Unreel #16 – Unfestive
Published (updated: ) in radio.
A seasonal special, playing the Christmas songs you hear less often.
Broadcast date: 21 December 2020
Listen again. Spotify playlist.
- Hark the herald angels sing (live), The Fall
- Just like Christmas, Low
- Rill rill, Sleigh Bells
- Taking down the tree, Tracey Thorn & Green Gartside
- O come O come Emmanuel, Sufjan Stevens
- Frosty the snowman, Cocteau Twins
- Santa’s beard, They Might Be Giants
- It doesn’t often snow at Christmas, Pet Shop Boys
- Little drummer boy, Dandy Warhols
- Snow girl, Haircut 100
- I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus, Ska Santas
- Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto, James Brown
- It’s clichéd to be cynical at Christmas, Half Man Half Biscuit
- White winter hymnal, Fleet Foxes
- One Christmas wish, The Priscillas