This was the year I discovered Emilie-Claire Barlow and The Good Lovelies. Quite a few Canadians on this mix, actually. Song links go mostly to YouTube, occasionally to last.fm or Amazon if that’s the only place I could find a streaming copy.

1. Old Waits Carol – Kate & Anna McGarrigle
2. Let It Snow – Joshua Bell
3. Children Go Where I Send Thee – Natalie Merchant
4. Just Like Christmas – Low
5. Mary’s Boy Child – Tommy Emmanuel
6. Sleigh Ride – Emilie-Claire Barlow
7. Redribbon Foxes – A Fine Frenzy
8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Alison Krauss
9. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem – Bright Eyes
10. Peace – Norah Jones
11. Song of the Magi – Anais Mitchell
12. Hurry Home – Good Lovelies
13. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm – Emilie-Claire Barlow
14. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve – Rufus Wainwright
15. The Christmas Song – Aimee Mann
16. O Holy Night – Tracey Chapman
17. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day – Sarah McLachlan
18. Auld Lang Syne – Good Lovelies