogspot.com ***** NOT ON WEBSITE *****
- Polaroid ("un blog alla radio," or "a blog on the radio") is an Italian music blog and radio program affiliated with Neu Radio in Bologna. They post a lot of Christmas music during December, including an annual original compilation for download. The blog, and therefore the album, focuses on indie rock and pop - a lot of it European, and all of it obscure to me. In fact, a quick scroll through the track listings yielded not one artist I'd even heard of...
- all the same, I managed to find URL's for all the compilations back to 2007 (the blog itself dates back to late 2001) which, based on the online evidence, is when the tradition began. Amazingly, the zipped files for all but the first were still available, and the individual MP3's were available for that one. So, as I was writing this in 2018, I downloaded them all and stuck them in my "for further consideration" folder of Christmas music where. one day, I might dig a little deeper. For now, though, I'm going to get on with my life, even as the annual "Polaroid" tradition shows no signs of stopping...
- BTW, Stubby's House of Christmas posts about them very enthusiastically every year, but then Stubby is a very enthusiastic guy...

• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2018.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2017.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2016.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2015.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2014.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2013.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-polaroid-for-christmas-2012.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2011/12/polaroid-for-christmas-2011.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2010/12/polaroid-for-christmas-2010.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2009/12/polaroid-for-christmas-2009-la-mattina.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2008/12/polaroid-for-christmas-2008-la-mattina.html
• http://polaroid.blogspot.com/2007/12/polaroid-for-christmas-la-mattina-del.html
  

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Boyz II Men)
2. Christmas Time (Bryan Adams)
3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Jackson 5, 1970)
4. What Child Is This (Moody Blues, 1992)
5. Baby It's Cold Outside (Vanessa Williams)
6. Hot Christmas (Squirrel Nut Zippers)
7. Give Love On Christmas Day (Johnny Gill)
8. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Brian McKnight)
9. Everybody Knows The Claus (Hanson)
10. Silent Night (The Temptations)

Pop and Soul: Holiday Hits Vol. 2 (2000)
- above two self-evident budget collections from Universal Music

1. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Dionne Warwick, 1994)
2. Jingle Bell Rock (Hall & Oates)
3. Santa Claus Is Coming Town (Pointer Sisters, 1987)
4. Little Saint Nick (The Beach Boys)
5. Joy To The World (Aretha Franklin, 1994)
6. Miracle Of Love (Eurythmics)
7. Jingle Bells (Barry Manilow)
8. O Come All Ye Faithful (Amy Grant)
9. The Little Drummer Boy (Air Supply)
10. Silent Night (SWV)

Pop 'n' Country Christmas (Reader's Digest, 1998)
- be sure to cross link with "A Country Christmas" (1988)

1. Winter Wonderland (Kenny Rogers)
2. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Steve Wariner)
3. White Christmas (Dean Martin)
4. Sleigh Ride (Johnny Mathis)
5. Silver Bells (Merle Haggard)
6. Frosty The Snowman (The Beach Boys)
7. Baby, It's Cold Outside (Margaret Whiting And Johnny Mercer)
8. Jingle Bells (B.J. Thomas)
9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Dean Martin)
10. The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
11. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Kathie Lee Gifford)
12. Happy Holidays (Jackie Gleason And His Orchestra)
13. A Holly Jolly Christmas (Burl Ives)
14. I'll Be Home For Christmas (The Lettermen)
15. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Roy Rogers And Dale Evans)
16. A Tennessee Christmas (Steve Wariner)
17. Christmas Dinner, Country Style (Bing Crosby)
18. There's No Place Like Home (Glen Campbell)
19. Christmas Time In Dixie (Charlie Daniels)
20. It's Christmas Time (Hank Thompson)
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21. Joy To The World (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
22. O Holy Night (Andy Williams)
23. What Child Is This (Tanya Tucker)
24. Do You Hear What I Hear (Bing Crosby)
25. Away In A Manger (Bobbie Gentry)
26. Angels We Have Heard On High (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
27. Silent Night (Andy Williams)
28. The First Noel (Ben E. King)
29. The Little Drummer Boy (Gary Morris)
30. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (The Oak Ridge Boys)
31. Hark The Herald Angels Sing (Marty Robbins)
32. Deck The Halls (Peggy Lee)
33. O Come All Ye Faithful (Al Martino)
34. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Kenny Rogers)
35. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Ella Fitzgerald)
36. I Saw Three Ships (Glen Campbell)
37. Sing We Noel (The Kingston Trio)
38. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (B.J. Thomas)
39. The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Jimmie Rodgers)
40. Medley: Deck The Halls / It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / Good King Wenceslas / Angels We Have Heard On High (Ferrante & Teicher)
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41. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Wayne Newton)
42. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The Oak Ridge Boys)
43. Here Comes Santa Claus (Willie Nelson)
44. Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Buck Owen)
45. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Molly Bee)
46. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Bill Haley And His Comets)
47. The Little Drummer Boy Next Door (Ray Stevens)
48. Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Vee)
49. Twas The Night Before Christmas (Chris LeDoux)
50. An Old Christmas Card (The Forester Sisters)
51. Blue Christmas (The Oak Ridge Boys)
52. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Johnny Cash)
53. Pretty Paper (Randy Travis)
54. Jingle Bells / Up On The Housetop / Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (Hollywood Pops Orchestra)
55. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Tony Bennett)
56. The Christmas Waltz (The Lettermen)
57. You're All I Want For Christmas (Al Martino)
58. Merry Christmas Baby (The Beach Boys)
59. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Lou Rawls)
60. Auld Lang Syne (Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians)

Pop Christmas (2011)
- Sony budget compilation, companion to Country Christmas and R&B Christmas

1. My Only Wish (This Year) (Britney Spears)
2. Melodies Of Christmas (David Archuleta)
3. What Christmas Means To Me (Jessica Simpson)
4. Must Be Santa (Bob Dylan)
5. Silver Bells (Gavin DeGraw)
6. River (Sara Bareilles, 2008)
7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Sarah McLachlan)
8. Angels We Have Heard On High (Christina Aguilera)
9. Christmas Time (Backstreet Boys)
10. Oh Holy Night (Kelly Clarkson)

A Pop Garden Christmas (2013) (not in Amazon)
- power pop compilation by Adam Waltemire, host of Florida radio station WMEL's Pop Garden Radio
- https://popgarden.bandcamp.com/album/a-pop-garden-christmas
- mostly pretty obscure, but a few names leap out including Lisa Mychols, Jeremy, Stratocruiser, and Karen Basset (Pandoras, Rebel Pebbles)
- I have always loved Christmas music. Hearing those great Christmas songs every year was always such a huge treat for me. It's no secret that I have written many Christmas songs myself, although most of them were comedy songs and not really for all audiences. I decided over a year ago that this would be the year when I finally gather some of my favorite indie-pop artists to record an album of Christmas music. There are some familiar songs here and a whole lot of original music. I am certain that this collection of songs will be one that people will enjoy for years to come. Merry Christmas!
- mostly new recordings, with a few archival tracks tossed in - as noted

1. On This Day (Twenty Cent Crush)
2. It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas (Timmy Sean, 2012)
3. It's Almost Christmas Time (Karen Basset)
4. Christmas Will Find You (Michael Oliver & Go Dog Go, 1997)
5. Christmas Wine (Ruby Free)
6. Hold Tight (It's Almost Christmas) (The Slingsby Hornets)
7. Winter is Here (Lisa Mychols)
8. My Christmas Card (Starr Saunders)
9. Please Come Home for Christmas (Scott Erickson)
10. The Christmas Beat (Sybil Gage)
11. Everywhere It's Christmas (Ken & Patrick Simpson)
12. Ding Dong Ding Dong (Popdudes)
13. Christmas Without You (Bryan Shaddix)
14. A Christmas Song (Mimi Betinis)
15. This is Christmas (The Smith Bros.)
16. Snow Day (Vegas With Randolph)
17. The Basement (The JAC with Herb Eimerman)
18. I Love It When It's Christmas Time (Jeremy)
19. Come Down on Christmas (Blake Jones & the Trike Shop)
20. Christmas Without You (Lannie Flowers, 2011)
21. River/Carol of the Bells (Marquesas)
22. Say Hello to Christmas (William Duke, 2010)
23. A Blessing for the Road (Lindy Yu)
    - bonus tracks -
24. L.A. Holiday (Stefani Scovolo)
25. When Christmas Comes to Town (Dennis Holseybrook)
26. Presents (Stratocruiser, 2010)
27. I Can Hardly Wait Til Christmas (The Fabulous McFlys, 1997)
28. This Christmas Day (Ruin The Rain)

Pop Garden Radio Presents Very Merry Variations of Jingle Bells (2020)
- power pop artists interpret the universally recognized Christmas standard
- proceeds donated to Access Charter School for autism spectrum disorder, located in Orlando, Florida
- https://www.discogs.com/Various-Very-Merry-Variations-of-Jingle-Bells/release/16354422
- unlike "A Pop Garden Christmas," this one is all-new, and - at first listen - more than a few of the tracks are dreadful, and a number of them barely qualify as demos...

1. Jingle Bells (Fernando Perdomo)
2. Laughing All The Way (Marshall Holland)
3. Jingle Bells (Covid Smells) (Rick & Layla Hromadka)
4. Jingle Bells (Jason Berk)
5. Jingle Bells (The Smith Bros)
6. Jingle Bells (Dolph Chaney)
7. Jingle Bells (Lisa Mychols & Super 8)
8. Jingle Bells (Samantha Grimes)
9. (Jingle Bells) Ringing In Your Heart (Blake Jones & The Trike Shop)
10. Jingle Bells (Sidney Rose)
11. Jingle Bells (Kai Danzberg & Myles Josephh)
12. Jingle Bells (Steven Wright-Mark)
13. Jingle Bells (Katie Ferrara)
14. Jingle Bells (Ken Sharp)
15. Jingle Bells (The Slingsby Hornets)
16. Jingle Bells (a capella) (Roan Yellowthorn)
17. Jingle Bells (Soulbird)
18. 'Twas The Night Before Jingle Bells (Uncle Red Chester)

Pop Into Christmas (Spectrum, 2003) B0000E3HLI (UK only)

1. As Long As There's Christmas (Michael Ball featuring Elaine Paige)
2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Vanessa Williams)
3. I'll Be Home For Christmas (Donna Summer)
4. Christmas Rappin' (Kurtis Blow)
5. My Christmas (Tony Toni Toné)
6. It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) (Love Unlimited)
7. Silent Night (Sharon Bryant)
8. Christmas Day (Squeeze)
9. A Winter's Tale (David Essex, 1982)
10. Merry Xmas Everybody (The Metal Gurus)
11. Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry, 1958)
12. Merry Christmas Baby (James Brown)
13. Purple Snowflakes (Marvin Gaye)
14. Winter's Song (Barbara Dickson)
15. Silent Night (Boyz II Men)
16. O Holy Child (Dusty Springfield)
17. White Christmas (The Platters)

Pop/Rock Holiday Favorites (2009) not in Amazon
- manufactured by Rhino for stores like Wal-Mart, this was part of a 2009 series that included "Christian Holiday Favorites," "Country Holiday Favorites," and "Classic Rock Holiday Favorites." The other volumes consisted entirely of previously released material. "Pop/Rock Holiday Favorites," however, contained a couple of new tracks - the Donna's "Up On The Housetop" and Curtis Peoples' "Here Comes Santa Claus" - and a couple that had previously been available only as downloads - Kimberley Locke's "Away In A Manger" (2007) and Never Shout Never's "30 Days" (2008).

1. Sugar Ray "Little Saint Nick" (1997)
2. Sister Hazel "Merry Christmas Baby" (2007)
3. Jewel "Joy To The World" (1999)
4. Barenaked Ladies "Green Christmas" (2004)
5. The Donnas "Up On The Housetop" (2009)
6. Curtis Peoples "Here Comes Santa Claus" (2009)
7. Collective Soul "Blue Christmas" (1994)
8. Never Shout Never "30 Days" (2008)
9. Kimberley Locke "Away In A Manger" (2007)
10. Everything But The Girl "25th December" (1994)

Pop X-Mas (Spectrum, 1993) B00F2HQS8O

1. Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
2. Audrey Landers - The Little Drummer Boy
3. Gary Glitter - Another Rock And Roll Christmas
4. Jerry Butler - Silent Night
5. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Christmas Song
6. Showaddywaddy - Hey Mister Christmas
7. The Platters - Please Come Home For Christmas
8. Louis Armstrong - White Christmas
9. Brook Benton - You're All I Want For Christmas
10. The Moonglows - Hey Santa Claus
11. Johnny Adams - Lonesome Christmas
12. Stop The Cavalry (Jona Lewie, 1980)
13. Alvin Stardust - A Wonderful Time Up There
14. Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby

Power Chords, Harmonies and Mistletoe (Twist, 2011)
- 21-track power pop compilation centered in California but pulling from regions as remote as Wisconsin (Click Beetles), Italy (Smodati), Spain (Los Immediatos), and Australia (The Little Murders)
- mostly new material, but there's a few rather obscure vintage tracks
- produced by Dean Hoth of the Los Angeles band the Eddies, mastered and sequenced by studio legend Earl Mankey...
- reissued at some point with same track listing, slightly different cover artm but same track listing (see Discogs)
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0062CBPCC
- https://hs69.order-vault.net/koolkatmusik.com/cgi-bin/mivavm/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=Various_Artists_127
- http://sandiegotroubadour.com/2011/12/various-artists-power-chords-harmonies-and-mistletoe/
- http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011/11/05/the-shambles-decibels-jetz-others-power-chords-harmonies-and-mistletoe-2011/

• Angels We Have Heard On High (The Decibels, 2004)
• Chris Hillman Christmas (The Britannicas, 2009)
• Christmas (All Over The World) (The Little Murders, 2011)
• Christmas Every Day (Jeremy, 2011)
• Christmas Messages/What Can I Say (The Jetset, 1983)
  - originally released on a fan club flexi-disc, and this appears to have been transferred from said flexi-disc...
• Christmas Mystery (Skid Roper, 2011)
• Christmas Wish (The Click Beetles, 2011)
• Christmas With You (Spring Collection, 2008)
• Father Christmas (The Jetz, 2011)
• In Tempo Per Natale (Smodati, 2011)
• Just In Time For Christmas (Rockola, 2001)
  
• Just Let It Snow (Los Immediatos, 2011)
• Little Drummer Boy (The Lolas, 2001)
• Stockholm Christmas (Joel Algeri & Friends, 2008)
• There Ain't No Sanity Claus (The Risk, 2011)
• This Christmas (The States, circa 1982)
• To All Who Can't Attend (Yeh Yeh, 2011)
• Treat Yourself Well (Herb Eimerman, 2011)
• Warm This Winter (The Shambles, 2003)
• White Christmas (The Decibels, 1997)
• You Make Me Believe (Ed James, 2011)

Power Chords, Harmonies and Mistletoe II (Snap, 2019)
- kind of out of nowhere, this sequel popped up on Bandcamp on a power pop-oriented label from Spain
- again, mostly new material with a few obscure vintage tracks
- again produced by Dean Hoth of the the Eddies, this time with assistance from Bart Mendoza from the San Diego bands the Shambles, the Spring Collection, True Stories, and others
- the whole album is very San Diego-centric and, compared to the original, fairly weak tea...
- https://snaprecordsspain.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-power-chords-harmonies-and-mistletoe-ii-funcd-057
- https://www.discogs.com/Various-Power-Chords-Harmonies-and-Mistletoe-II/release/14528504

1. Broken Gnome (The JAC, 2019)
2. Christmas (Glowfriends, 2019)
3. Christmas Story (Russ Schneider, 2019)
4. Don't Ask For More (Herb Eimerman, 2019)
5. Greensleeves (The Tourmaliners, 2019)
6. Happy Happy Christmas (Jim Ryan, 2019)
7. Here Comes Christmas (Jeremy, 2019)
8. Hey Hey, Buy Buy (It's Christmas Time) (Bathwater Babies, 2019)
9. Home For The Holidays (The Love In 1987)
10. I'm Gonna Shake The Decorations Right Off Your Christmas Tree (Rick Diaz, 2010)
11. It's Christmas Time Again (The Eddies, 2011)
12. Joy Of Christmas (Glowfriends, 2002)
13. Look Across The Sky (The Eddies, 2016)
14. Make Every Day A Holiday (Cherry Bluestorms, 2017)
15. The Rip Raps (Skid Roper, 2019)
16. Santa's Got Toys (The Drabs, 2015)
17. To All Who Can't Attend (Yeh Yeh, 2011)
18. Ugly Sweater Christmas Party (Pony Death Ride, 2019)
19. Warm This Winter (acoustic) (Shambles, 2019)
20. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (The Lolas, 2019)
21. Winter Star (True Stories, 2019)

Power Chords, Harmonies and Mistletoe III (Snap, 2020)
- and then, even more out of nowhere, this sequel popped up on Bandcamp the following year
- it's even weaker tea, with all but four songs repeated from previous volumes...
- https://snaprecordsspain.bandcamp.com/album/power-chords-harmonies-and-mistletoe-iii-funcd-065
- https://www.discogs.com/Various-Power-Chords-Harmonies-and-Mistletoe-III/release/16862685

• Christmas (Glowfriends, 2019)
• Christmas (All Over The World) (The Little Murders, 2011)
• Christmas Every Day (Jeremy, 2011)
• A Christmas Story (Russ Schneider, 2019)
• Christmas With You (Spring Collection, 2008)
• Don't Ask For More (Herb Eimerman, 2019)
• Santa Claus Oh Santa (The Eddies, 2020)
• Father Christmas (The Jetz, 2011)
• Greensleeves (Christmas) (The Tourmaliners, 2019)
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Queen Divas Of The Universe, 2020)
• I'm Gonna Shake The Decorations Right Off Your Christmas Tree (Rick Diaz, 2010)
• It's Christmas Time Again (The Eddies, 2011)
• Just In Time For Christmas (Rockola, 2001)
• Little Drummer Boy (The Lolas, 2001)
• Nut Rocker (Alvino & The Dwells, 2020)
• Snowball (Philip Cusimano, 2020)
• This Christmas (The States, 1982)
• To All Who Can't Attend (Yeh Yeh, 2011)
• Warm This Winter (Shambles, 2003)
• White Christmas (Decibels, 1997)
• You Make Me Believe (Ed James, 2011)

Prancer Returns (soundtrack, 2001)
- traditional and pop fare highlighted by Nickel Creek song
- incidental music by Randy Miller and Kristin Wilkinson
- this is a sequel to the 1989 film "Prancer" for which a soundtrack was apparently never issued
- ultimately, Intrada issued that Maurice Jarre score in 2013 (B00GM77MVA)

1. If You Believe (Alecia Elliott)
2. I'll Be Home For Christmas (Nickel Creek)
3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Michael McDonald)
4. Prancer's Theme
5. Carol Of The Bells/Discovery In The Woods
6. White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
7. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) (National Philharmonic Orchestra)
8. Leaving Home
9. A Holly Jolly Christmas (Do Re Mi Children'S Choir)
10. Jingle Bells (Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians)
11. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Dance of the Reed Pipes) (National Philharmonic Orchestra)

Pravda's Rockin' Christmas Tunes (2009)
- venerable indie presents mixed bag including New Duncan Imperials; originally issued as MP3 download, available as CD-R as of 2011

1. Yuletide Joyride (Ryan Smith & Mike Graebner)
2. All I Want For Christmas (Einstein's Sister)
3. Santa Claus is a Lie (New Duncan Imperials)
4. Christmas Time (Slink Moss)
5. I Saw Three Ships On The First Noel (Crispy Bess (feat. Killer Filler)
6. Haunted Christmas (Slink Moss)
7. I Love Christmas Time (Dag Juhlin)
8. Last Minute Shoppers (Ryan Smith)
9. Jingle Bells (Kerry Tucker)
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentle Men (Kerry Tucker)

A Prog Rock Christmas (Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra, 2019)
- new tracks from members of famous progressive bands, though most were involved long after the bands' commercial peaks

1. Run with the Fox (Jon Davison, member of Yes)
2. Christmas Lights (Kasim Sulton, member of Utopia)
3. Carol of the Bells (Steve Morse, founding member of Dixie Dregs, member of Kansas and Deep Purple)
4. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Annie Haslam, member of Renaissance)
5. Wonderful Christmastime (Billy Sherwood, member of Yes and Asia, and Patrick Moraz, member of Yes and Moody Blues)
6. I Believe in Father Christmas (Martin Turner, founding member of Wishbone Ash)
7. Fairytale of New York (Leslie Hunt, American Idol alumnus and singer for neo-prog band District 97, and Robin McAuley, founding member of the McAuley Schenker Group)
8. O Come All Ye Faithful (Sonja Kristina, member of Curved Air)
9. A Christmas Song (Thijs Van Leer, founding member of Focus)
10. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Malcolm McDowell, the actor)
11. Linus & Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas Theme) (Geoff Downes, founder of the Buggles, member of Yes and Asia)
12. Silent Night (Nik Turner and Simon House, both members of Hawkwind)
13. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (John Wetton, member of King Crimson, UK, and Asia)

Psych-Out Christmas (2013)
- vintage and (mostly) new holiday psychedelia compiled by Cleopatra
- it's in Amazon's database several times, and only some instances are connected: original CD (B00EP22QAG), LP (B00ERH13WG), and MP3 (B00HHV458I), a duplicate CD (B01K8KPZGU), and Cleopatra's 2021 reissue CD (B09C9G9Y3R) - so I changed my main link to a search query...
- quite confusingly, the He 5 cut ("Jingle Bells") is actually "Here Comes Santa Claus," which the band originally listed on their LP as "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"

1. Christmas Monster Party (Len Maxwell, 1964)
   - from his 20thCentury-Fox LP "A Merry Monster Christmas")
2. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (Elephant Stone)
3. It s Christmas Day (The Cosmonauts)
4. Silent Night (Quintron & Miss Pussycat)
5. Jul Song (Dark Horses)
6. What Child Is This? (Sleepy Sun)
7. No More Christmas Blues (The Vacant Lots)
8. Time of the Season (Sons of Hippies)
9. Santa Claus (The Fuzztones)
10. Christmas Tears (Eli Cook)
11. Little Drummer Boy (The Movements)
12. Jingle Bell Rock (Quintron & Miss Pussycat)
13. Frosty The Snowman (The Candy Store, 1969)
14. Run Rudolph Run (Psychic Ills)
15. Mele Kalikimaka (Dead Meadow)
16. Jingle Bells (The He 5, 1969)
17. White Christmas (Guitar Stooge Version) (Iggy Pop)
    - newly overdubbed version of 2009 track

Psychobilly Christmas (2008)
- mostly obscure modern punk/rockabilly on the Cleopatra label
- original ASIN B001EQPCWA; instances in Amazon's database proliferated like rabbits, culminating in a formal 2021 CD reissue with new cover art (B09FBHX9G2), so I changed my main link to a search query

1. We Three Kings (Reverend Horton Heat)
2. Don't Believe In Christmas (The Tabaltix)
3. Father Christmas (Los Gatos Locos)
4. Medley: Jingle Bell Rock / Jingle Bells (Coffin Draggers)
5. I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Clause (The Curs)
6. Christmas Without You (Triggers)
7. I'm Getting Pissed For Christmas (Bamboula)
8. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Bizarro's Victims)
9. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (The Van Orsdels)
10. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Thee Merry Widows)
11. Gunslingin' Santa (Knock Galley West)
12. I'll Be Home For Christmas (The Red Rippers)
13. Run Rudolph Run (The Kraneos)
14. Merry Christmas, Everybody (Asmodeus)
15. Halloween On Xmas (The Coffin Caddies)
16. F*#k Christmas (The God Damn Gallows)
17. Shot My Baby For Christmas (The Vaudevilles)
18. Blue Christmas (The Load Levelers)
19. 19. Silent Night, Deadly Night (The White Coffin Terror)

A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong (1997) B000EBRLBG
Christmas Gone Wrong (1998) not listed in Amazon, best I can tell...
- https://www.discogs.com/master/923658
- compilation on California punk label Drive-Thru, reissued the following year with slightly different title, artwork, and track listing
- several new songs added in 1998, as noted, several others omitted (*)
- it's worth noting that the title of the first edition is debatable; the front cover says "It's A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong," while CD says simply "Christmas Gone Wrong"; the spine says "A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong," and that's how it's listed in Amazon and Discogs...
- I didn't learn about the original album until many years after purchasing the second edition; I didn't bother purchasing a copy of the original edition, so I don't have copies of the songs that were omitted from the second - which, weirdly, includes the title song...

1. Naked Christmas (Cousin Oliver, 1997)
2. You For Christmas (RX Bandits, 1998)
3. White Christmas (The Impossibles, 1997)
4. Frosty The Snowman (Unleaded Plus, 1997) *
5. Grandma Got Run Over By A Raindeer (Less Than Jake, 1997)
6. Do They Know It's Christmas (Mullets Across America, 1997)
   - the album says it's "led by the Hippos and Cousin Oliver," primarily Ariel Rechtshaid and Romeen "Ro" Sahebi, respectively, who arrange and sing on the track; other vocalists include Bobby from Wank, Jamie from the Shakerz, Linus from Size 14, Louis from the Hippos, Steve from Bonsai Tribe, and some guy named Nick...
7. Christmas Gone Wrong (Mothermania, 1997)
   - this song is retitled "Christmas Time And I'm Not Smiling" on the 1998 reissue; if you listen to the song, that makes sense, but it seems weird since the album was named after it...
   
8. Auld Lang Syne (Wank, 1997)
9. Mrs. Claus (Size 14, 1997)
10. Christmas Wrapping (The Shakerz, 1997)
11. Sleighride (Monsta Zero, 1997)
    - the band apparently changed its name, because the same song is listed by Bonsai Tribe in 1998; I confirmed the fact that the songs are the same with a YouTube posting of the original album, but I have yet to learn much about either group or specifically confirm that they are the same band...
12. So This Is Christmas (Brian Jones Was Murdered, 1997) *
    - actually John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"...
13. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Shower With Goats, 1997) *
14. What's This? (Fred Wilson FBI, 1997)
15. Do You Hear What I Hear? (Minimum Wage, 1997)
16. Dreidel, Dreidel (Ariel Rechtshaid, 1997)
    - listed on the CD as "Ariel from the Hippos" because he is, indeed, from the ska/punk band the Hippos
17. Christmas On The Moon (Jason Morphew & The King Of The Weirdos, 1998)
18. Sometimes Christmas Is A Bitch (Truth Movement, 1998)
    - after a period of silence, there's a hidden song embedded in this track; well, sort of... it's a brief, silly, halting, acoustic rendering of a handful of Hanukkah songs by an unnamed artist; it's almost certainly outtakes from the rather similar reading of "Dreidel, Dreidel" earlier on the record, though it could conceivably be Richard Reines, who founded Drive-Thru Records with his sister, Stefanie Reines...

Punk Christmas (1997)

1. Stille Nacht (The Yobs)
2. Der Nikolaus ist Stasi, Knecht Ruprecht die Ss (Hass)
3. Knecht Ruprecht (Deutsche Trinkerjugend)
4. Hirntod Unterm Lichterbaum (N. O. E.)
5. Schrille Nacht (Molotow Soda)
6. Gans Oder Gar Nix (Die Kellox)
7. Knecht Ruprechts Letzte Fahrt (Keine Künstlerinformation / Various)
8. Tief in der Nacht (Kuschelweich)
9. Dicke Eier Weihnachtsfeier (Eisenpimmel)
10. Fresst Scheisse (Hass)
11. Merry Jingle (Normahl)
12. Endlich ist Weihnacht (Madmans)
13. Kein Fest der Liebe (N. O. E.)
14. Dona Nobis Pacem (Wonderprick)
15. Mit Leichtem Hinken Somiert Där Weihnachtsmann (Hans Am Felsen)
16. Alle Jahre Wieder (Die Perversen Weihnachtmänner)
17. Der Baum Brennt (Bäd Frox)
18. Fröhliche Weihnacht Überall (Müllstation)

Punk Christmas 2 (1997)
- above two compiled by German label SPV; contents reflect their Teutonic origin

1. Guten Tag, Ich Bin der Weihnachtsmann (Hass)
2. Weihnachtszeit (Hass)
3. Am Fest der Liebe (Popperklopper)
4. Ein Fest Ohne Dich (N. O. E.)
5. Süsser die Kassen Nie Klingen (Rasta Knast)
6. Schöhnbohm the Brown Nose Asshole (Scattergun)
7. Weihnachtsmann (Novotny TV)
8. Juletid (Radioactiva Räker)
9. X-Mas Without U (Funckin' Faces)
10. Wild X-Mas (Dukes Of The Mist)
11. Es ist Für Uns Eine Zeit Angekommen (Wonderprick)
12. Abels Trauriges Fest (Terrorgruppe)
13. Stille Nacht (Wehrkraftzersetzer)
14. Weihnachtszeit ist Mörderzeit (Stinkebreit)
15. Merry X-Mas (Three Chord Wonder)
16. Weihnachten in Texas (Novotny TV)

Punk Goes Christmas (2013)
- deluxe edition with extra tracks and new artwork released 2015
- part of extensive Punk Goes series of themed covers albums on Fearless Records
- like most of the series, it employs a rather loose definition of the word, incorporating as much emo- and metal-core as Ramones-style, fast-and-loud punk, even stretching into unabashed pop (cf. Jason Lancaster)
- among the relatively big names that fail to impress are New Found Glory, who barely get above a whisper; Crown the Empire, whose "There Will Be No Christmas" sounds mopey and self-indulgent when it should sound pissed off; The Ready Set, so cute you'll want to strangle them; and Yellowcard, as self-involved and pretentious as ever
- the most impressive (if not enjoyable) track is "This Christmas (I'll Burn It to the Ground)" by Set It Off, described as a "Florida-based symphonic rock quintet"; at the very least, it conveys a punky attitude, even if it sounds like it came from the soundtrack to a Tim Burton movie. Conveniently, it came complete with a very Burton-esque video...
- big ups to the Summer Set for covering an R&B song (Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas"), but their rendition of it is pretty awful (and incredibly annoying)
- Man Overboard's cover of the Kinks' "Father Christmas" doesn't suck, exactly, but a cover of that song is entirely predictable for a project like this, and they add absolutely nothing to the dozens of covers that preceded theirs...
- the best song, and the only real keeper, is "I Had A Heart" by Real Friends, a very listenable track which embraces the "emo" aesthetic so completely that the entire holiday boils down to the singer's failed love life and his subsequent existential crisis. Reduced to spending the day smoking outside his grandparents' house, he opines, "I remember how Christmas used to be before she spat me out and left me to roam this empty place."It feels like she ripped his heart out, he explains, for his family to see. "At least they'd know I had a heart," he shrugs. Oh, to be young!

1. Nothing for Christmas (New Found Glory)
2. Fool's Holiday (All Time Low)
3. I Had a Heart (Real Friends)
4. Father Christmas (Man Overboard)
5. This Christmas (The Summer Set)
6. There Will Be No Christmas (Crown The Empire)
7. Christmas Lights (Yellowcard)
8. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays (Issues)
9. All I Can Give You (Jason Lancaster)
10. I Don't Wanna Spend Another Christmas Without You (The Ready Set)
11. This Christmas (I'll Burn It to the Ground) (Set It Off)
12. Do You Hear What I Hear? (William Beckett)
    - 2015 bonus tracks -
13. Days of a Pop-Punk Christmas (Jarrod Alonge)
14. Home Alone Theme (August Burns Red)
15. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Being As An Ocean)
16. Sleigh Ride (This Wild Life)

Punk Rock Christmas (2012)
- download-only album from Cleopatra
- I originally ignored this because what few names I recognized were performing non-Christmas songs, making it seem rather insignificant from a Christmas perspective - not to mention exploitivefrom a consumer persprective...
- but, when Cleopatra's released a compact disc of the same name in 2015 (with almost none of the same tracks), I felt compelled to catalog this one....

1. White Christmas (Iggy Pop)
2. Don't Believe in Christmas (The Tabaltix)
3. Father Christmas (Los Gatos Locos)
4. Kill the Rich (Anti-Flag)
5. Jingle Bell Rock/Jingle Bells (The Coffin Draggers)
6. I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Clause (The Curs)
7. Pretty Vacant (live) (The Sex Pistols)
8. Christmas Without You (The Triggers)
9. I'm Getting Pissed for Christmas (Bamboula)
10. Kick Out the Jams (original uncensored version) (MC5)
11. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Bizarro's Victims)
12. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (The Van Orsdels)
13. I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live) (Iggy & The Stooges)
14. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Thee Merry Widows)
15. Gunslingin' Santa (Knock Galley West)
16. Communist Eyes (Germs)
17. I'll Be Home for Christmas (The Red Rippers)
18. Run Rudolph Run (The Kraneos)
19. Dead Cities (The Exploited)
20. Merry Christmas, Everybody (Asmodeus)
21. Halloween On Xmas (The Coffin Caddies)
22. Bloodstains (Agent Orange)
23. F*#k Christmas (The God Damn Gallows)
24. Shot My Baby for Christmas (The Vaudevilles)
25. Riot (UK Subs)
26. Blue Christmas (The Load Levelers)
27. Silent Night, Deadly Night (The White Coffin Terror)
28. Tight Pants (Iggy & The Stooges)

Punk Rock Christmas (2015)
- grab bag from Cleopatra Records including some big names from the early days of punk
- shares only a handful of tracks with 2012 release above

1. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (The Suicide Machines)
2. Run Rudolph Run (Slaughter & The Dogs)
3. Merry Xmas Everybody (The Vibrators)
4. Please Come Home For Christmas (Unwritten Law)
5. Hey Santa Claus! (UK Subs)
6. Santa Claus Is Cummin' (To Town) (GASH)
7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Anti-Nowhere League)
8. Little Drummer Boy (Reel Big Fish)
9. It Feels Like Christmas (Eddie & The Hot Rods)
10. Silent Night / Hallelujah Chorus (The Members)
11. Jingle Bells (Battalion Of Saints)
12. The Snow Miser Song (45 Grave)
13. Snoopy's Christmas (Smash Mouth, 2005)
14. I Want You For Christmas (Bankrupt)
15. Winter Wonderland (Sihasin)
16. All I Want For Christmas Is You (Batfoot!)
17. Driving Home For Christmas (Templeton Pek)
18. O Holy Night (Hoist The Colors)
19. White Christmas (Iggy Pop)

Punk Rock Christmas 2 (Cleopatra, 2019)
- sequel to above

1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Tsunami Bomb)
2. Christmas in Killarney (The Rumjacks)
3. What We Buy (Naked Aggression)
4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (The Members)
5. O Holy Night (Pulley)
6. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros)
7. (Merry Christmas) World's on Fire (MDC)
8. Ramones Christmas (The Queers)
9. Santa Had to Go Into Rehab (The Vibrators)
10. Who Put the Gum in Santa's Whiskers (Ship Thieves)
11. Merry Christmas Happy Holiday (Amber Pacific)
12. Punk Rock Christmas (Reagan Youth)
13. Merry Christmas (Feels So Right) (Down By Law)
14. When Johnny Saved Christmas (Bankrupt)
15. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Punchline)
16. Father Christmas (Parasites)
17. Around Christmas (Unsteady Heights)
18. Christmas Sucks (You Stupid Fucks!) (The Spears)
19. Where Are You Christmas? (High Wire)
20. Fairy Tales (Splinter)
21. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Walter Etc.)
22. Last Christmas (Slap of Reality)
23. Merry Christmas Everybody (Down and Outs)
24. All I Want for Christmas (Chief State)
25. Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas (The Widows)
26. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Johnny Thunders)

Punk Rock Xmas (1995)
- far-reaching compilation of loud-and-fast music from Rhino Records

1. (It's Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas (The Ravers)
2. Silent Night (The Dickies)
3. Hooray For Santa Claus (from "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians") (Sloppy Seconds)
4. Fuck Christmas (Fear)
5. A Merry Christmas (The Greedies)
6. There Ain't No Sanity Claus (The Damned)
7. Homo Christmas (Pansy Division)
8. It's Christmas (Boquet Of Veal)
9. Merry Xmas Blues (The Celibate Rifles)
10. Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) (Ramones)
11. Deck The Halls (Metal Mike, Alison And Julia)
12. Feliz Navinada (El Vez)
13. Run, Run Rudolph (Humpers)
14. Daddy Drank Our Xmas Money (TVTV$)
15. Here Comes Santa's Pussy (The Frogs)
16. Christmas Christmas (Mojo Nixon)
17. Mr. Grinch (D.I.)
18. White Christmas (Stiff Little Fingers)

Putumayo Christmas: World, Folk, Blues, Jazz And Soul (1994)

1. Christmas Bells (John Gorka)
2. We Three Kings Of Orient Are / Santa Fe Christmas (Ottmar Liebert)
3. Christmas Gift (Margie Joseph)
4. Soca Santa (Machel)
5. Bonne Annee (Michael Doucet)
6. What Child Is This? (Dan Crary)
7. Merry Christmas (Otis Redding)
8. The (Mason Williams Virgin Mary)
9. Merry Christmas (Koko Taylor Merry)
10. Lonesome Christmas (Son Seals)
11. The (Maggie Sansone Holly and the Ivy)
12. Dickens' Dublin (The Palace) (Loreena McKennitt)

Putumayo Presents A Family Christmas (2009)

1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Johnny Bregar)
2. Holly Jolly Christmas (Martin Sexton)
3. Is Zat You Santa Claus? (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)
4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Leon Redbone)
5. Winter Wonderland (Deana Carter)
6. Sleigh Ride (Sam Bush)
7. Here We Come A-Wassailing (Kate Rusby)
8. Jolly Old St. Nick (Brave Combo)
9. Mele Kalikimaka (Debbie Davis & Matt Perrine)
10. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (The Christmas Jug Band featuring Angela Strehli and Maria Muldaur)
11. Frosty the Snowman (Lars Edegran and his Santa Claus Revelers featuring Big Al Carson)

Putumayo Presents Acoustic Christmas (2013)

1. It Really Is (A Wonderful Life) (Mindy Smith)
2. Santa Baby (Sugar Thieves)
3. That Old Christmas Moon (Leon Redbone)
4. The Christmas Waltz (She & Him)
5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Emilie-Claire Barlow)
6. Please Come Home For Christmas (Charles Brown)
7. The Christmas Song (Stacey Kent)
8. I'll Be Home for Christmas (Stephanie Davis)
9. Merry Christmas Baby (Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown, 1947)
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Hem)

Putumayo Presents Blues Christmas (2019)

1. Christmas Comes But Once A Year (Charles Brown)
2. I'll Be Home For Christmas (Kenny Neal)
3. I Don't Want You Just For Christmas (Nathan and The Zydeco Cha-Cha's)
4. Lonesome Christmas (Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets)
5. Please Come Home For Christmas (Chuck Leavell)
6. Christmas Blues (Paul Oscher)
7. Merry Christmas Baby (Mel Brown)
8. Lonesome Christmas (Kenny Neal)
9. Merry Christmas (Jesse Thomas)
10. Santa, Don't Let Me Down (Earl King)

Putumayo Presents Celtic Christmas Around the World (2011)

1. Here We Come A-Wassailing (The Albion Christmas Band)
2. Come, O Come Emmanuel ( Charles T. Cozens)
3. Little Drummer Girl (The Gothard Sisters)
4. Angels We Have Heard on High (David Huntsinger)
5. Good King Wenceslas ( Charles T. Cozens)
6. Nollaig Bhán (White Christmas) (Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola)
7. Joy to the World (The Night Heron Consort)
8. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (David Arkenstone)
9. Auld Lang Syne (Dougie MacLean)

Putumayo Presents Christmas Around the World (2003)

1. Joyeux Noel (New York Twoubadou)
2. Here We Come A-Wassailing (Steve Schuch & The Night Heron Consort)
3. Venid Fieles Todos (Adeste Fidelis) (Liuba Maria Hevia)
4. St. Nicholas (Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds)
5. Deck The Hall (Cuba L.A.)
6. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Banks Soundtech Steel Orchestra)
7. White Christmas (Los Reyes)
8. We Three Kings (Michael Doucet)
9. What Child Is This (Dan Crary)
10. Aguinaldo Jibaro (Pepe Castillo)
11. Douce Nuit (Silent Night) (Kali)
12. Paz En La Tierra (Joy To The World) (Ramon F. Veloz)

Putumayo Presents French Christmas (2014)

1. Noël Blanc (Jacqueline François)
2. Chanson Pour Noël (Charles Trenet)
3. étoile des Neiges (Line Renaud)
4. Noël Sans Vous (Nadja)
5. Noël (Edgar Bori)
6. Noël Jazz (Lina Boudreau)
7. Guillaume, Prends Ton Tambourin (Bruno Mursic)
8. Joyeux Noël (Annie Villeneuve)
9. Mon Beau Sapin (Marie-Chantal Toupin)
10. Petit Papa Noël (Francesca Blanchard)
11. Papa Noël (Joy Setton & The International School of Geneva)

Putumayo Presents Jazz Christmas (2021)

1. Winter Wonderland / Tom Grant
2. The Christmas Song / Dixieland Ramblers
3. Angels We Have Heard On High / Chad Lawson Trio
4. Let It Snow / Oscar Peterson
5. I'll Be Home For Christmas / Dixieland Ramblers
6. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / Houston Person
7. Blue Christmas / Houston Person
8. Christmas In New Orleans / Lars Edegran And His Santa Claus Revelers
9. Silver Bells / Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band
10. Bringing In A Brand New Year / Charles Brown

Putumayo Presents Jazz & Blues Christmas (2008)

1. Christmas Celebration (B.B. King)
2. Santa's Blues (Charles Brown)
3. Wrap Yourself in a Christmas Package (Randy Greer & Ignasi Terraza Trio)
4. Santa Baby (Emile (Claire Barlow)
5. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Ray Charles)
6. Here Comes Santa Claus (The Ramsey Lewis Trio)
7. Merry Christmas Baby (The Dukes of Dixieland)
8. The Christmas Blues (Topsy Chapman & Lars Edegran)
9. Xmas Baby (Riff Ruffin)
10. All I Ask for Chirstmas (Mighty Blue Kings)

Putumayo Presents Joy To The World (2018)

1. The First Noel (Nossa Bossa Nova)
2. Astro del Ciel (Arspop)
3. Noël Avec Toi (Frédérick De Grandpré)
4. Winter Wonderland (Jan Luna)
5. Bianco Natale (Marina Del Gaudio)
6. O Natal Já Começou (Inês Pupo, Gonçalo Pratas)
7. Little Drummer Boy (Roman Street)
8. Christmas By The Bar-B-Que (Lynn August)
9. Frosty The Snowman (Mighty Diamonds)
10. Christmas Island (Leon Redbone)

Putumayo Presents Latin Christmas (2016)

1. Joy to the World (Nossa Bossa Nova)
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Bobby Rodriguez)
3. Blanca Navidad (Erica Gonzaba)
4. Jingle Bells (Juan Carlos Quintero)
5. La Peregrinacion (Susie Arioli)
6. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Dave Stephens)
7. Noche de Paz (Hanne Tveter)
8. Christmas Rhumba (Roman Street)
9. El Ano Viejo (Grupo Son Sabor)
10. Ven Ven (La Super Banda)
11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Poncho Sanchez )

Putumayo Presents New Orleans Christmas (2006)

1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Big Al Carson)
2. Christmas In New Orleans (James Andrews)
3. 'Zat You, Santa Claus? (Ingrid Lucia)
4. Silver Bells (Heritage Hall Jazz Band)
5. I'll Be Home For Christmas (Banu Gibson & The New Orleans Hot Jazz)
6. Please Come Home For Christmas (Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band)
7. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Ellis Marsalis)
8. White Christmas (John Boutte)
9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Topsy Chapman)
10. Santa's Second Line (New Birth Brass Band)
11. Holiday Time In New Orleans (Dukes Of Dixieland)

Putumayo Presents World Christmas Party (2010)

1. Wish You A Merry Christmas (Jacob Miller (Jamaica)
2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Poncho Sanchez (USA)
3. Christmas Comes But Once A Year (Charles Brown (USA)
4. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Keahiwai (Hawaii)
5. Winter Wonderland (Jose Conde (USA/Cuba)
6. Alegria (Maria De Barros (Cape Verde)
7. Barra De Navidad Blues (Heritage Hall Jazz Band (USA)
8. The Christmas Song (Brave Combo (USA)
9. Kei Te Haere Mai A Hana Koko (H.K. Crew feat. Kina (New Zealand)
10. Carol and the Kings (Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven (USA)
11. Boas Festas Mocambique (Costa Neto (Mozambique)
12. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Ed Calle with Arturo Sandoval (Venezuela/Cuba)

A Putumayo World Christmas (2000)
- above eight compiled by world music/direct marketing specialist label

1. Nadal De Luintra (Spain) (Berroguetto)
2. Here We Come A-Wassailing (Celtic/USA) (Steve Schuch & The Night Heron Consort)
3. Noite Para Festajar (Brazil) (Ivan Lins)
4. Aguinaldo Jibaro (Puerto Rico) (Pepe Castillo)
5. Diciembre (Colombia) (Los Embajadores Vallenatos)
6. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Barbados) (Banks Soundtech Steel Orchestra)
7. All I Want For Christmas (Jamaica) (Ini Kimoze)
8. O Cometido (Spain) (Chouteira)
9. We Three Kings (Cajun/USA) (Michael Doucet)
10. Fireside Ki Ho'alu (Hawaii/USA) (George Kuo)
11. Kling No Klokka (Norway) (Asne Valland Nordli)

Quad City All Star Christmas (1996)
- holiday hip hop from the label that brought the world "Whoot (There It Is)"

1. Intro (Quad City DJ's)
2. What You Want For Christmas (Quad City DJ's, The 69 Boyz and K-Nock)
3. Wish List (Quad City DJ's)
4. Where Dey At Yo! (K-Nock (Featuring 24K)
5. Whachugot4Xmas (10 K.A.N.S.)
6. Leave A Message (I Can Explain) (Quad City DJ's)
7. Alone (Joni (Featuring 24K)
8. White Xmas (Big Dave And Tina)
9. Da Jam (Quad City DJs)
10. Open Da Door Baby (Quad City DJ's)
11. Lil' Bass Boi (B-Fast And G-Slow)
12. The Night Before X-Mas (Quad City DJ's)
13. Christmas Time (Big Dave)
14. Whatcha Want For Christmas (Remix) (The 69 Boyz)
15. Xmas Blues (Big Tyme)
16. White Xmas (Remix) (Big Dave)