For the past seven years I have been compiling Christmas mixes for my family and friends. At two discs per mix and roughly 22 tracks per disc I have supplied well over 250 fantastic Christmas songs for your listening pleasure (that doesn't even include this year's mix). Only lately has it dawned on me that I may have oversaturated the market. For most of you 250 Christmas songs are more than enough. As for me, I still have over 900 more mix-worthy Christmas songs that have not yet been used and will acquire even more this year.
What I'm getting at is this: this year will be the last time I'll push my Christmas mixes on you. I'll still make a mix for personal purposes year after year. If you want a copy of future mixes, all you have to do is ask, but I will not be peddling them as I have done in years past.
All that business out of the way, I have decided that this is the year to not just saturate the market, but completely
flood it with more Christmas music than you will ever know what to do with. Below are the links to the individual mixes.
If you need help downloading or unzipping the files,
click here or click the link at the top of the blog that says, "How to Download and Unzip Files". Feel free to download as many of the mixes as you want. Share the links with friends and family if you so desire.
Christmas Mix 2011 Disc 1 This is Disc 1 of the standard Christmas mix. If you have enjoyed previous mixes, you should enjoy this one as well. I have hand-selected the very best songs in my collection for your Christmas enjoyment. There are a variety of styles represented, but it meshes pretty well.
Christmas Mix 2011 Disc 2 This is the second disc of the standard mix.
Country Christmas Disc 1 Country music is like raisins: people either love it or hate it, which is why I've been cautious about including any country in my standard mixes. Because of the large amount of country Christmas music I own, it was only fitting that I give it its own mix. There are modern country singers as well as old timey ones. If you like country, you should like this.
Country Christmas Disc 2 If one disc of country Christmas isn't enough for you, how 'bout a second?
A Non-Anglocentric Christmas: Old School Disc Much like country, not everyone likes hip-hop and r&b. This first disc is dedicated to 100% solid gold 1980s and 1990s Christmas hip-hop. If you like Run DMC, Snoop, and other such rappers, you'll dig this.
A Non-Anglocentric Christmas: New School Disc If you like hip-hop and r&b, but want something a little more up-to-date, this should scratch you where you itch.
Christmas Mix Greatest Hits Disc 1 If you missed out of any of my previous 7 Christmas mixes, this represents the best of all those mixes. This is the best of the best of my Christmas music.
Christmas Mix Greatest Hits Disc 2 There were so many good songs on my past mixes, I couldn't whittle the cream of that crop down to a single disc.
Classy Christmas Maybe all this newfangled music just ins't your bag. Maybe you'd rather have a classy Christmas with Bing, Dean, Frank and other Christmas crooners from years gone by. Done and done.
A Heavy Metal Christmas This is probably my favorite mix of the year. It's mostly power metal, but there are a few other subgenres represented. If you're a metalhead, this is for you.
What Did I Do to Deserve This Christmas? If you are a glutton for punishment, this is your mix right here. I have compiled the
very worst Christmas music in the universe. Each song is more horrific than the one before it. If you enjoy MST3K, this is for you. I also did introductions for each track so you can appreciate the badness of each one.
I hope you enjoy this year's Christmas music. Also, I would appreciate any and all feedback. I don't normally hear anything about my mixes, and I want to feel like I'm not just throwing this out into the void.
