Artist	Song
*'50's radio jingle	"If Christmas shopping tires you out..."
Horatio, Jimmy, Tracy & Chris from SNL	( I Wish It Was Christmas Today )
Blues Magoos	Santa Claus is Coming to Town
El Vez & The Elvettes	Cool Yule
Ricky Nelson	The Christmas Song
*	Holiday Advice from Louie De Palma
The Royal Crown Revue	Hey Santa ('91 version)
The Montgomery Cliffs	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Starflyer 59	A Holiday Song
Patti Page	Where Did My Snowman Go?
*	A Christmas Message from Shonen Knife
Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers	All I Want for Christmas is You
Augie Rios	Ol' Fatso
*	"Christmas means..."
The Pyronauts	Good King Wenceslas
The Bobs	Fifty Kilowatt Tree
*	A Christmas Wish from Leslie Nielsen
The Vital Gesture Xmas All-Stars	Christmastime Again
Dressy Bessy	All the Right Reasons
Badly Drawn Boy	Donna & Blitzen
*	"We begged my mother for a Christmas tree..."
Bunnygrunt	The Hanukkah Scoot
Tom Lehrer	A Christmas Carol
*	"Santa's fun..."
Merle Evans	Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Red Red Meat	There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight
*	A Christmas Suggestion from Johnny Cash (RIP 1932-2003)
The Asylum Street Spankers	Red Nosed Reindeer Blues
Sit N' Spin	Santa Claws
*	"...is this all I got?"

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Also:
31 Santa Baby  Everclear
32 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear  Phil Heywood
33 Nuttin' For Xmas  Spike Jonze
34 "Rituals of yuletide are not things to be tolerated..."
35 That Punchbowl Full of Joy  Sonny Columbus & The Del Fuegos
36 Blue Christmas  Face To Face
37 The Village Idiot (sings `Jingle Bells')  The Sonics
38 A Holiday Greeting from Bill Murray
39 I'll Be Home For Christmas  Sleepington
40 (un-listed track) Silent Night  Meg from The White Stripes

SANTA'S VILLAGE Is Where You Find It! 2003
My annual Holiday comp, edition of 50 in full-packaging.
'Santa's Village' is 80 minutes with 40 tracks; 11 of those are seasonal soundclip-type intros and greetings from movies and tv sprinkled throughout. I eased some self-imposed nazi-like guidelines that I usually abide by for comps. Without the usual constraints crowding what should be an enjoyable prospect.. the creation ended up being VERY enjoyable. The result finds a larger number of original/atypical Xmas songs exhibiting a degree of subtley, there are more female-vocaled tracks, more instrumentals; a greater ratio of indie-type rock and a few vintagey-yet-not-overused numbers thrown in for good measure. As usual, YMMV.

Throughout the year, I nursed a micro-obsession with the semi-macabre, long-gone Santa's Village themepark franchise and I parlayed that enthusiasm into the imagery for this cd. You can explore the myth that was at: http://santasvillage.net/

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