WFMU: Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac: Playlist from December 25, 2017

Listener comments!
	7:20am Brian in UK: Guess I better slip into something more formal.
	9:00am nono: Its christmas ya mook
	9:02am melinda: hiya Bill and listeners!
	9:03am Bill Mac: Merry Christmas ya'll! On the traditional Christmas tip this morn.
	9:03am Sem: Strictly a onesie for me, with feet. Maybe an ascot would be apropos. Hello, Bill, Maxine, Zzzzzzeroheads, those identifying as one of the forgoing, strangers.
	9:04am Sem: This is just Divine.
	9:04am Guido from Cologne: Good morning and happy Xmass Bill! Happy to have you back!
	9:05am V Priceless: Merry Christmas Bill! Nice to hear you here!
	9:06am annie: i would love to hear RillTilly BillBob from kukla fran and ollie..happy christmas to you all, too!!
	9:08am Brian in UK: Hello folks. Over cast and wet here. I hear that there is snow in the Catskills.
	9:09am Stanley: Merry Chrisplode everyone
	9:10am Bill Mac: I could use a onesie or a romper right about now...
	9:10am Bill Mac: @Sem The ascot is a nice touch
	9:11am Sem: Ever the style-meister am I, BM.
	9:12am Snail Broker: Hope the throat holds up
	9:13am Bill Mac: I'm losing weight as we speak.
	9:13am Hoboken Jack: Merry Christmas Bill Mac and all!
	9:15am Ken From Hyde Park: Yep, snowing now. Check it out! www.holidayvalley.com... Happy Christmas morning, Bill and Zzzzzzeroes!
	9:16am Stanley: Ew, I'm all a-teary with these tunes (and nothing to do with the half bottle of sherry I've downed)
	9:17am BigMamma'sHouse: Merry Christmas you two!
	9:17am melinda: Snowing in Maine.
	9:17am Bill Mac: Crying in your malt whiskey is allowed - but only today...
	9:20am Bill Mac: Sigh - sun is up here.... should be grateful cos we made record time up here. Of course all of the normal folks are home burping up egg nog right about now...
	9:20am annie: i always run out of whiskey by the end of the month, when all the cool holidays happen..
	9:21am Smilty69: Merry Christmas everybody! Thanks for the music, Bill Mac
	9:21am Sem: No bootleggers in NC, annie? If only Popcorn Sutton were still alive...
	9:22am Morgan: Id like to register a formal complaint about these filthy sex songs
	9:23am Bill Mac: boogie woogie gets 'em all the time!
	9:28am coelacanth∅: he got stuck where? what about the children?!
	9:29am adampsyche: MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLE
	9:29am fredr: Welcome back Bill! Merry Christmas!
	9:30am SmokinJ: Mornin' all!
	9:31am coelacanth∅: and greetings Bill AND Maxine! gotta leave ina minute unfortunately but hi and have a Happy Santamas! take care y'all
	9:32am annie: oh, sem the issue is i have to have a separate account just for booze... sigh...
	9:33am Bill Mac: @CC Happy Holidaze!
	9:36am Sem: Ah, annie, you have an iron will, I see. All good.
	9:38am annie: hehe, i'm going to ask the ABC store to accept butcoin.
	9:40am KP: Merry Christmas, Bill, from Sweet Virginia!
	9:40am annie: bitcoin, oops...
	9:41am Bill Mac: Hey hey Mr Sweeney! merry XMesss!!!
	9:43am Sem: ..hankies rhymes w/ noseies, not.
	9:46am exile-on-hicks-st: Great tunes this morning - thanks Bill.
	9:47am Greg from ZONE 5: Merry Christmas, Bill & all!
	9:49am Bill Mac: Holiday salutations folks!
	9:49am Uncle Michael: I take buttcoin. Happy Monday Off Work, everyone!
	9:49am exile-on-hicks-st: My kids are making shrinky dinks and humming to the songs... hope this gives them a nice memory.
	9:50am Bill Mac: Merry xmas Hinky dinky!!
	9:51am Uncle Michael: Was Hezzy ready?
	9:52am Bill Mac: Shrinky Dinks? They've been around around right?
	9:54am Jay/London: hi bill happy happy Christmas just got back from the pub hic hic
	9:57am exile-on-hicks-st: https://youtu.be/frak7UgnmpM
	9:57am Jay/London: why the difference colors on us bill ? i seem to be the only one green
	9:57am Lamont: Merry Christmas Bill and Maxine, and everyone else here! Nice tribute to John Waters. Good to see you here Snail Broker!!
	9:57am rich: good morning bill and maxine. merry merry, happy happy.
	9:58am Brendan: Great show
	9:59am Sem: The Optigan (a portmanteau of Optical Organ) is an electronic keyboard instrument designed for the consumer market. The name stems from the instrument's reliance on pre-recorded optical soundtracks to reproduce sound. Later versions (built under license and aimed at the professional market) were sold under the name Orchestron---via wikithingy.
	9:59am Stanley: Jay, you're all red to me. But then again, so is my face
	10:00am Uncle Michael: Hi Maxine!
	10:00am Lamont: Yes I did wann do something!!!
	10:01am melinda: I thought shrinky dinks died out. They were fun.
	10:02am Bill Mac: Sadly, these were after my time...
	10:02am Uncle Michael: Man...Eddie Lawrence.
	10:03am Uncle Michael: Creepy Crawlers and Incredible Edibles, for me.
	10:04am melinda: I love the cha cha heels tantrum.
	10:04am Morgan: what is the original version of this song?
	10:04am dinatekno: This is the BEST Christmas music! I usually hate listening to the same old songs over and over. Your choices are fantastic! Merry Christmas to my WFMU family!!!
	10:04am Bill Mac: Now your talkin'!
	10:05am Bill Mac: Thanks DT! We enjoy the vintage stuff
	10:07am melinda: The vintage stuff is good for mood-setting.
	10:07am Jay/London: @ stanley i am green on here ..... lol
	10:09am Stanley: Not too much to drink at yon pub, I hope, Jay
	10:10am Bill Mac: @Morgan which song are you tlaking about?
	10:13am Greg from ZONE 5: Flippin' fantastic, guys. Consider this show CLICKY-STARRED.
	10:14am Bill Mac: You can blame the misses for the song selection. She found a lot of goodies.
	10:15am annie: is there a hippopotamus in our future?
	10:15am Sem: I'm thinking Boofo never got its own action figure. Pity.
	10:17am Bill Mac: @Annie - You should check out one of the previous xmas shows we did, it's out there.
	10:17am Brian in UK: Maxine, cracking selection.
	10:18am Bill Mac: Thanks Bri - dinnertime yet?
	10:20am Jay/London: @ stanley the pub opened at noon just had one beer and 3 rum and cokes ...it closed at 3pm so am cooking now guess u have had ur lunch by now .. be dark in a hour :)
	10:21am annie: ok, bill!!
	10:21am Brian in UK: Bill, oddly our Christmas was yesterday as Megan is on call tomorrow. So she can go back tonight (200+ miles) and be ready for Boxing Day. Turkey and ham pie today. It was a great day.
	10:22am Bill Mac: Good, and dinner sounds awesome
	10:22am Brian in UK: Surprised all those gals do not catch a cold being so under-dressed!!
	10:23am Brian in UK: Spencer, our beagle has a bandana, he is looking very rakish.
	10:23am Bill Mac: In the tradition of Christmas
	10:26am Stanley: Jay, you're cooking all right. Street lights have just come in and it's only half three. Dinner done, sweet wine in hand but gasping for a beer for refreshment
	10:29am BigMamma'sHouse: Go Maxine!!
	10:31am Jay/London: @ stanley its beer oclock :)
	10:31am LCBD: Major props to you for excellent choices! Wonderful accompaniment to baking cinnamon rolls! Thanks!
	10:31am BigMamma'sHouse: We are here:)
	10:31am Lamont: LOGAN RULES!
	10:32am Brian in UK: Keeley Smith?
	10:33am Bill Mac: BiUK Give that man a teddy bear... Maxine said it just as we were going off mic
	10:35am BEAVO: Keely Smith
	10:35am Bill Mac: Hey Beav, thanks!
	10:37am Uncle Michael: Will we hear Ish on this track?
	10:37am Bill Mac: YES!!!!!!
	10:38am Uncle Michael: Yay!
	10:39am Webhamster Henry: Merry Xmas, my WFMU family!
	10:39am Bill Mac: Hiya Hank! Merry Christmas!!!
	10:42am Greg from ZONE 5: YES PLEASE
	10:42am Sem: The stills illustrating the music has a wicked, wicked edge. Thanks, Maxine.
	10:44am Bill Mac: Subversion with a smile...
	10:48am rw: Good morning and Merry Christmas!
	10:48am Bill Mac: rw how you doon?! merry Christmas!
	10:50am Ken From Hyde Park: This is beyond Merry Christmas and into Marvy Christmas territory!
	10:50am Stanley: Thank goodness you've got some yodel-layee-o action going
	10:51am Bill Mac: Sucker for the yodel that you are...
	10:52am Sem: If Yoko were to offer an all-yodeling album, Stanley...
	10:55am Lamont: Television Christmas photo is frightening
	10:55am Sem: ah, Jeez, just when the country was sure this one got buried.
	10:56am Stanley: I'd be very suspicious. Could be a Trojan horse for her extreme wailling.
	10:56am Bill Mac: That's how they made fembots back in the 60s... yowsers????
	10:58am Sem: Are those cha cha boots?
	11:00am Stanley: Brian, if you're still there, just saying I'm sporting my new 'Sir Henry' tee shirt some very kind person sent me for Christmas. I'm reet proud of it, I am.
	11:02am Webhamster Henry: I have the new Optigan iPad app-- it's the best for XMas music purposes!
	11:02am cosmic matrix: It's spelled OPTIGAN because it's an Optical Organ. And Merry Christmas you rascals.
	11:02am Brian in UK: Stanley, glad you like it. A svelte fella like you.
	11:04am Uncle Michael: Ish played trumpet in the Kayser band..and did the comedy.
	11:05am Aaron Working In Newark: Merry Christmas... been listening at work all morning.
	11:05am Shrunken Planet: Awesome Christmas show!! Merry Christmas!!
	11:06am Neil M: Outstanding set! Rendering virtual fireplaces non-existent. Thank you. Joy and mirth.
	11:06am Bill Mac: It wouldn't be a Zzzzzzero Hour show without someone correcting my spellin. Merry Christmas CM
	11:06am Stanley: I'm throwing my paper hat in.
	11:07am Bill Mac: Gahhhhh! Shrunken Planet in ze house!!!
	11:09am Brian in UK: I lost the paper hat competition yesterday but won the team board game. Severe competition in this house. No messing.
	11:10am Bill Mac: Greetings to Aaron and Neil!
	11:10am Ken From Hyde Park: Time for the Doodle-Li-Boop!
	11:10am Uncle Michael: Speaking of big band comedy, Art Carney was the comic singer with Horace Heidt & his Musical Knights.
	11:11am Webhamster Henry: Art Carney channeling Sam Ulano!
	11:11am Bill Mac: I was gonna make a comment about Sam!
	11:12am Lamont: Was it Sam Ulano ... or Mel Bay?
	11:12am Webhamster Henry: hey! A quick Google: www.youtube.com...
	11:12am Sem: And the drummer on this one reminding me whether Fran will come in any moment now or not.
	11:13am Bill Mac: @Lamont I was waiting!
	11:13am Bill Mac: @Sem He's always fashionably late.
	11:15am P-90: Merrrrrrrry ChristMac!
	11:15am Bill Mac: Hey-ohhhh P-90! Festive recalcitrations!
	11:16am JakeGould: How corny!!! How good!!!
	11:16am Marc15: Louis Prima’s wife was Keely Smith
	11:16am Bill Mac: Hiya Jake! I remember these guys doing Corn Flakes commercials back in the early days.
	11:16am Lamont: You say tomato, I say tomater!
	11:17am Marc15: Keely Smith passed away a week ago today, December 18
	11:17am Sem: "Lash Bitters" the tonic laxative. The Colon Blow of its era, maybe?
	11:18am Bill Mac: Hey Mark, I believe Joe Mcgasko did a tribute to her last week.
	11:19am Bill Mac: @Sem That was in the H&J song? Missed it!
	11:19am Bill Mac: Ooooops, the graphic you're talking about!
	11:20am Sem: Heh heh. Maxine snuck a real good one in thee.
	11:20am P-90: Diabolically festive soundtrack this morning! Mucho appreciado for this Very Special Fill-In, St. Bill
	11:21am Lamont: Lash's Bitters - they guy leaning on the tree looks like he had too much
	11:21am Bill Mac: Thanks for dropping in P-90!
	11:22am Bill Mac: @Lamont Which one?
	11:22am SmokinJ: Dynamite set Bill & Maxine! Totally buzzworthy :) Merry Christmas everyone!
	11:22am melinda: The jingle parts have a Sesame Street sound.
	11:24am Bill Mac: Thanks J!
	11:24am SeanG: great tunes Bill! merry christmas to all
	11:24am Bill Mac: merry Christmas SG
	11:27am Fran: A quick hello and happy Christmas - halfway through upscaling poultry, potato and pudding based calorific intake
	11:28am melinda: I love the Weavers.
	11:29am Sem: Fran, whew, the Nick of thyme:-D
	11:30am Fran: Sem!!! I'm here but late.......what can I say!!
	11:31am Sem: Right, in your own time, Fran. Perfectly you!
	11:31am Snail Broker: Impressive selection - wow!
	11:31am Webhamster Henry: Burt at his Burtiest!
	11:31am cosmic matrix: Aww thanks for the sweet wishes. I fucking love you guys. FM-YOU!!!!
	11:32am P-90: That bitch never called my name either. Not that it still bothers me of course. Not much anyway.
	11:32am cosmic matrix: And I'm enjoying hearing the Optigan because mine needs its light bulb replaced after I moved.
	11:33am cosmic matrix: If anybody has the Vox Humana disc I'll pay handsomely for it.
	11:34am Lamont: Hey Snail Broker - I got your Doodlie-Boop right here!
	11:34am ndbob: Merry Christmas Bill and everyone!
	11:34am Fran: Absolutely Sem - to a complex prog time signature!
	11:34am Mayuko: Merry Christmas, Bill!!
	11:35am Webhamster Henry: Hey Lupita - better not steal that doll!
	11:35am ndbob: Augie also recorded a great uptempo teener
	11:35am melinda: hi bob! hi mayuko!
	11:36am BriJet: Hi!!!!
	11:36am Mayuko: Hi melinda happy holidays!
	11:37am Sem: What are these guys, like ZZTop Santa wash-outs?
	11:38am Bill Mac: Nice! Merry Christmas to ndBob BriJet & Mayuko!
	11:40am ndbob: Hi Melinda!
	11:40am Fran: Will we get The Three Stooges and the immortal Hippotamus Bill? If not it will be blasted out here later as is traditional!
	11:41am Sem: Santa seeks long-dress woman for light discipline.
	11:44am johnk77: great show selecters also, i just found optigan.com happy holidays;>
	11:45am Bill Mac: @Fran Man people sure do love that hippo song!
	11:45am cosmic matrix: Hi Melinda and all! I wonder what Hearty is doing right now....
	11:45am cosmic matrix: That mofo Pea Hicks still MAKES Optigan discs!
	11:46am fleabane: Usually I hate listening to Christmas music (how many times do I have to hear Bruce sing santa Claus is coming to Town), but your program has been a real pleasure to listen to this morning.
	11:48am Fran: Bill - It will even get pride of place, played immediately after Dr Who and before the first disc of the new King Crimson Sailor's Tales box!
	11:50am Bill Mac: Thanks FB, this was a blast to do
	11:51am Sem: Thank you, Bill and Maxine, for today's show and it's atypical but nonetheless charming mix of seasonal tunage. Settling in now for an afternoon of 100 km+winds, and Christmas dinner, if the electric doesn't go out. All the best to you, and the assembled. Later
	11:51am Bill Mac: Hey Folks, ready to hop here. Thanks for coming out. Hope the holiday is great!
	11:52am Brian in UK: Hey Brijet. There is an article on Phil in the latest Mojo. Nothing new to tell though. Maxine & Bill. totally wonderful show. Missing the unrelated Loretta Young photograph.
	11:53am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Bill & Maxine. Be careful of slippery ice & snow and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
	11:53am Lamont: Bill and Maxine - great show!! Thanks!! Can you do something similar for Easter?!
	11:53am Fran: Bill and all this has been the perfect antidote to Slade, Shakin' Stevens, Wham and all the usual humbug. Great selection and I'll catch the first of the show on catch up later! Enjoy the rest of Christmas everyone and best for the new year - until next time!
	11:53am ndbob: excellent show bill and maxine! and thanks!
	11:54am Stanley: Bill and Maxine. Thank you so very much for a super show, something the whole family, could enjoy. Best wishes from me, Viccy and her mum up here in Scotland. Here's to next year and the hope it's a lot better than this one.
	11:54am Brian in UK: Happy Christmas everyone and a Peaceful New Year.
	11:55am Fran: Brian, Stanley, Sem - all the best
	11:55am Mayuko: Thank you!!!!! <3
	11:56am melinda: Great show! Thanks Bill and Maxine.
	11:56am V Priceless: Thanks!
	11:56am Lamont: BTW, Michigan and Newtown were listening in...
	11:56am listener 126464: Thanks DJs!
	11:56am SmokinJ: Danke!
	11:56am dale: been listening to wnti (wxpn) all morning but wish i was here - this looks like a great xmas show, not the snore that became.
	11:57am BigMamma'sHouse: Merry Christmas!! See you on Weds Bill Mac and Maxine:)
	11:57am Bill Mac: Thanks all, see you again I'm sure! Happy New Year all!
	11:57am drewo: Thanks for the great Christmas music! And I hate Christmas music! Happy holiday.
	11:57am Uncle Michael: Thanks, Bill and Maxine!
	11:58am P-90: Many thanks again and a very very merry, Lady and Gentleman!
	11:58am Stanley: All the best to you Fran. Have a good one.
	11:59am Brian in UK: Chickens are waiting for you in the coop.
	12:00pm Stanley: Bye Brian, Sem and everyone
	12:01pm Webhamster Henry: Optigan-ing your way out....

Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac: Playlist from December 25, 2017

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December 25, 2017: I Better Get Them Cha Cha Heels (Christmas Special)

Hey there, hi there, ho-ho-ho there!!! Join your hosts Bill and Maxine for a full program of Christmas type music spanning the golden years of Depression, WW2, pre-television, boomer era pop. Tune in December 25th from 9am – noon. If you can’t wait till Christmas future, check out a these programs from Christmas past here and here. Ugly sweaters mandatory!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Images New * / Special *** Approx. start time

Debroy Somers Band Savoy Christmas Medley

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Ted Weems And His Orchestra Winter Wonderland

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Glenn Miller And His Orchestra It Happened In Sun Valley

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Andrews Sisters With Guy Lombardo Christmas Candles 0:11:02 (Pop-up)

The Orioles It's Gonna Be A Lonely Christmas

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Ella Fitzgerald Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney

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Mabel Scott Boogie Woogie Santa Claus 0:20:03 (Pop-up)

Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers Up OnThe Housetop

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Music behind DJ:
Johnny Largo at the Optigon
Rudolph the red Nosed Reindeer

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Alvino Rey And His Orchestra Santa Claus Is Comin To Town

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Mills Brothers I Believe In Santa Claus 0:31:40 (Pop-up)

Peggy Lee The Christmas Spell "The Christmas Spell" by "Peggy Lee"

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The Crew Cuts Dance Mr Snowman Dance

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Dorothy Collins Mister Santa "Mister Santa" by "Dorothy Collins"

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Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine Christmas Roses 0:41:18 (Pop-up)

Teresa Brewer I Just Can't Wait Till Christmas

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Gene Autry If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas

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Hoosier Hot Shots The Man With The Whiskers 0:48:30 (Pop-up)

Mel Blanc Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree

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Music behind DJ:
Johnny Largo at the Optigon
Silver Bells

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Eddie Lawrence The Merry Old Philosopher 1:01:27 (Pop-up)

The Fontane Sisters With Perry Como Kissing Bridge

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Jerry Colonna Too Fat For The Chimney 1:05:46 (Pop-up)

Russ Morgan I Want You For Christmas

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The DeCastro Sisters Christmas Is A Comin

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Linn Sheldon Boofo Goes Where Santa Goes 1:13:23 (Pop-up)

Jimmy Boyd I Saw Mommy Do The Mambo With You Know Who

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Primo Scala Orchestra & The Keynotes Jingle Bells 1:17:04 (Pop-up)

Fats Waller Swingin' Them Jingle Bells

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Lou Monte Italian Jingle bells "Italian Jingle bells" by "Lou Monte" 1:22:52 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Johnny Largo at the Optigon
Silent Night

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Louis Prima What Will Santa Claus Say When He Finds Everbody Swingin' 1:31:37 (Pop-up)

Kay Kyser And His Orchestra Hello Mr Kringle

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Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's House 1:38:20 (Pop-up)

Sammy Kaye Orchestra Santa Claus For President

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Art Lund I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 1:44:37 (Pop-up)

Riders In The Sky The Christmas Yodel 1:45:09 (Pop-up)

Dinning Sisters With Bob Atcher Christmas Island

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Mindy Carson With Charles Hale Orchestra I Want A Television Christmas

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The Crew Cuts Twinkle Toes "Twinkle Toes" by "The Crew Cuts" 1:52:22 (Pop-up)

The Ravens Silent Night "Silent Night" by "The Ravens"

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Music behind DJ:
Johnny Largo at the Optigon
Jingle Bells

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Brook Benton This Time Of The Year 2:03:38 (Pop-up)

Vaughn Monroe The Jolly Old Man In The Bright Red Suit

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Art Carney Santa and the Doodle Li Boop 2:08:09 (Pop-up)

Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra Jing A Ling Jing A Ling 2:10:28 (Pop-up)

Homer & Jethro All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate

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Jimmy Dean Little Sandy Sleighfoot 2:16:01 (Pop-up)

Burt Bacharach The Bell That Couldn't Jingle 2:18:49 (Pop-up)

Glen Campbell Christmas Is For Children

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The Weavers One For The Little Bitty Baby 2:24:37 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Johnny Largo at the Optigon
Little Drummer Boy

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Augie Rios Donde Esta Santa Claus

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Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely Christmas Candy

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Ralph Marterie And His Orchestra Dig That Crazy Santa Claus

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Percy Faith And His Orchestra Christmas Is

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Toni Harper That's What I Want For Christmas 2:42:47 (Pop-up)

Louis Jordan And His Orchestra May Every Day Be Christmas

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The Regals There'll Always Be A Christmas

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Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra We Wish You The Merriest

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Listener comments!
	7:20am Brian in UK: Guess I better slip into something more formal.
	9:00am nono: Its christmas ya mook
	9:02am melinda: hiya Bill and listeners!
	9:03am Bill Mac: Merry Christmas ya'll! On the traditional Christmas tip this morn.
	9:03am Sem: Strictly a onesie for me, with feet. Maybe an ascot would be apropos. Hello, Bill, Maxine, Zzzzzzeroheads, those identifying as one of the forgoing, strangers.
	9:04am Sem: This is just Divine.
	9:04am Guido from Cologne: Good morning and happy Xmass Bill! Happy to have you back!
	9:05am V Priceless: Merry Christmas Bill! Nice to hear you here!
	9:06am annie: i would love to hear RillTilly BillBob from kukla fran and ollie..happy christmas to you all, too!!
	9:08am Brian in UK: Hello folks. Over cast and wet here. I hear that there is snow in the Catskills.
	9:09am Stanley: Merry Chrisplode everyone
	9:10am Bill Mac: I could use a onesie or a romper right about now...
	9:10am Bill Mac: @Sem The ascot is a nice touch
	9:11am Sem: Ever the style-meister am I, BM.
	9:12am Snail Broker: Hope the throat holds up
	9:13am Bill Mac: I'm losing weight as we speak.
	9:13am Hoboken Jack: Merry Christmas Bill Mac and all!
	9:15am Ken From Hyde Park: Yep, snowing now. Check it out! www.holidayvalley.com... Happy Christmas morning, Bill and Zzzzzzeroes!
	9:16am Stanley: Ew, I'm all a-teary with these tunes (and nothing to do with the half bottle of sherry I've downed)
	9:17am BigMamma'sHouse: Merry Christmas you two!
	9:17am melinda: Snowing in Maine.
	9:17am Bill Mac: Crying in your malt whiskey is allowed - but only today...
	9:20am Bill Mac: Sigh - sun is up here.... should be grateful cos we made record time up here. Of course all of the normal folks are home burping up egg nog right about now...
	9:20am annie: i always run out of whiskey by the end of the month, when all the cool holidays happen..
	9:21am Smilty69: Merry Christmas everybody! Thanks for the music, Bill Mac
	9:21am Sem: No bootleggers in NC, annie? If only Popcorn Sutton were still alive...
	9:22am Morgan: Id like to register a formal complaint about these filthy sex songs
	9:23am Bill Mac: boogie woogie gets 'em all the time!
	9:28am coelacanth∅: he got stuck where? what about the children?!
	9:29am adampsyche: MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLE
	9:29am fredr: Welcome back Bill! Merry Christmas!
	9:30am SmokinJ: Mornin' all!
	9:31am coelacanth∅: and greetings Bill AND Maxine! gotta leave ina minute unfortunately but hi and have a Happy Santamas! take care y'all
	9:32am annie: oh, sem the issue is i have to have a separate account just for booze... sigh...
	9:33am Bill Mac: @CC Happy Holidaze!
	9:36am Sem: Ah, annie, you have an iron will, I see. All good.
	9:38am annie: hehe, i'm going to ask the ABC store to accept butcoin.
	9:40am KP: Merry Christmas, Bill, from Sweet Virginia!
	9:40am annie: bitcoin, oops...
	9:41am Bill Mac: Hey hey Mr Sweeney! merry XMesss!!!
	9:43am Sem: ..hankies rhymes w/ noseies, not.
	9:46am exile-on-hicks-st: Great tunes this morning - thanks Bill.
	9:47am Greg from ZONE 5: Merry Christmas, Bill & all!
	9:49am Bill Mac: Holiday salutations folks!
	9:49am Uncle Michael: I take buttcoin. Happy Monday Off Work, everyone!
	9:49am exile-on-hicks-st: My kids are making shrinky dinks and humming to the songs... hope this gives them a nice memory.
	9:50am Bill Mac: Merry xmas Hinky dinky!!
	9:51am Uncle Michael: Was Hezzy ready?
	9:52am Bill Mac: Shrinky Dinks? They've been around around right?
	9:54am Jay/London: hi bill happy happy Christmas just got back from the pub hic hic
	9:57am exile-on-hicks-st: https://youtu.be/frak7UgnmpM
	9:57am Jay/London: why the difference colors on us bill ? i seem to be the only one green
	9:57am Lamont: Merry Christmas Bill and Maxine, and everyone else here! Nice tribute to John Waters. Good to see you here Snail Broker!!
	9:57am rich: good morning bill and maxine. merry merry, happy happy.
	9:58am Brendan: Great show
	9:59am Sem: The Optigan (a portmanteau of Optical Organ) is an electronic keyboard instrument designed for the consumer market. The name stems from the instrument's reliance on pre-recorded optical soundtracks to reproduce sound. Later versions (built under license and aimed at the professional market) were sold under the name Orchestron---via wikithingy.
	9:59am Stanley: Jay, you're all red to me. But then again, so is my face
	10:00am Uncle Michael: Hi Maxine!
	10:00am Lamont: Yes I did wann do something!!!
	10:01am melinda: I thought shrinky dinks died out. They were fun.
	10:02am Bill Mac: Sadly, these were after my time...
	10:02am Uncle Michael: Man...Eddie Lawrence.
	10:03am Uncle Michael: Creepy Crawlers and Incredible Edibles, for me.
	10:04am melinda: I love the cha cha heels tantrum.
	10:04am Morgan: what is the original version of this song?
	10:04am dinatekno: This is the BEST Christmas music! I usually hate listening to the same old songs over and over. Your choices are fantastic! Merry Christmas to my WFMU family!!!
	10:04am Bill Mac: Now your talkin'!
	10:05am Bill Mac: Thanks DT! We enjoy the vintage stuff
	10:07am melinda: The vintage stuff is good for mood-setting.
	10:07am Jay/London: @ stanley i am green on here ..... lol
	10:09am Stanley: Not too much to drink at yon pub, I hope, Jay
	10:10am Bill Mac: @Morgan which song are you tlaking about?
	10:13am Greg from ZONE 5: Flippin' fantastic, guys. Consider this show CLICKY-STARRED.
	10:14am Bill Mac: You can blame the misses for the song selection. She found a lot of goodies.
	10:15am annie: is there a hippopotamus in our future?
	10:15am Sem: I'm thinking Boofo never got its own action figure. Pity.
	10:17am Bill Mac: @Annie - You should check out one of the previous xmas shows we did, it's out there.
	10:17am Brian in UK: Maxine, cracking selection.
	10:18am Bill Mac: Thanks Bri - dinnertime yet?
	10:20am Jay/London: @ stanley the pub opened at noon just had one beer and 3 rum and cokes ...it closed at 3pm so am cooking now guess u have had ur lunch by now .. be dark in a hour :)
	10:21am annie: ok, bill!!
	10:21am Brian in UK: Bill, oddly our Christmas was yesterday as Megan is on call tomorrow. So she can go back tonight (200+ miles) and be ready for Boxing Day. Turkey and ham pie today. It was a great day.
	10:22am Bill Mac: Good, and dinner sounds awesome
	10:22am Brian in UK: Surprised all those gals do not catch a cold being so under-dressed!!
	10:23am Brian in UK: Spencer, our beagle has a bandana, he is looking very rakish.
	10:23am Bill Mac: In the tradition of Christmas
	10:26am Stanley: Jay, you're cooking all right. Street lights have just come in and it's only half three. Dinner done, sweet wine in hand but gasping for a beer for refreshment
	10:29am BigMamma'sHouse: Go Maxine!!
	10:31am Jay/London: @ stanley its beer oclock :)
	10:31am LCBD: Major props to you for excellent choices! Wonderful accompaniment to baking cinnamon rolls! Thanks!
	10:31am BigMamma'sHouse: We are here:)
	10:31am Lamont: LOGAN RULES!
	10:32am Brian in UK: Keeley Smith?
	10:33am Bill Mac: BiUK Give that man a teddy bear... Maxine said it just as we were going off mic
	10:35am BEAVO: Keely Smith
	10:35am Bill Mac: Hey Beav, thanks!
	10:37am Uncle Michael: Will we hear Ish on this track?
	10:37am Bill Mac: YES!!!!!!
	10:38am Uncle Michael: Yay!
	10:39am Webhamster Henry: Merry Xmas, my WFMU family!
	10:39am Bill Mac: Hiya Hank! Merry Christmas!!!
	10:42am Greg from ZONE 5: YES PLEASE
	10:42am Sem: The stills illustrating the music has a wicked, wicked edge. Thanks, Maxine.
	10:44am Bill Mac: Subversion with a smile...
	10:48am rw: Good morning and Merry Christmas!
	10:48am Bill Mac: rw how you doon?! merry Christmas!
	10:50am Ken From Hyde Park: This is beyond Merry Christmas and into Marvy Christmas territory!
	10:50am Stanley: Thank goodness you've got some yodel-layee-o action going
	10:51am Bill Mac: Sucker for the yodel that you are...
	10:52am Sem: If Yoko were to offer an all-yodeling album, Stanley...
	10:55am Lamont: Television Christmas photo is frightening
	10:55am Sem: ah, Jeez, just when the country was sure this one got buried.
	10:56am Stanley: I'd be very suspicious. Could be a Trojan horse for her extreme wailling.
	10:56am Bill Mac: That's how they made fembots back in the 60s... yowsers????
	10:58am Sem: Are those cha cha boots?
	11:00am Stanley: Brian, if you're still there, just saying I'm sporting my new 'Sir Henry' tee shirt some very kind person sent me for Christmas. I'm reet proud of it, I am.
	11:02am Webhamster Henry: I have the new Optigan iPad app-- it's the best for XMas music purposes!
	11:02am cosmic matrix: It's spelled OPTIGAN because it's an Optical Organ. And Merry Christmas you rascals.
	11:02am Brian in UK: Stanley, glad you like it. A svelte fella like you.
	11:04am Uncle Michael: Ish played trumpet in the Kayser band..and did the comedy.
	11:05am Aaron Working In Newark: Merry Christmas... been listening at work all morning.
	11:05am Shrunken Planet: Awesome Christmas show!! Merry Christmas!!
	11:06am Neil M: Outstanding set! Rendering virtual fireplaces non-existent. Thank you. Joy and mirth.
	11:06am Bill Mac: It wouldn't be a Zzzzzzero Hour show without someone correcting my spellin. Merry Christmas CM
	11:06am Stanley: I'm throwing my paper hat in.
	11:07am Bill Mac: Gahhhhh! Shrunken Planet in ze house!!!
	11:09am Brian in UK: I lost the paper hat competition yesterday but won the team board game. Severe competition in this house. No messing.
	11:10am Bill Mac: Greetings to Aaron and Neil!
	11:10am Ken From Hyde Park: Time for the Doodle-Li-Boop!
	11:10am Uncle Michael: Speaking of big band comedy, Art Carney was the comic singer with Horace Heidt & his Musical Knights.
	11:11am Webhamster Henry: Art Carney channeling Sam Ulano!
	11:11am Bill Mac: I was gonna make a comment about Sam!
	11:12am Lamont: Was it Sam Ulano ... or Mel Bay?
	11:12am Webhamster Henry: hey! A quick Google: www.youtube.com...
	11:12am Sem: And the drummer on this one reminding me whether Fran will come in any moment now or not.
	11:13am Bill Mac: @Lamont I was waiting!
	11:13am Bill Mac: @Sem He's always fashionably late.
	11:15am P-90: Merrrrrrrry ChristMac!
	11:15am Bill Mac: Hey-ohhhh P-90! Festive recalcitrations!
	11:16am JakeGould: How corny!!! How good!!!
	11:16am Marc15: Louis Prima’s wife was Keely Smith
	11:16am Bill Mac: Hiya Jake! I remember these guys doing Corn Flakes commercials back in the early days.
	11:16am Lamont: You say tomato, I say tomater!
	11:17am Marc15: Keely Smith passed away a week ago today, December 18
	11:17am Sem: "Lash Bitters" the tonic laxative. The Colon Blow of its era, maybe?
	11:18am Bill Mac: Hey Mark, I believe Joe Mcgasko did a tribute to her last week.
	11:19am Bill Mac: @Sem That was in the H&J song? Missed it!
	11:19am Bill Mac: Ooooops, the graphic you're talking about!
	11:20am Sem: Heh heh. Maxine snuck a real good one in thee.
	11:20am P-90: Diabolically festive soundtrack this morning! Mucho appreciado for this Very Special Fill-In, St. Bill
	11:21am Lamont: Lash's Bitters - they guy leaning on the tree looks like he had too much
	11:21am Bill Mac: Thanks for dropping in P-90!
	11:22am Bill Mac: @Lamont Which one?
	11:22am SmokinJ: Dynamite set Bill & Maxine! Totally buzzworthy :) Merry Christmas everyone!
	11:22am melinda: The jingle parts have a Sesame Street sound.
	11:24am Bill Mac: Thanks J!
	11:24am SeanG: great tunes Bill! merry christmas to all
	11:24am Bill Mac: merry Christmas SG
	11:27am Fran: A quick hello and happy Christmas - halfway through upscaling poultry, potato and pudding based calorific intake
	11:28am melinda: I love the Weavers.
	11:29am Sem: Fran, whew, the Nick of thyme:-D
	11:30am Fran: Sem!!! I'm here but late.......what can I say!!
	11:31am Sem: Right, in your own time, Fran. Perfectly you!
	11:31am Snail Broker: Impressive selection - wow!
	11:31am Webhamster Henry: Burt at his Burtiest!
	11:31am cosmic matrix: Aww thanks for the sweet wishes. I fucking love you guys. FM-YOU!!!!
	11:32am P-90: That bitch never called my name either. Not that it still bothers me of course. Not much anyway.
	11:32am cosmic matrix: And I'm enjoying hearing the Optigan because mine needs its light bulb replaced after I moved.
	11:33am cosmic matrix: If anybody has the Vox Humana disc I'll pay handsomely for it.
	11:34am Lamont: Hey Snail Broker - I got your Doodlie-Boop right here!
	11:34am ndbob: Merry Christmas Bill and everyone!
	11:34am Fran: Absolutely Sem - to a complex prog time signature!
	11:34am Mayuko: Merry Christmas, Bill!!
	11:35am Webhamster Henry: Hey Lupita - better not steal that doll!
	11:35am ndbob: Augie also recorded a great uptempo teener
	11:35am melinda: hi bob! hi mayuko!
	11:36am BriJet: Hi!!!!
	11:36am Mayuko: Hi melinda happy holidays!
	11:37am Sem: What are these guys, like ZZTop Santa wash-outs?
	11:38am Bill Mac: Nice! Merry Christmas to ndBob BriJet & Mayuko!
	11:40am ndbob: Hi Melinda!
	11:40am Fran: Will we get The Three Stooges and the immortal Hippotamus Bill? If not it will be blasted out here later as is traditional!
	11:41am Sem: Santa seeks long-dress woman for light discipline.
	11:44am johnk77: great show selecters also, i just found optigan.com happy holidays;>
	11:45am Bill Mac: @Fran Man people sure do love that hippo song!
	11:45am cosmic matrix: Hi Melinda and all! I wonder what Hearty is doing right now....
	11:45am cosmic matrix: That mofo Pea Hicks still MAKES Optigan discs!
	11:46am fleabane: Usually I hate listening to Christmas music (how many times do I have to hear Bruce sing santa Claus is coming to Town), but your program has been a real pleasure to listen to this morning.
	11:48am Fran: Bill - It will even get pride of place, played immediately after Dr Who and before the first disc of the new King Crimson Sailor's Tales box!
	11:50am Bill Mac: Thanks FB, this was a blast to do
	11:51am Sem: Thank you, Bill and Maxine, for today's show and it's atypical but nonetheless charming mix of seasonal tunage. Settling in now for an afternoon of 100 km+winds, and Christmas dinner, if the electric doesn't go out. All the best to you, and the assembled. Later
	11:51am Bill Mac: Hey Folks, ready to hop here. Thanks for coming out. Hope the holiday is great!
	11:52am Brian in UK: Hey Brijet. There is an article on Phil in the latest Mojo. Nothing new to tell though. Maxine & Bill. totally wonderful show. Missing the unrelated Loretta Young photograph.
	11:53am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Bill & Maxine. Be careful of slippery ice & snow and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
	11:53am Lamont: Bill and Maxine - great show!! Thanks!! Can you do something similar for Easter?!
	11:53am Fran: Bill and all this has been the perfect antidote to Slade, Shakin' Stevens, Wham and all the usual humbug. Great selection and I'll catch the first of the show on catch up later! Enjoy the rest of Christmas everyone and best for the new year - until next time!
	11:53am ndbob: excellent show bill and maxine! and thanks!
	11:54am Stanley: Bill and Maxine. Thank you so very much for a super show, something the whole family, could enjoy. Best wishes from me, Viccy and her mum up here in Scotland. Here's to next year and the hope it's a lot better than this one.
	11:54am Brian in UK: Happy Christmas everyone and a Peaceful New Year.
	11:55am Fran: Brian, Stanley, Sem - all the best
	11:55am Mayuko: Thank you!!!!! <3
	11:56am melinda: Great show! Thanks Bill and Maxine.
	11:56am V Priceless: Thanks!
	11:56am Lamont: BTW, Michigan and Newtown were listening in...
	11:56am listener 126464: Thanks DJs!
	11:56am SmokinJ: Danke!
	11:56am dale: been listening to wnti (wxpn) all morning but wish i was here - this looks like a great xmas show, not the snore that became.
	11:57am BigMamma'sHouse: Merry Christmas!! See you on Weds Bill Mac and Maxine:)
	11:57am Bill Mac: Thanks all, see you again I'm sure! Happy New Year all!
	11:57am drewo: Thanks for the great Christmas music! And I hate Christmas music! Happy holiday.
	11:57am Uncle Michael: Thanks, Bill and Maxine!
	11:58am P-90: Many thanks again and a very very merry, Lady and Gentleman!
	11:58am Stanley: All the best to you Fran. Have a good one.
	11:59am Brian in UK: Chickens are waiting for you in the coop.
	12:00pm Stanley: Bye Brian, Sem and everyone
	12:01pm Webhamster Henry: Optigan-ing your way out....

Artist	Track	Approx. start time
Debroy Somers Band	Savoy Christmas Medley	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ted Weems And His Orchestra	Winter Wonderland	0:05:16 (Pop-up)
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra	It Happened In Sun Valley	0:08:13 (Pop-up)
Andrews Sisters With Guy Lombardo	Christmas Candles	0:11:02 (Pop-up)
The Orioles	It's Gonna Be A Lonely Christmas	0:13:37 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney	0:16:56 (Pop-up)
Mabel Scott	Boogie Woogie Santa Claus	0:20:03 (Pop-up)
Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers	Up OnThe Housetop	0:22:19 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo at the Optigon	Rudolph the red Nosed Reindeer	0:24:26 (Pop-up)
Alvino Rey And His Orchestra	Santa Claus Is Comin To Town	0:29:18 (Pop-up)
Mills Brothers	I Believe In Santa Claus	0:31:40 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lee	The Christmas Spell "The Christmas Spell" by "Peggy Lee"	0:33:55 (Pop-up)
The Crew Cuts	Dance Mr Snowman Dance	0:37:20 (Pop-up)
Dorothy Collins	Mister Santa "Mister Santa" by "Dorothy Collins"	0:39:18 (Pop-up)
Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine	Christmas Roses	0:41:18 (Pop-up)
Teresa Brewer	I Just Can't Wait Till Christmas	0:43:44 (Pop-up)
Gene Autry	If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas	0:45:48 (Pop-up)
Hoosier Hot Shots	The Man With The Whiskers	0:48:30 (Pop-up)
Mel Blanc	Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree	0:51:26 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo at the Optigon	Silver Bells	0:54:07 (Pop-up)
Eddie Lawrence	The Merry Old Philosopher	1:01:27 (Pop-up)
The Fontane Sisters With Perry Como	Kissing Bridge	1:03:11 (Pop-up)
Jerry Colonna	Too Fat For The Chimney	1:05:46 (Pop-up)
Russ Morgan	I Want You For Christmas	1:07:51 (Pop-up)
The DeCastro Sisters	Christmas Is A Comin	1:10:16 (Pop-up)
Linn Sheldon	Boofo Goes Where Santa Goes	1:13:23 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Boyd	I Saw Mommy Do The Mambo With You Know Who	1:14:28 (Pop-up)
Primo Scala Orchestra & The Keynotes	Jingle Bells	1:17:04 (Pop-up)
Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	1:19:55 (Pop-up)
Lou Monte	Italian Jingle bells "Italian Jingle bells" by "Lou Monte"	1:22:52 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo at the Optigon	Silent Night	1:25:13 (Pop-up)
Louis Prima	What Will Santa Claus Say When He Finds Everbody Swingin'	1:31:37 (Pop-up)
Kay Kyser And His Orchestra	Hello Mr Kringle	1:34:37 (Pop-up)
Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters	A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's House	1:38:20 (Pop-up)
Sammy Kaye Orchestra	Santa Claus For President	1:40:17 (Pop-up)
Art Lund	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	1:44:37 (Pop-up)
Riders In The Sky	The Christmas Yodel	1:45:09 (Pop-up)
Dinning Sisters With Bob Atcher	Christmas Island	1:47:37 (Pop-up)
Mindy Carson With Charles Hale Orchestra	I Want A Television Christmas	1:50:03 (Pop-up)
The Crew Cuts	Twinkle Toes "Twinkle Toes" by "The Crew Cuts"	1:52:22 (Pop-up)
The Ravens	Silent Night "Silent Night" by "The Ravens"	1:54:27 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo at the Optigon	Jingle Bells	1:57:39 (Pop-up)
Brook Benton	This Time Of The Year	2:03:38 (Pop-up)
Vaughn Monroe	The Jolly Old Man In The Bright Red Suit	2:05:50 (Pop-up)
Art Carney	Santa and the Doodle Li Boop	2:08:09 (Pop-up)
Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra	Jing A Ling Jing A Ling	2:10:28 (Pop-up)
Homer & Jethro	All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate	2:13:35 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Dean	Little Sandy Sleighfoot	2:16:01 (Pop-up)
Burt Bacharach	The Bell That Couldn't Jingle	2:18:49 (Pop-up)
Glen Campbell	Christmas Is For Children	2:21:20 (Pop-up)
The Weavers	One For The Little Bitty Baby	2:24:37 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo at the Optigon	Little Drummer Boy	2:27:49 (Pop-up)
Augie Rios	Donde Esta Santa Claus	2:31:50 (Pop-up)
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely	Christmas Candy	2:34:35 (Pop-up)
Ralph Marterie And His Orchestra	Dig That Crazy Santa Claus	2:37:21 (Pop-up)
Percy Faith And His Orchestra	Christmas Is	2:39:52 (Pop-up)
Toni Harper	That's What I Want For Christmas	2:42:47 (Pop-up)
Louis Jordan And His Orchestra	May Every Day Be Christmas	2:45:01 (Pop-up)
The Regals	There'll Always Be A Christmas	2:48:17 (Pop-up)
Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra	We Wish You The Merriest	2:54:21 (Pop-up)

Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac: Playlist from December 25, 2017

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