#307 - Christmas 2025, Episode 1

About this episode

This episode features a collection of alternative Christmas songs from various artists.

1) Merry Christmas Merry - mu330 2) The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys 3) Christmas Was Better In The 80's - The Futureheads 4) Frosty The Snowman - froSted (Jane Weidland) 5) Silver Bells - Erasure 6) Linus And Lucy - Game Theory 7) It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Extended AYED Mix) - Pet Shop Boys 8) Last Christmas - All About Eve 9) Christmastime - Smashing Pumpkins 10) December Will Be Magic Again [Live 1979] - Kate Bush 11) Mary X-Mas - Nina Hagen 12) Black Christmas - Poly Styrene 13) Free Christmas - Johnny Marr And The Healers 14) Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics 15) Peace On Earth \ Little Drummer Boy - The Flaming Lips 16) Jingle Bell Rock - The Fall 17) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - X 18) Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 19) Winterlong - Pixies 20) You Trashed My Christmas - The Primatives 21) Santa Claus - Throwing Muses 22) Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - U2 23) It Only Comes Once A Year - Deborah Holland 24) Feast Of Lights - They Might Be Giants 25) Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid

People in this episode

Host: SurfingTrucker

Topics covered

• Christmas music
• 80s nostalgia
• holiday songs
• alternative music
• music history

Keywords

• Christmas
• 80s
• alternative music
• holiday songs
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: mu330, Dropkick Murphys, The Futureheads, froSted, Erasure, Game Theory, Pet Shop Boys, All About Eve, Smashing Pumpkins, Eurythmics

Books & works: Christmas 2025, Episode 1

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