{"id":2501,"date":"2008-12-23T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T20:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2023-12-16T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T16:51:17","slug":"a-quirky-eclectic-christmas-music-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/a-quirky-eclectic-christmas-music-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quirky<\/del> Eclectic Christmas Music Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, let’s do this playlist thing<\/a>… These artists and numbers appear, back-to-back, in the playlist:<\/p>\n

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  1. Peter Robbins et al.: dialogue from A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Anonymous 4: Hodie Christus Natus Est<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Waverly Consort: Three Spanish Villancicos – Dadme Albcrecias<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Perry Como: Home for the Holidays<\/li>\n
  5. Mannheim Steamroller: Joy to the World<\/li>\n
  6. George Winston: The Holly and the Ivy<\/li>\n
  7. Celtic Woman: O Holy Night<\/li>\n
  8. John Denver and the Muppets: The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/li>\n
  9. Al Hirt: Nutty Jingle Bells<\/li>\n
  10. The Roches: Deck the Halls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Note:<\/strong> After some experimentation, I’ve found there doesn’t seem to be a simple way — like a single button to push — to fast-forward to the end of a number. What you do instead is drag the little progress-meter thing all the way to the right, to the end of the track; this cues up the next number in the list.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Next: I can’t put a YouTube video into this audio-playlist thing, but Christmas music doesn’t get any better than this. Judy Garland, in Meet Me in St. Louis<\/em>, introduces the world to “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” — and more or less ruins it for every succeeding performer:<\/p>\n