Every year I do a Christmas mix and burn it to CD for family and friends. I also post the contents to the blog so that you folks can make your own copy should you want to.

I put a lot of thought to my mixes in general and into the Christmas mix in particular. I hope you like it.

• “(Let’s Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas,” Mystery Science Theater 3000
• “Blue Christmas,” Elvis Presley
• “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” Johnny Cash
• “El Niño,” Willie Nelson
• “Away in a Manger,” Alan Jackson
• “Little Dealer Boy,” Willie Nelson and Stephen Colbert
• “No Christmas for Me,” Zee Avi
• “Can I Interest You in Hanukkah?,” Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
• “There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In,” Elvis Costello and Stephen Colbert
• “Oi to the World,” No Doubt
• “O Holy Night,” Weezer
• “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas,” Blink-182
• “I Did It for the Toys,” Dance Hall Crashers
• “Here Comes Santa Claus,” Los Straitjackets
• “Merry Christmas Baby,” Elvis Presley
• “To Someone That I Love,” BB King
• “Jingle Bell Rock,” Los Straitjackets
• “Nuttin’ for Christmas,” Art Mooney and Barry Gordon
• “Merry Christmas… If That’s Okay,” Mystery Science Theater 3000