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Christmas, Part One: An Off-Centre Selection
Comedy, travel, unexpected gospel and jazz arrangements offer a less conventional Christmas programme.
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Tom Lehrer · Christmas Carol
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Christmas, part one: an off-centre selection
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Why it was chosen take a slightly light-hearted approach to it as the first song
- 2Christmas Carol · Tom Lehrer
- 3Christmas Is Interesting · Jonathan Coulton
Why it was chosen The presenter notes that "Christmas, as Jonathan Calton says, is interesting."
- 4Christmas Time · Bare Naked Ladies
- 5Christmas Time · Amy Man
- 6Driving Home For Christmas · Malin Mortenson
Why it was chosen Christmas often involves a lot of traveling... which can be sometimes joyous, but very, very often stressful and dangerous
- 7Christmas Time · Natalie Dawn
Why it was chosen songs about Christmas in a with a with an edge
- 8Why Can It Be Christmas Time All Year · Rosie Thomas
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Why it was chosen possible I uh simply clicked in the wrong direction
- 10Silent Night · Nana Freelon And The John Brown Big Band
Why it was chosen let's blues it up a bit here
- 11Untitled · Ella Fitzgerald
- 12Vánoční · Fesalce
Why it was chosen regular segment about with a song not in the English language, and today... the language is the language of my progenitors
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Why it was chosen we haven't particularly paid much attention to all the heavenly and godly origins of Christmas
- 14Merry Christmas, Baby · Otis Redding
Why it was chosen let's do it in style