| Some early music to start the show, beginning with Palestrina's Christmas song ("today Christ is born", first published in 1575) and then a number of older pieces. Most of these are motets (a musical setting of some religious text although they were not always used in a religious context) but a couple are "musica profana", which is how any secular music was described. |
| Hodie Christus natus est Schola Cantorum of Oxford / Jeremy Summerly - Missa Hodie Christus natus etc. - Naxos (1993) |
| Carmina Veris et Moris - Vacillnatis trutine Clemencic Consort - Carmina Burana: Codex Buranus - Original Version - Oehms (2009) |
| Tempus adest floridum... Ave, formosissima Boston Camerata / Joel Cohen - Carmina Burana - Medieval songs - Apex (2005) |
| Alfonso X El Sabio: No. 320 "Santa Maria leva o ben que perdeu Eva" Camerata Mediterranea / Joel Cohen - Cantigas de Santa Maria - Apex (2004) |
| Guillaume de Machaut: Obediens usque ad morten / Hélas! où sera pris confors Ensemble Musica Nova - Les Motets - aeon (2011) |
| Jacob de Senleches: La harpe de mélodie The Medieval Ensemble of London - Ce Diabolico Chant - l'Oiseau lyre (1983) |
| Johannes Ciconia: Albane, misse celitus - Albane doctor maxime Diabolus in Musica / Antoine Guerber - Opera Omnia - Ricercar (2011) |
| Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel - O gemma, lux (Isorhythmic Motets) - Harmonia Mundi (2000) |
| Joseph, Who Understood The New Pornographers - The Spirit of Giving - Matador (2007) 
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| The Arms of Mary / Looking at a Baby The New Pornographers - The Spirit of Giving - Matador (2007)
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| Now the Bells Ring Rita MacNeil - Now the Bells Ring - Lupins (1988)
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| Do You Hear What I Hear Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin - Do You Hear... Christmas with Heather, Cookie, and Raylene Rankin - EMI (1997)
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| I Wonder as I Wander Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin - Do You Hear... Christmas with Heather, Cookie, and Raylene Rankin - EMI (1997)
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| A Spaceman Came Travelling Chris de Burgh - Spanish Train and Other Stories - A&M (1975) |
| I Believe in Father Christmas Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Volume 2 - Atlantic (1977) |
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood - Chrysalis (1977) |
| Winter Solstice The Tea Party - Splendor Solis - EMI (1993)
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| Fairytale of New York The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (single) - Pogue Mahone (1987) |
| Winterthru echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom - Bridge (1992) |
| Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 Savatage - Dead Winter Dead - Atlantic (1995) |
| Dark Ages Nomeansno - Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed - Alternative Tentacles (1988)
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| A Speculative Fiction Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits - Fat Wreck Chords (2005)
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| Bad Time to be Poor Rheostatics - The Blue Hysteria - DROG (1996)
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| Strychnine for Christmas Present - High Infidelity - Carbon-7 (2001) |
| Question de sens à Kénogami Paraphonique - Propos et confidences - Jeunesse cosmique (2019)
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It's a frigid morning out there so stay in and listen to some music! I hope you have all had a peaceful few days, and for those who celebrate Christmas, a merry one!
9:09 AM, December 26th, 2025