In conjunction with my recent FPR article “What Does Christmas Feel Like?” A Symposium of Popular Songs is listening to songs that recall my halcyon Christmases—let’s say 1987-1994, though few of these songs actually come from that period. Send your song suggestions to me at symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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0:00
Okkervil River, “White” (The Silver Gymnasium, 2013)
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7:26
Vince Guaraldi, “Linus and Lucy” (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965)
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10:27
Thom Huge and Lorenzo Music, “Can’t Wait ‘Til Christmas” (A Garfield Christmas, 1987)
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13:06
Lorenzo Music, “Home to My Emily” (The Bob Newhart Show, 1972) (for some reason)
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17:46
Burl Ives, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” (Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, 1965)
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19:56
Andy Williams, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” (Merry Christmas, 1965)
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26:22
Petula Clark, “The Holly and the Ivy” (A Christmas Carol, 1958)
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28:53
Gene Autry, “Up on the Housetop” (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 1961)
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34:36
The Drifters, “White Christmas” (single, 1954)
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37:14
Patric Miller, “Joy to the World” (A Claymation Christmas Celebration, 1987)
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41:53
The Four Aces, “O Holy Night” (Merry Christmas, 1956)
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43:46
Frank Sinatra, “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” (Christmas Songs, 1949)
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47:17
John Denver, “What Child Is This” (Rocky Mountain Christmas, 1975)
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50:47
Emmylou Harris, “Silent Night” (The Light in the Stable, 1979)
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54:17
Children’s Choir, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965)
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58:03
Randy Newman, “Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father” (Little Criminals, 1977)
