Are there only twenty good Christmas songs? I’m starting to get that idea.

Last year I made a Christmas mix for my friends that included all the tracks below. This year I’m trying to turn it into a tradition, but I’m having trouble finding good Christmas music that I haven’t already used. At least not without tapping further into Sufjan’s and Mindy Smith’s Christmas albums than I already have. That would be a bit lopsided a mix, don’t you think?

Maybe I should have saved a few for this year. Anyone know any good Christmas songs on par with these ones?

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June was an interesting month. Friends graduating college and moving away, a road trip to Colorado, Adele exploding on the scene and doing anything I could to take a chill pill due to a lot of stress. Little did I know what July would bring… dun dun DUNNNNN!

1. Black Sabbath – “Black Sabbath” (Black Sabbath)
2. Devin the Dude – “She Want That Money” (Waitin’ to Inhale)
3. Jakob – “Everything All of the Time” (Solace)
4. Adele – “Crazy For You” (19)
5. N.E.R.D. – “Spaz” (Seeing Sounds)
6. Coldplay – “Violet Hill” (Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends)
7. Sigur Rós – “Gobbledigook” (Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust)
8. Of Montreal – “Gronlandic Edit” (Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?)
9. Bob Marley – “No Woman No Cry (Live)” (Legend)
10. The Wombats – “Let’s Dance to Joy Division” (Let’s Dance to Joy Division)
11. Adele – “Daydreamer” (19)
12. Bob Marley – “Stir It Up” (Legend)
13. Dub Trio – “Awakening Dub (Live)” (Exploring the Dangers of)
14. The Snake the Cross the Crown – “Electronic Dream Plant” (Cotton Teeth)
15. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – “Bartender” (Live at Radio City)
16. The Mountain Goats – “Love Love Love” (The Sunset Tree)