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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

A reminder that earfulsofeggnog.com offers a 24/7 radio station sharing the b-side of Christmas. Check it out for some hand-picked alternatives to the standard #ChristmasMusic sounds of the season. Have a great holiday everyone! And please consider donating to a community radio station near you. 📻 💗

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Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com · 19/12/2025

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas :: Unsanctioned Soundtrack (1977) aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/12/07/e... It’s the 3rd week of December and if you grew up in the 80s, Jim Henson’s 1977 holiday epic really needs no further explanation. Welcome to Frogtown Hollow.

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Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com · 18/12/2025

West Indies Christmas (A Mixtape) aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/18/w... With the expansion of record disto during the 1960s, Christmas music experienced a notable regional surge. The following twenty track all vinyl mixtape covers most of that time period, from early 60s through late 70s.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Always one of the best... thanks to @falalalala.com for putting together another top notch collection of rare #ChristmasMusic gems.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Andy Cirzan is basically the Indiana Jones of overlooked #ChristmasMusic. If you don't know, he has an annual showcase on Sound Opinions. It's consistently an enlightening listen. Check out the #ChristmasMix here: www.soundopinions.org/show/1046 (Note: Actual footage of Andy's basement below...)

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Alas… he’s done it again! One of the “Ol’ Faithful’s” of the #ChrismasMix community. Hope you’re feeling better @xmasunderground.bsky.social! Thanks for doing it.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Happy Hanukkah (a bit early) to everyone! Excited to share a Hanukkah mix for the first time after about 20 yrs of collecting holiday sounds - www.mixcloud.com/radiorethink... - its made up of my all time favorites + a Klezmatics remix (Ben Mandelson’s) that’s kind of vanished from the web. Enjoy!

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Earfuls of Latkes: A Hanukkah Mix

For a couple of decades I've been stashing away my favorite Hanukkah tracks looking forward to sharing a full mix. Here it is! Hope this collection of tunes can help you celebrate. Full track listings...

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Does everyone know about Mummers? There was a segment on the public radio show Soundprint in 2005 that mesmerized me talking about this intrusive, mysterious, sometimes dangerous Christmas tradition of Newfoundland. I’d love to hear that audio again. Here’s a CBC 101 - m.youtube.com/watch?v=aXLH...

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CBC NL Christmas Throwbacks - Mummers take Twillingate (2011)

YouTube video by CBC News NL - Newfoundland and Labrador

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

So surprised to see that one of the super secret tracks of the season is now out and easy to grab. It’s on this new Chess comp! song.link/s/4e7QQLyJUW... It’s a rare gem that took years to find. Had an unmarked sample of this & scoured for years… Staples? Pointer Sisters? Lenox Ave! #ChristmasMusic

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Always a great mix from Bill Adler. He's not on Bluesky - but #ChristmasMix / #ChristmasMusic crate diggers should definitely be aware of his annual offerings - soundcloud.com/xmasjollies/... - there's a Norteño bit in here that is off the charts.

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Xmas Jollies 2025

1. Intro by Randy Rainbow, 2019 2. Gracie Fields, “I Took My Harp to a Party,” 1933 3. Ringo Starr, “Come on Christmas, Christmas Come On,” 1999 4. DJ Schmolli, “Back Door Santa Getting It On,” 2006

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Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's Bandcamp Friday and I gotta go to the post office, so if anyone wants to buy a copy of my Christmas LP The Darkest Time of Year, now would be a perfect time. Only 25 bucks to own one of only 100 copies in existence. muzach.bandcamp.com/album/the-da... #bandcampfriday #christmasmusic #vinyl

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The Darkest Time of Year, by Zach Malm

11 track album

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Doing a little live radio 7-9p MT tonight. Playing off-width / "land of misfit toys" type holiday selections for your Friday. Dial it in for some seasonal sounds. Learn more here: kgnu.org/music-posts/earfuls-of-eggnog-radio - Discord chat: radiorethink.com/livechat - #ChristmasMusic #ChristmasMix

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

If you're within range... these would be magic. @advancebase.bsky.social - how can we help get this tour to Colorado next year?

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This is what it's all about. Like many other non-profits and community organizations, KGNU is actively fundraising today. Follow the links below or just take some time out of your busy day to support worthy causes and institutions in your area - there's no doubt they could use the help. Cheers!

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Vol. 12 of the Earfuls of Eggnog Holiday mixtape series is up now at earfulsofeggnog.com - you can find volumes 1-11 there too. Hope the music helps get you in the Christmas spirit during these days of early sunsets. Mele Kalikimaka! 🎄📻 #christmasmusic #christmasmix

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Aside from the fact that this is a total gem of a collection, and the amazing backstory of the source material - which is worth noting on its own - a big *heads up* - Zach is also now on Mixcloud! There are already some archives posted up there along with this one. Press play people... press play.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

If you love the overlooked and rare sounds of the holidays, @muzach.bsky.social always delivers a stocking full of greatness. Thanks Zach! #ChrismasMix

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Hampton is back dishing out the cranberry sauce and holiday tunes. Probably the only mix you’ll hear this season with both Fozzy and Shonen Knife. Thanks @hamptonoid.bsky.social!

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Isle of Lucy is one of the best Christmas mix makers out there. She just posted a new one - a “best of” pulled from her nearly 20 years of mixes. www.mixcloud.com/isleoflucy/c... You can also find a bunch of those earlier collections on her MixCloud. 🎄🔊 #ChristmasMix #HolidayMix #ChristmasMusic

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Christmas Mix 2025

Coming up on almost 20 years of making official annual mixes, I figured it was finally time to put together an advent-calendar-style “best of” — my top 25 deep-cut Christmas songs for 2025. These gems...

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

It’s always great to discover a fellow #ChristmasMusic crate digger. @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social has piles of mixes over here - m.soundcloud.com/seenthat - and it’s always funny to see collections limited to ~74 minutes… (if you know, you know). Thanks for all of the audio cheer Mike. #XmasMix

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

More of the consistently great holiday storytelling from Advance Base here for the #ChristmasMusic crate diggers.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We’re “after Thanksgiving” people, but we have some fans in the “after Halloween” camp… and so, the eggnog radio stream is flowing for those that want to start the yuletide early earfulsofeggnog.com

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Earfuls of Eggnog: The B-side of Christmas.

Earfuls of Eggnog is a virtual record crate on the internet for highlighting the quality Christmas & holiday season recordings that have been generally overlooked or forgotten.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Found a copy of this. Bill Adler flashes this cover momentarily in the Jingle Bell Rocks! documentary. I couldn’t find a sampling of it anywhere online and just took a chance. Solid front to back. Not typical #ChristmasMusic and doesn’t ooze holiday vibes, just a good album with great guitar work.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

One of my absolute favorite obscure finds. This is such a great record front to back if you like tropical vibes. Highly recommended. #ChristmasMusic #ChristmasVinyl

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Paradise Found Records in #Boulder - a great record store that’s fully showing off the holiday vibes in their front window. Love to see it. #ChristmasVinyl #ChrismasMusic

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

As always... there's a lot of rare stuff in this stocking. Thanks @falalalala.com for making spirits bright - that Associate Singers to close reminds me of our pal. Cheers King!

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 20: Neil Halstead - The Man in the Santa Suit www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_1... Note: It's originally from the flip side of a Fountains of Wayne 45 from 1997, but Neil's version from the very first Brushfire Holiday release makes this tune shine on another level. #ChristmasMusic

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Neil Halstead - The Man in the Santa Suit

YouTube video by goldentony111

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 19: Freedom Fry - Next Christmas freedomfry.bandcamp.com/track/next-c... Note: Freedom Fry definitely loves the holidays, they've put out a few seasonal releases - this is one of my favs. It's catchy and does a great job of painting the cycle of these seasons. #ChristmasMusic

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Next Christmas, by Freedom Fry

from the album Holiday Soundtrack - EP

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Ah man... 😢 - all season as I've scoured the digital and physical crates he's been on my mind. We should combine and post a full archive of his mixes - or maybe the Smithsonian Institute should. Happy to help make that happen somehow. Thanks for posting this.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 18: Brook Benton - Soul Santa www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk2Y... Note: Not very rare, but still not something I hear enough of during the holidays. Just an absolute classic that warms your soul. #ChristmasMusic

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Soul Santa

YouTube video by Brook Benton - Topic

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 17: Samantha Crain - Christmas for Cowboys fowlervwchristmas.bandcamp.com/track/christ... Note: We probably all need to spend more time listening to #SamanthaCrain - #JohnDenver conjures up the Christmas vibes, but his tune wasn't timeless until she covered it. #ChristmasMusic

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Christmas For Cowboys, by Samantha Crain

from the album Christmas in Color (A Blackwatch Christmas Vol IX)

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 16: Loney Dear - Habibi (A Clear Black Line) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGBr... Note: This one punches me in the gut... Loney Dear says, “Habibi is a symbolic persona for all people seeking refuge in the world. For all people without a home. Merry Christmas Habibi.” #ChristmasMusic

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Loney dear - Habibi (A clear black line)

YouTube video by Real World Records

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 15: Gina Maria - Noite De Natal Na Serra (Christmas Night On The Mountain) folkways.si.edu/gina-maria/n... Note: This resonates on a few levels. 1) For those who celebrate, it reminds us that xmas happens all over the world. 2) it's been happening for a long time! #ChristmasMusic

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Noite de Natal na Serra (Christmas Night on the Mountain) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Song 14: Chris Hatfield - Born Again Pagan www.suburbansprawlmusic.com/Audio/MP3/xm... Note: Clearly not keeping up on these every day, so it's song 14 of 24... Chris wrote one of the all time greatest tunes that speaks truth to Christmas power. The truth is out there. #ChristmasMusic

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This seems like a good time to mention that the earfulsofeggnog.com Earfuls of Eggnog radio station is up and running with our partners in cheer over at @kgnu.bsky.social community radio in Denver / Boulder. 1,000's of reasons to love #ChristmasMusic playing 24/7 for the next week or so.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 13: Samson Wrote - God & Mary (Or, How I Met Your Mother) soundcloud.com/samsonwrote/... Note: One of a few absolute classic songwriting efforts that explores the questionable & implausible immaculate conception scenario that's pretty baked in to this whole season. #ChristmasMusic

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God & Mary (Or, How I Met Your Mother)

An original piece of blasphemy from the

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 12: The Stone Foxes - Christmas at McKinley Pub www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFe2... Note: Being from Buffalo originally, this scene and the #LakeEffect snow feels very familiar. It captures that warm glow of neon, cheap santa hats, and $5 pitchers. Sing along! #ChristmasMusic

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Christmas at McKinley Pub

YouTube video by The Stone Foxes - Topic

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 11: Sufjan Stevens - That Was the Worst Christmas Ever www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpK-... Note: Ahem... getting caught up here. One of the all time #ChristmasMusic classics, & just our type - where the scene isn't always velvet ribbons and cozy firesides - this fire is full of gifts.

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Sufjan Stevens - That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

YouTube video by Sufjan Stevens

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

He did it again! @xmasunderground.bsky.social 2024 mix is posted for your holiday listening pleasure!

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This is a treasure... and it never gets old. Thanks @aquariumdrunkard.com for the reminder of a seasonal favorite.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The full archive in one place. That’s a lot of yuletide.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I do think I'm a #ChristmasMusic fan, but I'm a little shocked that I never pieced it together that it was Dorothy Ashby playing the harp on this one. Of course, sounds just like her, and it is! Just never looked it up... #HarpNerds www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Hl...

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The Soulful Strings - Snowfall (1968)

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Derek Robertson @redlichtie.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The 1914 Christmas truce and football. Did a British regiment, or more, play football with the Germans? The answer is usually a “not really”, or made up. Here’s a thread of soldiers own accounts on the subject. 🧵 1/ #ww1 #fww #greatwar #truce #christmas #football #christmastruce

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 10: Charlie Parker - White Christmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrIH... Note: I'll forever love this version of White Christmas - especially the idea that, long ago, Bird made his way to a radio station on Christmas morning to deliver the rendition live on the radio - that's a gift!

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Charlie Parker - White Christmas (Live jazz, 1948), XR remastered

YouTube video by Pristine Classical

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 9: Vince Guaraldi - Skating www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn4Y... Note: Not even remotely obscure, in fact, forever intertwined with the DNA of the holiday. Imagine those moments - Vince and crew recording this material, having no idea how big an imprint they would leave in the snow.

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Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating

YouTube video by VinceGuaraldiVEVO

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 8: Mark Kozelek - Christmas Time Is Here www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhk... Note: It's challenging to cover a treasured classic & breath new life into it. But, Mark may be the true embodiment of Charlie Brown & that's what makes his interpretation & delivery so pure. #ChristmasMusic

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Christmas Time is Here by Mark Kozelek

YouTube video by D'Arcy Finley

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 7: our Eyes - Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Gruber foureyesathens.bandcamp.com/album/everyt... Note: Ho, Ho, Ho! Now I have a machine gun. Without question, #DieHard is a #ChristmasMovie and this is an outstanding bit of #ChristmasMusic songwriting.

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Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Gruber, by Four Eyes

1 track album

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Playing the incomparable @saranoellemusic.bsky.social Christmas at Sea on the radio just now. Always so good. Any backstory Sara? The cover photo looks like somewhere I’d like to be.

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Earfuls of Eggnog @eggnog-ears.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#24-XMAS-SONGS Day 6: Top Grant - A Christmas Drink www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSx... Note: It is Friday after all, and maybe time for a bit of bubbly? This one was surfaced by the late #MitchellKezin - one of the greatest Xmas crate diggers ever! Cheers Mitchell! 🥂🥲🎄#ChristmasVinyl #ChristmasMusic

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Top Grant "A Christmas Drink" (Island, 1962)

YouTube video by jinglejamvinyl

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