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25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Joy To The World” by The Supremes

Christmas Day is here! May your holiday be full of fun, food, maybe a few good surprises and lots and lots of joy.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Twas The Night Before Christmas” by David Hasselhoff

The rule on this website is that no one hassles The Hoff, and we’re sticking to that in the holiday countdown.

The holidays have (at last) begun!

For the (gasp) fourteenth year, the Carlson Kids take their photos with their two favorite holiday pals, Santa Claus and Mr. T!

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Ocho Kandelikas” by Yid Vicious

I know Hanukkah is still a few days away, but I didn’t want to miss a chance to include this song in our countdown.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Gifts of Maggie” by Jo Ann Worley

Here’s to all the Cousin Maggies out there keeping things weird at the holidays.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “In The Bleak Mid Winter” by Bert Jansch

We’ve come to the shortest days of the year, which are great when accompanied by Bert Jansch’s spare but warm version of a carol from the 19th Century.

This year’s cookies

Each year I bake up a few cookies for our neighbors, so I can try out a few recipes and also make up for being socially awkward the rest of the year.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Christmas In Vietnam” by Private Charles Bowens

Probably don’t lead with this at your holiday singalong.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “(Merry Christmas) We Must Be Having One” by Tammy Wynette

if this was almost any other singer, you’d think to yourself what a sweet scene this song is painting. But this is Tammy Wynette, and in her songs, you don’t find love without also finding more turbulent feelings close by. 

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Christmas Time Is Here Again” by the Flirtations

The Flirtations are Americans, but they’re much better known in the UK. Our loss!
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25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “I Saw Three Ships A Sailing” by The Chieftains with Marianne Faithfull

A carol from the old times, performed faithfully. And in the case of the singing, Faithfully.

Podcast listens, as they stand right meow

The 8 year old pointed out yesterday that the analytics for my podcast are cat-shaped. Thanks, Cool Weird Awesome listeners! 

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “(It’s Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas” by Dead Boys

Pretty sure I don’t need to remind you to turn the volume way up for this one.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “baby jesus is nobody’s baby now” by Julia Jacklin

If this holiday season is making you feel the way the people in this song feel, there’s still time to shape it more to your liking.

They Didn’t Call Him Johnson For Nothing: The Peeing President Takes Office

LBJ's legacy is not found in the Great Society, nor in the controversies of Vietnam: it's in the bathroom. Johnson loved to pee.