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Christmas Day means the 1st true day of the 12 days of Christmas. It's also the morning when most open presents and then the afternoon of family visits. With all that in mind, this pre-recorded episode, marking the 16th annual alternate-Yuletide carol episode assembled in the central realms of Canada, profiles music from the 1989 holiday classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Podcast subscribers, you're getting this early. Santa said.

01. Mike Campbell: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown
02. Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Christopher Guest, Michael O'Donoghue, Harold Ramis, Anne Beatts, Gilda Radner & Paul Shaffer: Kung Fu Christmas [a Motown Parody] (Greatest Hits of The National Lampoon, 1972) GRT/Visa/Passport
03. Plains Apparition: First Snowfall Together (Late to the Afterthoughts, 2023) self-released
04. Shane MacGowan & the Popes: Christmas Lullaby (Christmas Party EP, 1996) ZTT
05. Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter's Night (The Way I Feel, 1967) United Artists
06. Asynchrone: Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (Plastic Bamboo, 2023) No Format
07. Ike & Tina Turner: Merry Christmas Baby (Ooh Poop a Doo 7", 1964) Warner Bros
08. De La Soul: Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa (De La Soul is Dead, 1991) FFRR/Tommy Boy
09. George Winston: Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head (December, 1982) Windham Hill
10. The Waitresses: Christmas Wrapping (A Christmas Record, 1981) ZE/Island
11. Robbie Robertson: Christmas Must Be Tonight (Scrooged OST, 1989) A&M
12. Laura Cannell: The Bells of Midwinter (Midwinter Processionals, 2023) Brawl
13. Les Cowboys Fringants: Noël Brun (Les Nuits de Repentigny, 2021) La Tribu
14. Simon Kearney: Jusqu'à Noël [w.Gabrielle Shonk] (2023) self-released
15. Christian Sands: Shoveling (Christmas Stories, 2023) Mack Avenue
16. Châteaubriand: Notre Dernier Sapin (Laisse le Sapin Allumé EP, 2023) Chalet Musique
17. First Base: Merry Xmas Everybody (2013) self-released
18. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Winterfresh (It's a Wonderful Record!, 1994) Jetpac/Cargo/Yep Roc
19. The Not Fur Longs: Merry Mischief (Arbor Christmas: Volume 23, 2022) Arbor Christmas
20. Ivan Romanoff Male Chorus and Orchestra: In Bethlehem (Ukrainian Christmas, 1969) Capitol/CBC
21. Mark Malibu & the Wasagas: Canadian Christmas (Mark Malibu presents Surfin' Kitty X-Mas 2, 2021) Sharawaji
22. Ray Parker Jr: Christmas Time is Here (Greatest Hits, 1982) Arista
23. Blondie: Yuletide Throwdown [w.Fab 5 Freddy] (Against the Odds: 1974-1982, 2022) Numero Group
24. Miami Nights 1984: When Treetops Glisten (Wonders of Christmas EP, 2022) self-released
25. Evan J Cartwright: Winter Wind [by Alice Munro] (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XIV, 2022) The Line of Best Fit
26. Jacklen Ro: C U Christmas Day (Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas: Volume III, 2023) Crisis
27. OGRE: Enter the Sleigher (It's Christmas Time!, 2013) Retro Promenade
28. Andy Rehfeldt: Last Christmas/Angel of Death [Slayer/Wham! mashup] (Christmas Music, 2020) self-released
29. American Comedy Network: Radio Shopping Club - Faux Presents (Christmas Comedy: Volume 1, 2002) Laugh.com
30. IKSRE & anthéne: Solstice (Seasons Shifting, 2023) anthéne
31. Julee Cruise: Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Until the End of the World OST, 1991) Warner Bros
32. Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Christmas Greeting (Twin Peaks Archive, 2012) David Lynch
33. Sy Mann: When Christmas Comes (Switched on Santa! Merriest Moog Synthesizer plays Christmas Favourites, 1969) Pickwick/33
34. The Moonglows: Hey, Santa Claus (Just a Lonely Christmas 7", 1953) Chance
35. Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid & Beverly D'Angelo: Clark Explodes (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989) Hughes/Warner Bros
36. Angelo Badalamenti: Joy to the World (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989) Hughes/Warner Bros
37. Chevy Chase, E.G. Marshall, Beverly D'Angelo & John Randolph: Hell's Threshold (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989) Hughes/Warner Bros
38. William Hickey, Chevy Chase, Mae Questel & Cast: Rocket's Red Glare (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989) Hughes/Warner Bros
39. Mavis Staples: Christmas Vacation [radio version] (Christmas Vacation 7", 1989) Paisley Park/Warner Bros
40. Carolina Eyck & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: Kalevi Aho's Eight Seasons, 4th movement - Christmas Darkness [conductor: John Storgård] (BBC Proms, 2022) BBC
41. The Ramsey Lewis Trio: Plum Puddin' (More Sounds of Christmas, 1964) Argo

I didn't mention that co-writer of Christmas Vacation, Cynthia Weil, died on June 1st this year at the age of 82. I'll dig more into her music with husband Barry Mann for a show in 2024.

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