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Note the light-up bear on the speaker next to the tree. That is the smaller and younger of our two christmas bears.

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I've been listening to a lot of holiday music this December. I'm a bit of a music hoarder and have over 600 Christmas/Yule/Hanukkah/New Years songs on my seasonal playlist. I'm kind of terrible at making mixtapes, but I thought it would be fun to distill the giant playlist down to just the songs that are speaking to me the most this year.

So, here are 22 songs I love to get you through the darkest part of the year. It's a mix of classic Christmas carols and newer songs, but mostly all leaning in the pop/rock/indie direction because that's where my heart wanted to go.

Oh my friends, it's been a long hard year
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Tracklist:

Thank God It's Christmas - Queen
The Lights and Buzz - Jack's Mannequin
Come Darkness, Come Light - Mary Chapin Carpenter
In The Bleak Midwinter - Annie Lennox
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - The Red West
Christmas in Washington - Joan Baez
Rebel Jesus - Martha Wainwright & Lily Lanken
The Christians and the Pagans - Dar Williams
The First Noel/Mary Mary - Sarah McLachlan
O Holy Night - Tracy Chapman
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Emmylou Harris
Riu Riu Chiu - Bruce Cockburn
Silent Night - Stevie Nicks
What Is It Like To Be Born In The Wintertime? - Imaginary Heaven
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - The Pretenders
Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith
Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Melissa Etheridge
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - John Denver & The Muppets
Christmas Wrapping - Save Ferris
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - Glenn Miller Orchestra
What A Year For A New Year - Dan Wilson
Let The Good Guys Win - Murray McLauchlan, Tom Cochrane and Paul Hyde

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Oh, my friends, it's been a long hard year: FairestCat's 2016 Holiday Mix

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