057R Not Your Average Christmas Music
Remastered from five years ago and not showing its age at all, a fine selection of Christmas music for children of all ages. It was appreciated by a slightly larger audience than the first time around too, which was very gratifying.
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| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Angels From The Realms of Glory | Rick Wakeman | Christmas Variations | 2000 |
| Solstice | Mary Jane | Solstice | 2014 |
| Santa Claws Is Coming to Town | Alice Cooper, Billy Sheehan, John 5 & Vinny Appice | We Wish You a Metal X-Mas and a Headbanging New Year | 2008 |
| Run Rudolph Run | Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl & Lemmy Kilmister; | We Wish You a Metal X-Mas and a Headbanging New Year | 2009 |
| In Santa’s Claws | Pretty Maids | In Santa’s Claws | 1990 |
| Greensleeved | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | 2003 |
| Winter Song | Lindisfarne | Nicely Out Of Tune | 1970 |
| The Nativity III: The Kings / Shepherd’s Arise | The Home Service | The Mysteries | 1997 |
Main show
| Gloria In Excelsis | Al Jarreau | Christmas | 2008 |
| Carol of the Bells | Pentatonix | That’s Christmas to Me | 2014 |
| White Winter Hymnal | Pentatonix | That’s Christmas To Me | 2014 |
| Pat A Pan | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas In The Aire | 1995 |
| Gower Wassail | Steeleye Span | First Steps | 2002 |
| Kate Rusby / Joy to the World | Kate Rusby | While Mortals Sleep | 2011 |
| Yorkshire Merry Christmas | Kate Rusby | The Frost Is All Over | 2015 |
| Huron Carol | Heather Dale | This Endris Night | 2002 |
| The Boar’s Head Carol | Steeleye Span & Maddy Prior | A Rare Collection 1972-1996 | 1999 |
| Drive the Cold Winter Away | Johnny Coppin | A Country Christmas | 1995 |
| O Come, O Come, Immanuel | Annie Haslam | It Snows in Heaven Too | 2000 |
| Tune for a Blythsome Turkey | The Albion Band | Christmas Album | 1999 |
| Personent Hodie | The Albion Band | Another Christmas Present From The Albion Band | 2010 |
| Silent Night | Bela Fleck And The Flecktones | Jingle All The Way | 2008 |
| Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Manhattan Transfer | The Christmas Album | 1992 |
| Another Christmas Song | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | 2003 |
| I Believe in Father Christmas | Greg Lake | Single | 1975 |
| Feliz Navidad | Chicago | Chicago Christmas: What’s It Going To Be, Santa | 2003 |
| Bouree | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | 2003 |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | The Supremes | Merry Christmas | 1965 |
| Merry Christmas Everybody | Slade | single | 1973 |
| A Christmas Carol | Tom Lehrer | The Remains Of Tom Lehrer | 2000 |
| Suddenly It’s Christmas | Loudon Wainwright III | Career Moves | 1993 |
| Stille Nacht | Carreras, Cole, Domingo | Celebration Of Christmas | 1996 |
| 1- ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’; 2- ‘Et in Terra pax’; 3 – ‘Gratias agimus tibi’; 4 – ‘Propter magnam gloriam’ |
Kings College Choir, Academy of Ancient Music | Vivald: Gloria | 2002 |
| For unto us a child is born | Tavener Choir & Players | Andrew Parrott / Handel / Messiah | 1996 |
| Up On The Housetop | Al Jarreau | Christmas | 2008 |
Postshow
| Patapan | Heather Dale | This Endris Night | 2002 |
| Winter Wonderland | Dave Brubeck | A Dave Brubeck Christmas | 1996 |
| Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan | Santa’s Bag – An All-Star Jazz Christmas | 1994 |
| Death Or Glory Wassail | Sid Kipper | Boiled In The Bag | 1997 |
| Herderkenslied | ‘t Kliekske | ‘t Is Met Dees Koude Winterse Dagen | 2000 |
| Salutation Carol (15th century MS) | The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | An Early English Christmas Collection | 2004 |
| Nowell sing we, both all and some (c.1450 Seldon MS) | The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | An Early English Christmas Collection | 2004 |
| Sing Lullaby | Polyphony, Stephen Layton | A Christmas Present from Polyphony | 2004 |
| Wintersmith | Steeleye Span | Wintersmith | 2013 |
| Hocus Pocus | Focus | Live, Old Grey Whistle Test | 1972 |