This one could be worth FIFTY THOUSAND BUCKS....

Here we are. One day away from Thanksgiving, and that means I do my yearly duty and give you another fine Christmas mix. Below are the 45 tracks that make up Daddy's Gonna Kill Ralphie Presents: Mikey's Christmas Mix 2012! This years mix is bigger and better with over one and a half hours of sonic Yuletide. This makes four years of Christmas Mixes, an they are all available to you! Choose your year, click on it, and ye shall have it!!!: 2009, 2010, 2011, and now 2012

Let's take a look at what we have:

1. Now Sound of Christmas///US Air Force Dance Orchestra
2. Thanks for Christmas///XTC
3. Midnight Sleigh Ride///The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
4. Thirty Two Feet & Eight Little Tails///Dale Evens
5. Winter Weather///Joe Williams & Harry "Sweets" Edison
6. Holiday Greeting///The Bee Gees
7. Six Tons of Toys///Dave Dudley
8. The Reindeer Boogie///Hank Snow
9. Cowboy Santa Claus///The Prairie Ramblers
10. Pretty Paper///Glen Campbell
11. Holiday Message///Randy Travis
12. A Holiday Song///Starflyer 59
13. Frosty The Snowman///Cocteau Twins
14. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday///Roy Wood & Wizzard
15. Christmas Rappin'///Kurtis Blow
16. Don't Drive Drunk!!!///Madonna
17. Sleigh Ride///Herb Geller
18. Winter Wonderland///Chet Baker & Russ Freeman
19. Holiday On Skis///Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani
20. Christmas Swing///Django Reinhardt
21. Free Design///The Free Design
22. Close Your Mouth (It's Christmas)///The Free Design
23. Ding-a-Ling Ding-a-Ling///Don Cornell
24. Hurry Home for Christmas///Robert Goulet
25. Snow Bunny///Magnus T. Cook & The Oath of Sound
26. I Just Want You For Christmas///The Golddiggers
27. Deck Five///Saturday's Children
28. Norelco Christmas Commercial///Norelco
29. Snowflake///JJ Barnes
30. What Christmas Means to Me///Al Green
31. Doo Wop Christmas///Kenny Vance & The Planotones
32. S. Claus Files Unusual Flight Plan///North American Air Defense Command
33. We Wan't To See Santa Do The Mambo///Big John Greer
34. Let's Have A Party For Santa Claus///Lord Nelson
35. Jolly St. Nicholas///The Ames Brothers
36. You Don't Have To Be A Santa Claus///The Mills Brothers
37. December///Kay Starr
38. Old Timey Christmas///Ambrose Haley & His Ozark Ramblers
39. Jungle Bells (Dingo-Dongo-Day)///Les Paul & Mary Ford
40. Snow///Looney Tunes
41. First Snow Fall Of The Winter///Randy Van Horne Singers
42. Snowflakes & Frozen Lakes///PacMan
43. Let It Snow///Bit Shifter
44. Twas the night before Christmas///Liberace
45. Christmas Greeting///Orson Welles

So, there you go. Listen as you cook your turducken, drink your mulled vino and as you drift off into dreamland for your early start to another horrendous black Friday!

These tracks have come my way via record stores, old tapes, old friends and any other way that suited my fancy, so pops, hisses and other strange noises that may be there just add to the experience. Once you download the file and add it to your iTunes library (or your choice of mp3 program), the mix should be in the intended song order. Just to be safe, refer to the above order.

Enjoy!!!

GO On! Have A Chew On Me, Fellows! It's My Gift!

Good News! I found my copy of Mikey's Christmas Mix 2009. Now you can enjoy mixes from all three years, and in a few weeks Mikey's Christmas Mix 2012 drops. That's 4 years worth of Christmas mixes! Remember, this is NOT in lieu of the 2012 mix!

As always, remember that some of these songs have been collected from vinyl and tapes so you may hear some pops, hisses and other strange noises. I think it just adds to the experience. Once you download the file and add it to your iTunes library (or your choice of mp3 program), the mix should be in the intended song order. Just to be safe, below is the order.

Let's take a look at what we have here...

1. Howdy Doody Christmas Party///Howdy Doody
2. Father Christmas///The Kinks
3. Jingle Bells///The Vel-Mars
4. Meet Me Under The Mistletoe///Dick Roberts & His Orchestra
5. Hello Mr. Kringle///Kay Kyser
6. Musical Interlude (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
7. Rockin' ''J'' Bells///Little Bobby Rey & His Band
8. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree///Bill Haley & His Comets
9. Winter Wonderland///Danny Janssen
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas///Starflyer 59
11. Ring Christmas Bells - We Wish You a Merry Christmas///Mike Sammes Singers
12. Christmas Memories///Frank Sinatra
13. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen///Chet Atkins
14. You Make It Feel Like Christmas///Neil Diamond
15. The Office Party///Jim Backus
16. Christmas Time All Over The World///Sammy Davis, Jr.
17. Here Comes Santa Claus///Esquivel
18. I Just Can't Wait 'Til Christmas///Lu Ann Simms
19. Winterblunderland///Artist Unknown
20. Winter Wonderland///Arthur Lyman
21. Kissin' By The Mistletoe///Aretha Franklin
22. Christmas All Over Again///Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
23. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas///Gayla Peevey
24. Give Love On Christmas Day///The Jackson 5
25. Snowbound///Ferrante & Teicher
26. The Christmas Guest///Johnny Cash
27. Little Drummer Boy///Bing Crosby & David Bowie

I know it's still a little early for some people, but HERE it is ready to go whenever you are!

Enjoy!

The line ENDS here. It begins THERE.

Well, here we are. November 1st. Some would say it's Thanksgiving season. Others would say that it's even to early for that, but as many readers of this blog would know that around here November 1st is the beginning of the Christmas season.

 If you are new here, welcome. If you are a regular, welcome back! Posts will be here and there until we get a little closer to Thanksgiving, but we have good stuff in-store for you this year including a few new contributors and the 2012 Christmas Mix! New recipes, stories, movie and album reviews, downloads and Christmas in South Africa! Need a little help getting into the Christmas spirit? Browse around the blog. Check out our previous year's Christmas Mixes HERE/2010 & HERE/2011.

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