Happy Leon Day!

This year, we're spending Leon Day learning about the incredibly fascinating, often contentious and eternally corny history of Mitch Miller and The Gang!

• Deck the Halls - Mitch Miller and The Gang
• Wonderful, Wonderful - Johnny Mathis
• My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller
• Mama Will Bark - Frank Sinatra and Dagmar
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
• Snow - Rosemary Clooney
• Winter Wonderland - Johnny Mathis
• Medley: We Three Kings, Good King Wenceslas, O Tannenbaum - Frank De Vol and The Rainbow Strings
• Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
• Coventry Carol - Mitch Miller and The Gang
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Mitch Miller and The Gang

• Mitch Miller conducting on the Sing Along with Mitch show
• Television Academy - Interview with Bob McGrath
• Television Academy - Interview with Leslie Uggams
• Sing Along with Mitch 1961 Christmas Special

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

In this episode we talk about John Cooney and his fantastic radio program Natural World.

We also premier Christmas World, an homage to John that borrows heavily from his formula to bring you field journal entries from various places around the North Pole.

• John Cooney's Natural World
• KLCC
• Christmas World Playlist on YouTube

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

We're back with our first episode of 2026 and our next episode in our The History of the Christmas Album series!

In this episode we look at the early days of recorded music, including the first format war between Thomas Edison's wax cylinders and Emile Berliner's shellac discs.

1. Sleigh Ride Party - The Edison Male Quartette
2. Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
3. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
4. The Vincent Lopez Orchestra - Toyland
5. Shchedryk - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius
6. Christmas Chimes - Chris Chapman

• The Great 78 Project
• University of California Santa Barbara: Discography of American Historical Recordings

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Christmas Podcast Day!

In this episode we're celebrating Christmas Podcast Day by taking a look at the band Fishbone and their 1987 EP "It's a Wonderful Life".

Check out more Christmas Podcast Day episode from more Christmas Podcasts at https://christmaspodcasts.com

1. It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)
2. Slick Nick, You Devil You
3. Iration
4. Just Call Me Scrooge

• Into the Unknown - The Blasting Company (Over the Garden Wall Soundtrack)
• World Map - Final Fantasy Tactics OST
• Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
• Sunless Saturday - Fishbone
• Shakey Ground - Fishbone
• Hellhounds On My Trail - Fishbone
• My Name Is Mud - Primus
• Swim - Fishbone
• Jamaica Ska - Fishbone & Annette Funicello

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

A big holiday hug to Alonso for participating in the latest episode of our Merry Mixtapes series!

To learn more about Merry Mixtapes, check out Episode 10 of the podcast or the Merry Mixtapes Introduction article on our website.

• Linoleum Knife
• Maximum Film
• Breakfast All Day
• Deck The Hallmark

• @aduralde on Bluesky
• @alonso.duralde on Instagram
• @DxAxTREE on Instagram (Holiday Decorations with Dave White)

• Powell's Books
• Barnes & Noble

1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby (Holiday Inn)
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (Meet Me in St. Louis)
3. The Bells of St. Mary's - BOne More Sleep Til Christmas,” Kermit the Frog – The Muppet Christmas Caroing Crosby (The Bells of St. Mary's)
4. Silver Bells - Bob Hope (The Lemon Drop Kid)
5. The Holly and the Ivy - Choir of King's College Cambridge (The Holly and the Ivy)
6. Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Trudy Stevens (White Christmas)
7. Hooray for Santa Claus - Milton DeLugg (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
8. Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? - Nina (van Pallandt) (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)
9. I Like Life (Reprise)/Father Christmas (Reprise)/Thank You Very Much (Reprise)/A Christmas Carol (Reprise) – Scrooge (1970)
10. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Less Than Zero)
11. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Rev. Al Green (Scrooged)
12. Main Title - John Williams (Home Alone)
13. One More Sleep Til Christmas - Kermit the Frog (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
14. What’s This? - Danny Elfman (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
15. Baby It’s Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone (Elf)
16. Christmas Everywhere - Fran Alexandre (Christmas, Again)
17. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes (Love the Coopers)
18. It’s That Time of Year - Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse)
19. This Day - Justin Cornwell & Sharon Rose (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey)
20. All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike + the Mechanics (Spencer)
21. That Christmas Mornin’ Feeling - Will Ferrell and the cast of Spirited (Spirited)
22. Medley - The Swingle Singers (The Holdovers)
23. The Point of No Return - Gene McDaniels (Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point)

1. Shake Hands With Santa Claus - Louis Prima
2. White Winter Hymnal - Pentatonix
3. White Winter Hymnal - Kim Wilde
4. Bringin' Back Christmas - Ryan Reynolds (Spirited)

• YouTube
• Tidal

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro music ("Krampus Workshop") is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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We took a break in July, but are back with the first episode of a new series: The History of the Christmas Album.

In this series we'll look at the evolution of the Christmas album, from the start of recorded music (and even a bit earlier) to streaming.

In this episode we look at the rise and fall of sheet music in the run up to the advent of recorded music.

1. Ring the Bell of Christmas Morn - Harmony Mixed Quartette
2. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Champion Quartette
3. Away in a Manger - The Peter Pan Caroleers
4. Here We Come A-Caroling - Ray Bloch, his Choir and Orchestra
5. Christmas Time Seems Years and Years Away - Manuel Romain
6. Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her (From Heaven High I Come) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.

Happy Leon Day! Today Jeff Loftin of The Lost Christmas Podcast and I talk about our favorite Christmas music from bands performing at the 2025 Warped Tour!

So lace up your Vans, grab a can of Monster and let's dive into the pit!

A giant "Thank you" to Jeff for coming on the episode to talk about Christmas music and reminisce about our post-hardcore youths.

You can check out Jeff and his Lost Christmas Podcast at https://lostchristmastpodcast.com.

Also check out all of the other fantastic podcasts in the Christmas Podcast Network at https://christmaspodcasts.com/

1. Right Where You Want Me to Be - A Day to Remember
2. Fool's Holiday - All Time Low
3. I Hate the Holidays - Mat Musto (Blackbear) & Tyler Carter
4. Merry Flippin' Christmas (Happy Freakin' New Year) - Bowling For Soup
5. Holiday - Boys Like Girls
6. The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
7. Amazing Christmas List Rap - Ekoh
8. December to Forget - Ekoh (feat. Kat Kalling)
9. Christmas Song - Escape the Fate
10. It's a Wonderful Life - Fishbone
11. Slick Nick, You Devil You - Fishbone
12. Somewhere in My Memory - Four Year Strong
13. New White Extremity - Glassjaw (Daryl Palumbo of Head Automatica)
14. Bedford Falls - Knuckle Puck
15. Last Christmas - MGK
16. Lady Rosales - El Mariachi Bronx
17. Holiday in the Sun - Pennywise
18. Christmas Won't Be the Same Without You - Plain White T's
19. Making Christmas - Rise Against
20. I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Senses Fail
21. Ordinary Christmas - State Champs
22. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Too! - The Aquabats!
23. Yule Be Sorry - The Almost (Kenny Vasoli of The Starting Line, Aaron Gillespie of Underoath)
24. Christmas at 22 - The Wonder Years
25. Threadbare - The Wonder Years
26. White Christmas - We The Kings
27. Baby It's Cold Outside - We The Kings
28. Christmas Lights - Yellowcard

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1. The Rock Show - Bowling for Soup
2. Highschool - Lil Lotus
3. Highway Robbery - DE'WAYNE

• Washington DC
• Long Beach, CA
• Orlando, FL

'Tis the Soundtrack is written and produced by Kevin Williams as part of KarteDrop LLC.

Intro and outro music "Krampus Workshop" by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech Inc.

All other music and audio in this episode belong to their respective copyright holders and are used solely for the purpose of commentary.