Woodside Christmas V (2023)


This year's festive Christmas mix features 26 tracks spanning 66 years from 1957 to 2023 and touches every decade in between. There are classics new and old, along with a couple non-traditional tunes, that I'm sure you know.


Sounds of a snowy winter night and a crackling fire set the scene along with a distant church bell and the whistle of a passing train.

Carol Of The Bells - Keith Lockhart & The Boston Pops Orchestra (1998)
Christmas Time Is Here - Lauren Daigle (2016)
Christmas Waltz - Gregory Porter (2023)
Santa Claus Is Comin To Town - Tony Bennett (1968)
Wake Up! (It’s Christmas Time) - Forest Blakk (2023)
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses (1981)
Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl Hall & John Oates (2006)
Drivin' round Town - Gabe Dixon (2013)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Ella Fitzgerald (1960)
The Christmas Song - The Whispers (1979)
White Christmas - Norah Jones (2021)
I Pray On Christmas - Harry Connick, Jr. (1993)
Snoopy's Christmas (Snow Waltz intro) - The Royal Guardsmen (1967)
Winter Days - G. Love & Special Sauce (2021)
This Christmas - Chicago (2003)
Presents for Christmas - Solomon Burke (1966)
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles (1967)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year - Amos Milburn (1960)
I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (feat. India.Arie & Trombone Shorty) - Dave Koz (2014)
Merry Christmas Baby - Lou Rawls (1967)
Christmas Time With You (feat. Frawley) - Lindsey Stirling (2022)
Jingle Bells - Ramsey Lewis Trio (1964)
Some Kind of Christmas - Fitz and The Tantrums (2023)
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (1967)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra (1957)
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - King Curtis (1968)


The cover image (above) is an AI and Photoshop enhanced version of an original oil painting (below) by my great-grandfather Thompson Alexander Foster from 1965.


"Sleigh bells in the air, Beauty everywhere, Yuletide by the fireside, And joyful memories there... " - Buon Natale!

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