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December 25, 1999

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Kiltartan Road: Deck The Halls (trad/arr.Sobol) / The Carol Of The Field Mice (Sobol/Grahaeme) A Kiltartan Road Christmas: Joy In The Morning Classic Digital 1006 (312-832-9000)

  3. Dan Fogelberg: At Christmas Time The First Christmas Morning Morning Sky MSPCD 8001

  4. Odetta: Shout For Joy (trad) Christmas Spirituals Alcazar ALC104

  5. Nowell Sing We Clear: Shepherds Arise Hail Smiling Morn! Golden Hind GHM102CD (Box 1792, Schenectady, NY 12301)

  6. Original Broadway Cast: Rise Up Shepherd and Follow (trad) Black Nativity Vee Jay SR 5022

  7. Original NBC Production: Shephers! Shepherds! / Emily, Emily / Olives and quinces / Shepherd's Dance (Gian Carol Menotti) Amahl and the Night Visitors RCA Victor 6485-2RG

  8. Dan Crary: God Rest Ye Merrie, Gentlemen / Joy to the World (trad/arr.Crary) SUGAR HILL SHCD 3871

  9. Harvey Reid: Ode To Joy (Beethoven) The Heart of the Minstrel On Christmas Day WOODPECKER 111CD (PO Box 815, York, ME)

  10. Joel Mabus: How Like the Holly How Like the Holly Fossil 1299 (PO Box 306, Portage, MI 49081 or email.)

  11. Diane Taraz: Green Grows the Holly (trad) Hope! Say the Holly Raisin Pie RP-4 (PO Box 1066, Arlington, MA 02474)

  12. Cathy Barton & Dave Para-Patons: Holly Tree Carol (Jean Ritchie) 'Twas On A Night Like This FOLK LEGACY CD114

  13. Artisan: The Holly and the Ivy (trad) Bygone Christmas Bygone Films BFCD112 (phone England: 44-1484-606230)

  14. Tommy Makem: The Holly Bears a Berry (trad) Christmas SHANACHIE 52041

  15. Greg Miner: Bright, Bright, The Holly Berries (trad) A Christmas Collection, Vol. Two Delos DE2102

  16. Suzanne McDermott: Mid-winter (Holst/Rosetti) Out Under the Sky Rosema Red RRR 417 (617-680-7729)

  17. The Night Herron Consort: In the Bleak Midwinter (Holst) A Celtic Celebration, Vol. One NORTH STAR SS0088 (800-743-8994)

  18. Boys of the Lough: Midwinter Waltz (Dave Richardson) Midwinter Night's Dream BLIX STREET G2-10033 (818-763-9151)

  19. Dan Fogelberg: In the Bleak Midwinter (Holst/Rosetti) First Christmas Morning Morning Sky MSPCD 8001

  20. John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander I Wonder As I Wander Tradition TLP 1023

  21. Thomas Moore: God Is Born (D.H.Lawrence) The Soul of Christmas Upaya 19088 12182

  22. Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde: Joyful Mysteries (trad) Noels Celtiques: Christmas Music from Brittany GREEN LINNET GLCD 3124

  23. Jean Redpath: 2000 Years Ago (Alan Bell) Still The Night Jean Redpath Records JR109 (888-845-4058)

  24. Gerry Armstrong: Seven Joys of Mary (trad) Simple Gifts Folkways FA 2335

  25. Nowell Sing We Clear: The Joys of Mary (trad) Hail Smiling Morn! Golden Hind GHM102

  26. Odetta: Mary Had a Baby (trad) Christmas Spirituals Alcazar ALC104

  27. Joan Baez & Bob Gibson: Virgin Mary Had One Son (trad) Folk Festival at Newport, Vol. 2 VANGUARD VRS-9063

  28. Riders in the Sky: O Come, O Come Emmanuel (trad) Christmas The Cowboy Way ROUNDER 0445

  29. The Night Herron Consort: O Come O Come Emmanuel (trad) A Celtic Celebration, Vol. One NORTH STAR SS0088 (800-743-8994)

  30. Mahalia Jackson: O Come, All Ye Faithful (trad/arr. Oakeley / Reading) Silent Night Columbia CK 38304

  31. Joemy Wilson: Good King Wenceslas Gifts Dargason DMCD-103 (PO Box 189, Burbank, CA 91503)

  32. Loreena McKennitt: Good King Wenceslas (trad/arr.McKennitt) A Christmas Radio Sampler 1999 QUINLAN ROAD QRCDP12 (800-361-7959)

  33. Win Stracke: Clout City Christmas Fantasy (WFMT studio 9/72) WFMT recording

  34. Cathy Barton & Dave Para: Make My Present Small (Bob Coltman) Crazy Quilt Barton-Para no# (PO Box 33, Boonville, MO 65233)

  35. John Henry Faulk: Christmas Story (WFMT studio, early 1960s) WFMT recording

  36. Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum: The Gift (Stephanie Davis) Winter's Grace SIGNATURE SOUNDS SIG 1251 (800-694-5354)

  37. Joel Mabus: The Cherry Tree Carol (trad) How Like the Holly Fossil 1299

  38. Susan McKeown & Nikki Matheson: Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree (trad) The Soul of Christmas: A Celtic Music Celebration Upaya 19088 12182

  39. Dan Fogelberg: O, tannenbaum (trad) The First Christmas Morning Morning Sky MSPCD 8001

  40. Diane Taraz: The Cherry Tree Carol < i>Hope! Says the Holly Raisin Pie RP-4

  41. Tommy Makem: The Gift of the Tree (JB Goodenough/arr.Makem) Christmas SHANACHIE 5204

  42. John Fahey: Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming (Praetorius) Christmas Guitar Varrick/Rounder CDVR-002

  43. Suzanne McDermott: Lo, how a Rose e'er Bloomin' (Praetorius/trad) Out Under the Sky Rosema Red RRR 417

  44. Joel Mabus: Es ist ein 'Ros entsprungen (Praetorius) How Like the Holly Fossil 1299

  45. Susan McKeown & Lindsey Horner: There Is No Rose (trad/arr. Horner/McKeown) Through the Bitter Frost and Snow 1 800 PRIME CD PCD-36

  46. Jean Redpath w/Sue Richards: Poem at Christmas #1 / Vieux Noel / What Child Is This? / Poem at Christmas #2 / Still the Night (trad) Still the Night Jean Redpath Records JR-109

  47. Frank Pettigell: the conclusion of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens Spoken Arts 728

  48. Harvey Reid: The Heart Of The Minstrel On Christmas Day WOODPECKER 111CD

  49. Jean Redpath: I Salute You Still the Night Jean Redpath Records JR-109

  50. John Fahey: Auld Lang Syne (trad/arr.Fahey) Christmas Guitar Varrick-Rounder CDVR-002

  51. Nowell Sing We Clear: Carol for the New Year (trad) Hail Smiling Morn! Golden Hind GHM102CD

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

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