As promised, I shall give you my best-ever holiday mix.  Are you ready?

Each song is linked to a place on the web where you can hear the song, if you’re not familiar with it.  Okay?

Have fun!

In no certain order…

1. Cryin’ Christmas Tears – Eric Clapton
2. Winter Song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
3. Christmas Day – Dido
4. Song for a Winter’s Night – Sarah McLachlan
5. O Holy Night – Il Divo
6. White Christmas – Otis Redding (scroll down the page, once you link)
7. Holy, Holy, Holy – Sufjan Stevens (actually, for you traditionalists, you’d get a kick out of his Christmas collections…they’re full of all the oldies)
8. Please Come Home for Christmas – Jon Bon Jovi (goofy video, but you get the gist)
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Aimee Mann
10. Christmas Time -Smashing Pumpkins
11. Silent Night – Stevie Nicks
12. Christmas – Blues Traveler
13. Gabriel’s Message – Sting
14. Children Go Where I Send Thee– Natalie Merchant
15. O Holy Night – Tracy Chapman (okay, so this is a duplicate, but I simply can’t help myself…both artists do something different with the song!)
16. When the Heavens Open – Billy Pilgrim (I searched and searched online for a tidbit of this song, but it was nowhere to be found…it’s on his Snow Globe album…if any of you find it, please post below.)
17. Auld Lang Syne (Charity Medley) – Featuring: Sara Bareilles, Jim Bianco, Cary Brothers, Buddy, Holly Conlan, Marie Digby, Katie Herzig, Jesca Hoop, Laura Jansen, Tim Jones, Greg Laswell, Lenka, Anya Marina, Jonah Matranga, Ingrid Michaelson, Meiko, Joshua Radin, and Butch Walker.
18. All I Want for Christmas Is You – Olivia Olson (okay, so if you haven’t seen Love Actually–BEST recent Christmas movie of all time–then you won’t get this!)
19. Silent Night – Aretha Franklin (ditto on this duplicate…love both of the artists’ renditions in this list)
20. Christmas Song – Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

Well, there you go.  It tickles me to share.  [Happy sigh.]

This is the life…