it's almost christmas...it's *almost* christmas

i KNOW you guys are tired of christmas music. but maybe you're like me -- you like christmas music, you like all the elements of christmas music (bells, strings, warm inflection, cherry as hell), but oh my god you just can't hear those standards anymore. so after you've heard "all i want for christmas for you" 50 times and it's just* starting to lose its magic, what do you do?

here, i've made a comp of music that has nothing to do with christmas, but sounds sorta like christmas.

1. isao tomita - the girl with the flaxen hair
2. johnny ace - pledging my love
3. koes bersaudara - rasa hatiku
4. francoise hardy - pourtant tu m'aimes
5. saint etienne - the birdman of ec1
6. aislers set - "christmas song"
7. au revoir simone - take me as i am
8. white apple tree - passed out
9. the townhouses - pray (tina cousins cover)
10. the originals - the bells
11. bob b. soxx - the bells of st. mary
12. richard and the young lions - you can make it
13. milton banana trio - vou deitar e rolar
14. jens lekman - maple leaves
15. the impressions - i'm so proud
16. sam hopkins - needed time
17. jon richman - oh moon, queen of night on earth

48 min total, >> DL here <<


stay in the christmas spirit without hearing one more lyric about santa or sleighbells! how is this possible?? well baby i made it possible ;)


*note: it is very hard for that song to lose its magic
**ps: have you seen mariah's new christmas song? pretty neat