Holiday Playlist

It's about that time of year again...Exams are over/almost over, the weather is freezing, and the warm feeling of relaxation and bonding sets in.  That's right, it's almost Christmas.  Christmas, as an aging kid, has become bittersweet.  No more extravagant presents, it goes by way too fast, and shopping is miserable.  Yet it's the little things like cookies, movie marathons, and looking at lights that makes this time of year special.  With all this soppy shit said, Here's a list of songs that make me feel Holiday-y from the good times to Christmas to the weird in between week, and finally to the New Year.  In all of it's glory, Merry Christmas and HAPPY HOLIDAYS...MA'AM.  Click the Link Below if to get to the Youtube playlist, but I encourage you to put it on your iTunes or a CD:



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Dec. 1: "Fallen Snow" by Au Revoir Simone from The Bird of Music
Get things started with this wintry light song by this indie pop band

Dec: 2: "The Strums" by The Dodos from Time to Die
A really amazing band that just has a certain rhythm about them that reminds me of home

Dec. 3: "In My Place" by Coldplay from A Rush of Blood to the Head
Speaking of home, a "stay in for the day" classic

Dec. 4: "A Long December" by Counting Crows from Recovering the Satellites
Pretty self-explanatory from the guy with the weirdest dreads, ever

Dec. 5: "Christmas at the Zoo" by The Flaming Lips from Clouds Taste Metallic
Funny, catchy, and zany holiday tune from the eccentric Lips

Dec. 6: "A Life of Artic Sounds" by Modest Mouse from Building Nothing out of Something
Its not my playlist if I'm not shoving Modest Mouse down your throat.

Dec. 7: "Ice Monster" by Minus the Bear from Planet of Ice
ice monster....christmas....snow...eh?? eh??

Dec. 8: "Freefallin'" by Atmosphere from To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EP's
Balance it out with a little rap from Minneapolis's own Slug and the gang

Dec. 9: "Angel, Won't You Call Me?" by The Decemberists from 5 Songs - EP

Dec. 10: "Boy Blue" by Electric Light Orchestra from Eldorado, A Symphony
Classic song by a really currently underrated band.  They're kinda more relevant today than they were in the 70s and 80s, but don't tell my mom that.

Dec. 11: "Snow ((Hey Oh))" by Red Hot Chili Peppers from Stadium Arcadium
Great song by the chili peppers.  This is such a good album that shows the band's maturity

Dec. 12: "Symphonies (Remix)" by Dan Black featuring Kid Cudi from UN
Kid Cudi makes any song better

Dec. 13: "I Can Feel A Hot One" by Manchester Orchestra from Mean Everything to Nothing
"I remember head down, after you had found out, Manna is a hell of drug"

Dec. 14: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Death Cab for Cutie from Maybe This Christmas Tree
Gibbard's melancholic voice reinvents this carol

Dec. 15: "Winter '05" by Ra Ra Riot from The Rhumb Line
If you were here, winter wouldn't pass so slow...

Dec. 16: "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes
Blue Ridge Mountainy gang with this wintry, folky jam

Dec. 17: "Sleeping Lessons" by The Shins from Wincing the Night Away
Christmas day is for....Sleep!

Dec. 18: "Silvia" by Miike Snow from Miike Snow
Christmas is over now so time for the party build-up

Dec. 19: "Together We'll Ring in the New Year" by Motion City Soundtrack from Commit This to Memory
This album and I Am the Movie shaped my teenage years

Dec. 20: "Every Man Has a Molly" by Say Anything from ...Is a Real Boy
Say Anything is just that: blunt and in your face

Dec. 21: "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem from Sound of Silver
Maybe the most emotional, epic, and fantastic song ever conceived

Dec. 22: "You! Me! Dancing!" by Los Campesinos! from Hold on Now, Youngster...
Just a feel good song to get New Year's Eve started

Dec. 23: "Time to Pretend" by MGMT from Oracular Spectacular
We'll move to Paris, shoot some heroine and fuck with the stars" Party!

Dec. 24: "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz from Rokstarr
I throw my champagne up in the air sometimes....

Dec. 25: "The New Year" by Death Cab for Cutie from Transatlanticism
Sad, miserable, hangover-ridden New Years Day.....